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Baseball
The Center Roughriders take the outright Dist. 19 4-A baseball championship with a 1-0 win over Rusk Friday night during Senior Night at Roughrider Field. Taylor Tomlin crossed the plate for the game’s only run when Caiden Rainbolt drove a one-out line drive in the top of the sixth. Jacob Mitchell (6-0) gets the win with a complete game, striking out two and allowing five hits. The Riders are 18-3-1 on the season.
The Riders will enter the state baseball playoffs this week against Huntington in a best-of-three home-and-home bi-district series starting at 7 p.m. Friday at Roughrider Field. Game 2 will be in Huntington at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Rider JV wins, 4-3.
The Rider beat Carthage 6-4 in Saturday’s exhibition game at Gary.
Center Broadcasting will have Rider playoff action on Q100 KQBB throughout the state playoffs.
By the way, Carthage will play Diboll in a best-of-three bi-district series at SFA in Nacogdoches. The first game will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Game 2 at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Joaquin Rams enter the Class 2A state baseball playoffs this week against Broaddus, in a best-of-three bi-district series, with all games in Gary. Game 1 is at 6 pm Friday; Game 2 at 1 pm Saturday; Game 3 if needed 30 min after game 2.
Dist. 19-4A Standings
XY-Center 10-2
Y-Carthage 9-3
Y-Tatum 4-8
Y-Rusk 4-4
Henderson 3-9
X-Dist. Champ
Y-Clinched Playoff Berth
Softball
The Joaquin Lady Rams are headed to the area round of the Class 2A playoffs. Joaquin will take on Groveton in a best-of-three series at Central Heights starting Thursday. Game 1 is 6:30 p.m., with Game 2 at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and if necessary, Game 3 is 3 p.m. Saturday.
The Lady Rams take a 10-6 win over Slocum Friday night in Game 2 of their bi-dist best of series. Joaquin won Game 1, 4-1 Thursday.
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons will meet Cushing in a best-of-three area round home-and-home series beginning 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 winners of both series will meet in the region quarterfinal round next week.
Track & Field Regional Meets (State Qualifiers):
The Timpson Bears win the Class 2A Region III Track and Field Meet in Palestine with 74 points. Timpson qualifies two relay teams, the 4x100 & 4x200 by winning the gold in each. The Bears will also be sending E.C. Gossett in the 100m Dash after he won the event. In addition, Alberto Cuero places second in the shot put to earn the trip to Austin.
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons came in second as a team and will be represented in several events at the state meet next week. They include the 4x400 Relay, which broke the regional record, as well as Discus and Triple Jump.
There’s a complete listing of state track & field qualifiers listed on the Center Broadcasting Facebook page with this story.
Timpson State Qualifiers:
Shot Put-Alberto Cuero (2nd)
Discus – Chandler Burgay (3rd)
100m Dash-E.C. Gossett (1st)
4x100 Relay- E.C. Gossett, Terrance Garrett, Shakur Johnson and DeVonte’ Thompson (1st)
4x200 Relay - Hayden Smith, Shakur Johnson, E.C. Gossett, DeVonte’ Thompson (1st)
Shelbyville State Qualifiers:
Boys-
Pole Vault-Mikel Carter (2nd)
Girls-
Discus-Bailey Rabalais (2nd), 114-02
Triple Jump – Cleosha Jeter, (2nd) 33-07
400 meter – Ke’Anna Osby (3rd)
4x200 Relay – (Belinda Bohannon, Cleosha Jeter, Daisy Cartwright & Kyra Ross) (3rd)
4x400 Relay (Mile Relay) (Ke’Anna Osby, Daisy Carwright, Kyra Ross & Cleosha Jeter) (1st) Broke the Regional Record 4:02.66
Joaquin State Qualifer:
Girls-
High Jump-Annabeth Vaughn (2nd) 5-02
San Augustine Qualifiers:
Girls –
Long Jump -Ky’Ashlyn Price(1st) 17-07
4×100 — (2nd) — 50.14
4×200 — (2nd) — 1:46.14
Class 3A Region III – Waco
Garrison
Boys-
Pole Vault-Cody Cooper (2nd) 13-06
Girls-
High Jump-Kori Westmoreland (2nd) 5-02
Long Jump-Ki’Audra Hayter (2nd) 17-07.75
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.
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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.
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.
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