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Baseball

 

The Center Roughriders had a bye from district play last night and will wrap-up the regular season at home against Rusk for Senior Night Friday. Not sure if Carthage and Rusk were able to play last night. No score available. The Riders (9-2) had a half-game lead on Carthage heading into the week. If both win out this week, they will be Dist. 19-4A co-champions. In the playoffs, the Riders own the district tiebreaker and would be the No. 1 seed in post-season. Carthage goes to Tatum to end the regular schedule. Looks like Center's first round opponent will be Huntington, the fourth-place team from Dist. 20-4A. The Rider Varsity will play Crandall in a non-district game at Roughrider Field Thursday, and will go to Van to play Edgewood Saturday in a playoff warm-up game.

 

In Dist. 23-2A, Gary clinches at least a tie for second place, with a 2-0 win over the Shelbyville Dragons yesterday. Gary improves to 10-4, a half-game up on the Timpson Bears (9-4), who will have to wait until today to play their final regular season game against district champion Beckville. Their game was cancelled in Beckville Tuesday after a heavy rain. First pitch is 6:30 p.m. The Joaquin Rams and Shelbyville (6-7) will hopefully get their game in at Joaquin tonight. The Rams are still alive for a playoff spot at 7-5. Joaquin has Tenaha (3-10) in the regular season finale Friday afternoon. Tenaha will be at Mt. Enterprise today.

 

West Sabine takes the Dist. 24-2A championship after they beat the Broaddus Bulldogs, 5-0 in their showdown yesterday. West Sabine moves back into first place at 14-1, while Broaddus is 14-2. Colmesneil (13-3) defeats Burkeville, 17-0 to claim third place.

 

No Scores available from Dist. 22-3A.

 

Today’s schedule:

Tenaha at Mt Enterprise

 

Dist. 19-4A Standings

Center 9-2

Carthage 8-2
Tatum 4-6

Rusk 3-7
Henderson 2-9
 

State Baseball Rankings:

Center and Carthage have swapped places in this week's 4A state rankings, according to Texas High School Baseball. The Riders are No. 17, while Carthage falls to No. 18. Athens is No. 10, Hudson is No. 13, with Spring Hill No. 21, and Pleasant Grove drops  out of the top spot. In 3A, Central Heights is still No.1, while Douglass is 18-0 and remains the No. 1 Class 2A team. Beckville is No. 12, with Broaddus up to No. 16, Harleton No. 17, West Sabine No. 21 and Colmesneil No. 22. In 5A, Hallsville is No. 6 and Lufkin is No. 7.

 

Softball

 

Class 2A Region III Bi-District Playoffs (Best of Three Series)

 

Shelbyville Lady Dragons vs. Apple Springs @ Central ISD in Pollock

Game 1: 6 p.m. Thursday

Game 2: 6 p.m. Friday

Game 3: If necessary, 30 minutes after end of Game 2

Winner will meet Cushing in the area round

 

Joaquin Lady Rams vs. Slocum @ Nacogdoches High School

Game 1: 6 p.m. Thursday

Game 2: 6 p.m. Friday

Winner will meet Groveton in the area round

 

Track & Field Regional Meets:

 

A good representation of local track athletes will be competing at regional meets this Friday & Saturday. The Class 4A Region III Meet will be at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, while the Class 2A Region III Meet will be at Palestine High School. 

 

Center qualifiers:

 

800 meter run: Arnol Excobedo

 

4x100 relay: Sophomores, Joe King and Octavious Evans and Juniors, Sayoddrick Barnes and Dacorey McGee.

 

4x200 relay: Sophomores, Joe King, Octavious Evans, and Adrian Johnson, and Junior Sayoddrick Barnes.

 

Mile Relay: Sophomores Octavious Evans and Kyle Parks, and Juniors, Arnol Escobedo and Sayoddrick Barnes.

 

Class 2A @ Palestine High School

 

Shelbyville

 

Several Shelbyville students qualified for the Region 3-2A Track Meet to be held in Palestine May 1-2. TaVion Barnes, Corey Bearden, Jeron Boykins, Mikel Carter, Malik Cartwright, Terrell Cartwright, Kal Metcalf, Dee Osby, Belinda Bohannon, Daisy Cartwright, Cleosha Jeter, Kyra Ross, Keonna Osby, Bailey Rabalais and Catasia Walker.

 

Tenaha

 

Qualifying for the Regional track meet for the Varsity Boys is Carlos Flores in the 3200m and 1600m runs, and Cobe Caraway in the 100m dash. In addition to the 4x100 and 4x200m relays consisting of TJ Thomas, Kebo Reed, Dre Thomas, Abel Rodriguez and Cobe Caraway.

