In sports,

 

State tennis tournament:

 

Center Roughrider Tennis is represented at the State Tennis Tournament at Texas A&M by two doubles teams. Adam Reeves and Alec Lucas will be playing in boys’ doubles division, and Julie Garcia and Malory Nehring will be in the girls’ doubles. Quarterfinal play begins at 8 a.m. this morning with Reeves/Lucas taking on a duo from Abilene Wylie. Garcia/Nehring will face Fredericksburg at 12 noon. The semi-finals will be held this afternoon.

 

Baseball state playoffs:

 

The Center Baseball Roughriders will meet Groesbeck in an area championship series beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday in Groesbeck. Game 2 will take place at 7 p.m. Friday in Gary. If needed, Game 3 will be on Saturday at 1 PM in Groesbeck. Groesbeck advances after sweeping China Springs in bi-district. The series winner gets the Hudson/Lorena winner in region quarterfinals.

 

Center vs. Groesback

4A Region 3-Area Playoff Series

Game 1 7 p.m. Thursday in Groesbeck

Game 2 7 p.m. Friday in Gary

Game 3 1 p.m. Saturday in Groesbeack (if needed)

 

Center Broadcasting will have coverage of the Riders throughout the state playoffs on Q-100 KQBB as Don Wall has the call.

 

The Joaquin Rams have advanced to the area round of the Class 2A playoffs and will take on another state-ranked opponent, Centerville. There will be one game only. The winner advances to the region quarterfinal round to play the Beckville/Grapeland winner.

 

Joaquin vs. Centerville
2A Region 3 - Area Playoff Game
One Game to be played on:
Friday, 6:00 pm at Central Pollok ISD

CLASS 4A REGION III

Center vs. Groesbeck

(Best-of-three series)

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14), Groesbeck HS
• Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday (May 15), Gary HS
• Game 3: 1 p.m. Saturday (May 16), Groesbeck HS, if necessary

Hudson vs. Lorena

(Best-of-three series)

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14), Lorena HS
• Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday (May 15), Hudson HS
• Game 3: 5 p.m. Saturday (May 16), A&M Consolidated HS, College Station, if necessary

 

Carthage vs. Madisonville

(Best-of-three series)

• Game 1: 7:30 p.m. Thursday (May 14), Gary HS
• Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday (May 15), Rusk HS
• Game 3: 1 p.m. Saturday (May 16), Rusk HS, if necessary

 

Jasper vs. Robinson

(Best-of-three series)

At Athens HS

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Friday (May 15)
• Game 2: 2:30 p.m. Saturday (May 16)
• Game 3: follows Game 2, if necessary

CLASS 3A REGION III

Central Heights vs. Warren

• One-game playoff: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14), Hemphill HS

Crockett vs. Buna

(Best-of-three series)

At New Caney HS

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14)
• Game 2: 2 p.m. Saturday (May 16)
• Game 3: follows Game 2, if necessary

CLASS 2A REGION III

Joaquin vs. Centerville

• One-game playoff: 6 p.m. Friday (May 15), Pollok Central HS

West Sabine vs. Cushing

Douglass vs. Colmesneil

(Best-of-three series)

At Livingston’s Texas Slam

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14)
• Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday (May 15)
• Game 3: 2 p.m. Saturday (May 16), if necessary

Beckville vs. Grapeland

(Best-of-three series)

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14), Pollok Central HS
• Game 2: 4 p.m. Saturday (May 16), Gary HS
• Game 3: follows Game 2, if necessary

 

Softball state playoffs:

The Joaquin Lady Rams are in the third-round of the Class 2A playoffs and will meet Cushing in a best-of-three region quarterfinal series with all games in Tatum beginning Thursday. The winner has the Fruitvale/Cayuga winner in the region semi-finals.

 

Joaquin vs. Cushing
2A Region 3 - Regional Quarterfinal Playoff Series
1st Game - Thursday, 05/14 at 6:00 pm
2nd Game - Friday, 05/15 at 6:00 pm
3rd Game if necessary - Saturday, 05/16 at 2:00 pm
All games will be held at Tatum High School

 

CLASS 2A REGION III

Cayuga vs. Fruitvale

• One-game playoff: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14), Athens HS

 

Beckville vs. Harleton

(Best-of-three series)

At LeTourneau University, Longview

• Game 1: 6 p.m. Thursday (May 14)
• Game 2: 6 p.m. Friday (May 15)
• Game 3: noon Saturday (May 16), if necessary

 

Alto vs. Grapeland

CLASS 4A REGION III

Carthage vs. Huntington

(Best-of-three series)

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 14), Carthage HS
• Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday (May 15), Huntington HS
• Game 3: 2 p.m. Saturday (May 16), SFA, Nacogdoches, if necessary

 

Henderson vs. Robinson

 

New SFA coach

The SFA Ladyjacks have a new head basketball coach. SFA named Mark Kellogg to that position Sunday. He was introduced yesterday. Kellogg has served as the head coach at West Texas A&M, a Division II program in Canyon. for two seasons. He compiled a 62-6 record and two straight Elite Eight appearances and a national championship appearance in 2014. Former Ladyjack coach Brandon Schneider resigned in April to accept the head coaching job at Kansas University.

Center Athletic Banquet:

The Center High School “Banquet of Champions” will be held Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Windham Civic Center. The meal is catered by Pete Lowe’s Catering, and is chicken & chopped BBQ. There will be a slideshow with memories from the year and awards for each sport.. 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 at the high school until May 15. No tickets sold at the door. For more information, call the athletic office at 598-6173, ext. 2231.