In Sports,

 

High School Basketball Tonight:

 

The Center Roughriders are idle tonight and are in second place in Dist. 19-4A at 4-1, a half-game back of 4-0 Tatum. Coming up in the district tonight is Tatum at 1-4 Henderson and 1-4 Rusk at third-place Carthage, who’s 2-3. The Riders will be at Rusk next Tuesday.

 

The Lady Riders will close out their season at Rusk next Tuesday.

 

In Dist. 22-2A tonight, it’s the first-place Shelbyville Dragon (5-1) at the Joaquin, Rams (1-5). A game back in the standings are the Tenaha Tigers and Timpson Bears at 4-2. Tenaha goes to Martinsville and Timpson will travel to Beckville (1-5). Meanwhile, the Martinsville Pirates are 3-3. The remaining three games on the schedule favor Tenaha, with Timpson and Martinsville battling it out for the third and final playoff spot down the stretch.

 

The girls’ Dist. 22-2A standings for the playoffs are pretty well set heading into the final two games. With the Tenaha Lady Tigers unbeaten (8-0) and having a share of a district championship, and the Martinsville Lady Pirates alone in second at 6-2, the fight for third comes down to Friday night as the Shelbyville Dragons (5-3) will be in Joaquin (4-4) to play the Lady Rams.

 

In Dist. 23-2A, the final four games will be interesting. San Augustine and West Sabine are tied for the lead at 5-1, with Broaddus and Brookeland two games back at 3-3. The Feb. 17 match-up with West Sabine at San Augustine could be for the championship. However, on any given night, things can take a turn in this district. Friday’s schedule has San Augustine at Pineywoods (2-4), Broaddus at West Sabine and Brookeland at Zavalla (0-6).

 

In Dist. 22-3A, there’s a big head-on game Friday has second-place Central Heights (8-2) at first-place Newton (9-1). Meanwhile, Woodville is tied with Central Heights at 8-2 and goes to Corrigan (2-7), Garrison (1-8) at (4-6) Central, and Hemphill (1-8) at Woden (5-4).

 

Feb. 6

 

Dist. 19-4A

Rusk @ Carthage

Tatum @ Henderson

 

Dist. 22-2A

Timpson @ Beckville

Shelbyville @ Joaquin

Tenaha @ Martinsville

 

Dist. 23-2A

Broaddus @ West Sabine

Brookeland @ Zavalla

San Augustine @ Pineywoods

 

Dist. 22-3A

Central Heights @ Newton

Garrison @ Central

Hemphill @ Woden

Woodville @ Corrigan

 

Boys' Dist. Standings

 

19-4A

Tatum 4-0

Center 4-1

Carthage 2-3

Henderson 1-4

Rusk 1-4

 

22-2A

Shelbyville 5-1

Timpson 4-2

Tenaha 4-2

Martinsville 3-3

Joaquin 1-5

Beckville 1-5

 

23-2A

San Augustine 5-1

West Sabine 5-1

Brookeland 3-3

Broaddus 3-3
Pineywoods 2-4

Zavalla 0-6

 

22-3A

Newton 9-1

Woodville 8-2

Central Heights 8-2

Woden 5-4

Central 4-6

Garrison 1-8

Hemphill 1-8

Corrigan 2-7

 

Jr. High Basketball:

 

The Center Jr. High Riders took on Rusk in action last night. The 7B boys lose, 13-16; 7A boys win, 53-16; 7^th grade A girls lose, 13-59; and 8^th grade combined boys lose, 4-46.

 

College Hoops:

 

The SFA Ladyjacks defeat Northwestern State, 69-61 last night to improve to 7-2 in Southland Conference. The SFA Lumberjacks are home to play Houston Baptist Saturday night, the second game of a double-header, with the Ladyjacks in the early game at 4 p.m. with Houston Baptist.

 

The Panola Ponies get an overtime win over Bossier Parish Community College, 85-81 Wednesday night. The Ponies will be in action Saturday afternoon at home against Paris Jr. College starting at 4 p.m. at Carthage High School.

 

Soccer:

 

The Center Roughriders are open today, while the Lady Riders host Tatum at 5:30 p.m. today.

 

The Tenaha Tiger and Lady Tiger Soccer teams will be at Carlisle this evening for two games starting at 7 p.m.

 

Softball:

 

The Center Lady Riders will have a scrimmage against the Shelbyville Lady Dragons in Center at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon.

 

Sign Ups:

 

Center Youth Baseball will be holding signups today, February 6 & 13 from 5-7pm at the Center Middle School Cafeteria. If anyone has any questions or is interesting in coaching please call Jason Mitchell at (936)488-2863 or Melissa McGhen at (936)488-9034.

 

Joaquin Youth Sports will hold one last registration for upcoming season of baseball/softball, Saturday, February 7 from 9am -12pm at Joaquin High School Gym Entrance (THIS WILL BE THE FINAL DAY AND TIME TO SIGN UP) Registration will be $80 per child or $150 per household. Please bring a copy of your child's birth certificate with you to registration.

 

 

The San Augustine Lions Sporting Clay Shoot will be held Saturday, Feb. 21 at Fairway Farm, located five miles east of San Augustine on Hwy. 21. All proceeds benefit Texas Lions’ Camp, local charities and scholarships. The shoot will consist of four or five person teams. Individuals are welcome and everyone will be placed on a team. There will be one flight beginning at 10 a.m., registration starts at 8 a.m. Fee is $100 per shooter. Food, drinks and prizes will be provided. A special brass plated lever-action Henry rifle donated by T-Roy Broussard from the “Swamp People” TV show will be auctioned and another Henry rifle will be awarded to the “top shooter”. Title sponsors are Contango Oil & Gas Company, XTO Entergy and CHI St. Luke’s Health. For more information contact Norrell Thomas at 936-275-6015 or Kenny Fowler at 936-275-6208. Entry forms are also available at Center Broadcasting at 307 San Augustine Street in Center.