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Local Sports Round up 01/14/15; Riders dominate Diboll in basketball, sweep Carthage in soccer action

In sports,

 

High school basketball last night:

 

The Center Roughriders wrapped up the non-district portion of their schedule with a dominating, 94-61 win over Diboll. The Freshmen Riders also win, 41-33, while the JV Riders come up short, 59-63. The Riders open Dist. 19-4A action in Carthage on Friday.

 

The Lady Riders fall to 0-2 in district with a 34-52 loss to Henderson. The JV Lady Riders come away with a 32-28 win. The Lady Riders will play at Carthage Friday.

 

In other boys’ action, Class 3A #22 state-ranked Waskom over the Tenaha Tigers, 60-41, and in Dist. 22-3A, it was Newton over Central Heights, 58-50.

 

Girls: The Tenaha Lady Tigers are in first place of Dist. 22 with a 56-33 win over the Joaquin Lady Rams. Joaquin is 1-1. The Martinsville Lady Pirates beat Beckville, 38-19. In Dist. 22-3A, Central Heights beats Newton, 74-3.

 

In Soccer, it was a sweep by the Center Rider and Lady Riders over Carthage last night. The Rider Varsity wins, 7-0, the JV takes a 4-0 victory, and the Lady Riders come away with a 3-0 win. The Riders will be in the Palestine Tourney Thursday thru Saturday, while the Lady Riders go to Chapel Hill Friday.

 

Tenaha Tiger and Lady Tiger Soccer will play again Friday at Liberty Eylau beginning at 5:30 p.m.

 

In college hoops:

 

The SFA Lumberjacks made it 12 straight wins on the season with a 109-58 win at Central Arkansas last night. It was also the 25th consecutive Southland Conference win by SFA. Meanwhile, the Lady jacks are home against New Orleans Thursday at 5 p.m. SFA teams will be at Abilene Christian Saturday, starting with men at 11 a.m.

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