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Baseball

 

A bit of perfection at last night’s Center vs. Crandall playoff warm-up game as Rider pitcher Caiden Rainbolt faces the minimum 15 batters as the Riders take a 12-0 win in five innings. Rainbolt had 5 strikeouts.

 

The state-ranked Center Roughriders will conclude their regular district schedule when they host Rusk at 7 p.m. tonight at Roughrider Field for Senior Night. All 9 Rider seniors will be escorted by their parent(s) prior to the start of the game. The Riders (9-2) can take the undisputed District 19-4A championship with a win. Center will also be the No. 1 seed from the district in the state playoffs. The Riders will take on Huntington in a best-of-three bi-district series next week. All the particulars of that series are being finalized. Center Broadcasting will carry the Riders throughout post-season on Q-100, KQBB with Don Wall calling the action.

 

Carthage (8-3) will finish out at Tatum tonight. The Bulldogs will be the second-seed in the playoffs. Tatum and Rusk (4-7) have also qualified for post-season.

 

After tonight’s district finale, the Riders will play Carthage in a play-off warm-up game at 2 p.m. Saturday in Gary.

 

The Rider JV make-up game with Carthage has been cancelled on Monday because of testing

 

The Joaquin Rams are headed to the state baseball playoffs after they defeat the Tenaha Tigers, 12-2 in last night’s district finale. The Rams take the third and final playoff spot, knocking the Timpson Bears out of the picture. The Rams (9-5) will now face Broaddus in the bi-district round of the playoffs next week. Broaddus finished second in Dist. 24-2A. We’ll have the details as soon as they become available. Gary took second place in Dist. 23-2A and will meet Colmesneil in a home-in-home bi-district best-of-three bi-district series starting May 7 at Gary. Beckville is district champ and has a first-round bye.

 

In Dist. 22-3A, No. 1 Central Heights ends its season 14-0 with a 6-2 win over Hemphill yesterday. The Garrison Bulldogs (9-4) are headed to the playoffs and will conclude the regular season at Corrigan today.

 

Dist. 19-4A Standings

Center 9-2

Carthage 8-3
Tatum 4-7

Rusk 4-7
Henderson 3-9
 

 

Softball

 

The Shelbyville Lady Dragons win a one-game bi-district contest over Apple Springs, 7-4 in Pollock last night. Shelbyville will now meet Dist. 22-2A champion Cushing in a best-of-three area round home-and-home series beginning next Thursday. Game 1 is 7 p.m. in Cushing, with Game 2 at 6 p.m. Friday in Shelbyville. Game 3, if necessary would be in Nacogdoches at 2 p.m. Saturday.

 

The Joaquin Lady Rams win Game 1 of their best-of-three bi-district series over Slocum, 4-1 in Nacogdoches last night. Game 2 is set for 6 p.m. this evening at Nacogdoches High School. If needed, Game 3 would be played 30-minutes at the conclusion of Game 2. Winner of the series has Groveton, the Dist. 24-2A winner in the area round next week.

CLASS 2A REGION III

• Shelbyville 7, Apple Springs 4 (Shelbyville advances)
• Joaquin 4, Slocum 1 (Joaquin leads series, 1-0)
• Fruitvale 8, Hawkins 4 (Fruitvale advances)
• Simms Bowie 4, Detroit 3 (Bowie advances)
• Martin’s Mill vs. Union Grove
• Alto 8, Lovelady 4 (Alto leads series, 1-0)
• Colmesneil 13, West Sabine 0 (Colmesneil advances)

CLASS 4A REGION III

• Huntington 7, Tatum 3 (Huntington leads series, 1-0)
• Henderson 11, Lufkin Hudson 1 (Henderson leads series, 1-0)
• Diboll vs. Rusk

 

CLASS 3A REGION III

• Sabine 12, Corsicana Mildred 3 (Sabine advances)
• Troup vs. New Diana
• Pollok Central 10, Onalaska 0 (Central leads series, 1-0)
• White Oak 11, Frankston 1 (White Oak advances)
• Woodville 17, Trinity 0 (Woodville leads series, 1-0)
• Elkhart 6, Nacogdoches Central Heights 1 (Elkhart advances)

 

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. To see a listing of local regional qualifiers go to the Center Broadcasting Company website, cbc-radio.com and look for the story, “Local Sports Round Up” with today’s date.

 

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.

 

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

 

 

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 & 14th.

Monday, May 11th will be for the middle school girls and *Thursday, May 14th*, will be for the middle school boys. These meetings will take place in the Center Middle School Auditorium at *5:30 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.

 

Joaquin Athletic Banquet:

Joaquin High School Athletic Banquet will be held on Monday, May 11th . The catered meal will be served at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria and the program will follow at 7:00 pm in the new gymnasium . The adult tickets are $15.00 and children $7.00, you can attend the program without eating. All tickets MUST be turned in to the HS office by FRIDAY, MAY 1st for a plate count. Athletes attire should be Sunday dress. All athletes are guest of the booster. This year we will be holding the $10,000 Raffle in conjunction with the banquet. You can purchase your raffle ticket from a booster member. It will be drawn during the program in the gymnasium. No meal will be provided with the raffle ticket.

 

Joaquin Jr. High Athletic Banquet:

Joaquin Jr. High Athletic Banquet will be held on Monday, May 4th at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria. All Jr. high athletes and their parents are invited to attend. The athletes will be a guest of the boosters , other plates will cost $7.00 each. All athletes were given an invitation, please return those by Friday, May 1st to the office. A program will follow the meal in the cafeteria. All athletes should wear Sunday attire!

 

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.