In sports,

 

Soccer:

 

The Center Roughrider Soccer team will play Hardin-Jefferson at 3 p.m. this afternoon at Allen Academy in Bryan in the Class 4A area championship round. The winner of today's game will be the Waco LaVega-Little Cypress-Mauriceville winner in the region quarterfinals.

 

Dist. Golf

 

The Dist. 19-4A Golf Tournament continues today in Longview as the Roughrider boys’ team is participating.

 

Track & Field:

 

Shelbyville Dragon Senior track standout Mikel Carter participated in the Texas Relays in Austin last weekend in the A Division Pole Vault event. There were 15 athletes from all over the U.S. takeing part and Carter had a 6th place showing with a vault of 15'7", a personal best. He's one of the first Shelbyville tracksters to participate in the Texas Relays.

 

The Roughrider Relays will be held at Roughrider Stadium starting at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon as thin-clads from across the region will converge.

 

Timpson Bears at Huntington meet today.

 

The Dist. 19-4A Jr. High Track & Field Meet will next Monday and Tuesday (April 6 & 7) starting at 4:30 p.m. in Rusk. The girls' meet will be Monday with the boys' jr. meet the following day.

 

Baseball

 

Today's Schedule:

 

The Center Roughriders will be in Henderson for a Dist. 19-4A game today. The Rider Varsity is 4-1. Game times are 4:30 p.m. for JV and 7 p.m. for Varsity. In Tuesday’s night win over Tatum, the 17^th-ranked Riders got a 3-for-5 plate performance from Taylor Tomlin and Kam Owens, each with two RBIs. Caden Rainbolt was 3-for-3 with an RBI. Jacob Mitchell improved to 5-0 on the season as he worked five innings, allowing two runs on three hits and had five strikeouts.

 

The Timpson Bears (5-1) are home against state-ranked and district-leading Beckville (6-0).

 

The San Augustine Wolves (3-5) will host district front-runner West Sabine (8-0). In action Tuesday San Augustine Wolves lost to Chester, 12-10.

 

The Garrison Bulldogs (3-3) go to Newton (0-6)

 

The Broaddus Bulldogs (7-1) at Chester (6-3)

 

Friday's schedule:

 

Tenaha (1-5) at Joaquin (3-3)

 

Shelbyville (3-3) at Gary (4-2)

 

Softball:

 

Thursday's Schedule:

 

Center (0-3) hosts Rusk (2-1)

 

Shelbyville (6-2) at Brookeland

 

Timpson (1-6) hosts Mt. Enterprise (double-header 3:30 p.m.)

 

Garrison at Newton

 

Friday's Schedule:

 

Joaquin (6-2) hosts Wells

 

 

Car Show:

 

The City of San Augustine Main Street would like to invite you to enter the antique and muscle car show during the Heritage Festival on May 2. The chairs Billy Johnson and daughter Brittney Johnson are in charge of the event. It will take place Saturday May 2. Call to reserve your place, 936-201-9798 or 936-275-3172. Come out and enjoy the good food, farmers market, heritage demonstrations, information booths, arts and crafts vendors, shopping, educational presentations, storytelling, live entertainment and downtown walking tours.

 

Joaquin Athletic Boosters:

 

The Joaquin Athletic Booster Fundraiser $10,000 raffle will be held Monday, May 11 in conjunction with the high school athletic banquet. The tickets are $100 each for the drawing, with only 250 tickets sold. The drawing goes as follows: 1^st ticket drawn-$5,000, 2^nd-6^th tickets-$1,000 each. A total of $10,000 will be given away. There will not be a meal included with the drawing. If you would like to attend the athletic banquet as well, tickets for the meal will be on sell at the high school office at a later date. Tickets can be purchased from any Joaquin Athletic Booster member or the administration office.

 

The 37^th annual Center Broadcasting-Shelby County Bass Anglers’ Take a Kid Fishing Bream Tournament will be held on Toledo Bend at Huxley Bay Marina on Saturday, May 9. We invite all children ages 3 to 15 years old to register for the free tournament. Entry forms can be picked up at the Center Broadcasting studios at 307 San Augustine Street in Center, Huxley Bay Marina, Scarber’s Grocery & Trail’s End & RV in Huxley, First Bank and Trust East Texas in San Augustine, or Hometown Tackle in Center.   Participants must be preregistered no later than May 1st.  Trophies will be awarded to each group and prizes will be available for each participant.  Fishing begins at 6am, and all participants must be in the weigh-in line no later than 12:30pm. You can go to the Center Broadcasting Company website, cbc-radio.com to download an entry form. For more information, contact the radio stations at 936-598-3304.