 

In the field events, the Varsity girls qualified Ashton Griffin in the discus, Mercedes Rountree in the shot, Alicia Casey in the triple jump, and LaPorsha Perry in both the high jump and long jump.

 

Competing for the Lady Tigers in the running events will be Ke'Anya Davis in the 100m dash, Jaden Washington in the 300m hurdles and Alicia Casey, Jaden Washington, Alyssa Harris, Ke'Anya Davis andLaPorsha Perry in the 4x100 and 4x200m relays.

 

Joaquin

 

Justin Hooper - Triple Jump

Keith Johnson - 110 meter Hurdles

Day'za Lane - 200 Meter Dash

Katherine Patrick - Triple Jump

Desere Cooper - Shot Put

Annabeth Vaughn - High Jump

 

Timpson

 

Timpson girls in 8 events and boys in 12 events, including all three relays.

 

QUALIFING FOR REGIONALS ARE THE TOP FOUR FINSHERS IN AN EVENT.
RESUTS OF THE AREA TRACK MEET
VARSITY GIRLS		Place				VARSITY BOYS		Place
	4x100 relay		4				4x100 relay		1
	Alexus Wallace						Terence Garrett
	Justus Osby						Devonta Thompson
	Cedesha Curtis						Shakur Johnson
	Jasmine Rogers						Eric Gossett
	100						100 m
	Jasmine Rogers		3				Eric Gossett		1
							Terence Garrett		5
	4x200 relay		4
	Alexus Wallace						110 m Hurdles
	Justus Osby						James Marshall		2
	Jasmine Rogers
	Cedesha Curtis						4x200		1
							Hayden Smith
	200 m dash						Devonta Thompson
	Cedesha Curtis		4				Shakur Johnson
							Eric Gossett
	1600 M Run						400 M DASH
	Cheyanne Porter		4				Hayden Smith		1
							Jayden Johnson		3
	Shot
	Kaylie Bush		2
							300 M Hurdles
							James Marshall		2
	Discus-
	Patience Brannan		4
							200 M
	Long Jump						DeVonta Thompson		1
	Justus Osby		4				Terence Garrett		5
							4x400		2
							James Marshall
							Hayden Smith
							Shakur Johnson
							Jayden Johnson
							Shot
							Alberto Cuero		1
							Bryan Torres		2
							Discus
							Chandler Burgay		1
							Alberto Cuero		5
							LONG JUMP
							Shakur Johnson		2
							Chris Piro		6
							TRIPLE JUMP
							Shakur Johnson		2

 

 

Panola College Cowboys to National Finals

 

After an 82-point bareback-ride to win the Wharton College Rodeo last Saturday, Panola College’s Wyatt Denny, and Bull Rider Gannon Ivy have qualified for the College National Finals in Casper, Wyo. June 14-20. Denny is the 2015 Southern Region Champion Bareback rider. Gannon finished the season ranked third in the region.

 

CMS Athletics Parent’s Meeting

There will be a parent meeting for all parents of incoming 6th, 7th & 8th grade students at Center ISD who are participating in athletics on May 11th & 12th.

Monday, May 11th will be for the middle school girls, and Tuesday, May 12th, will be for the middle school boys. These meetings will take place in the Center Middle School Auditorium at 6 pm both evenings.

 

Center Athletic Banquet:

There’s been a rescheduling of the Center High School “Banquet of Champions”. The athletic banquet will now be held Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Windham Civic Center. The meal is catered by Pete Lowe’s Catering, and the event will feature a slideshow and awards. Tickets are $7 adults, $5 students, five and under are free, and $3 for kids 6-12. All athletic students are admitted free. Tickets are available in the athletic office until May 1. No tickets sold at the door. For more information, call the athletic office at 598-6173, ext. 2231.

Shooters to meet:

Shelby County Shooters Club will be meeting Thursday, April 30 for business/membership meeting. Start time is 7 p.m. at TR’s Restaurant on Hurst Street in Center. Club memberships expire May 1. Family dues remain $40. Renew today by calling 936-598-8062 or come by 300 Tenaha Street, Center.

 

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.

 

DU Greenwing event:

The Shelby County Ducks’ Unlimited annual Green Wing event will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 6. According to Clint Tanner, the location has been changed to a familiar site, Weldon Boles’ property off Old City Lake Road. Tanner said DU used that location previously. There will be prizes for all kids, along with Texas Parks & Wildlife Game Wardens providing hunter safety, Mike Hudman with Black Water Retrievers with a dog demo and a free hot dog meal. All kids’ ages up to 17 are invited to attend. Mark your calendar for June 6, the Shelby County Ducks Unlimited Greenwing Event. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. The location is 245 CR 1006, Center. By the way, kids, bring your fishing pole. For more information call Clint Tanner at 936-332-4767 or Adam Reeves at 936-332-6420.