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State baseball playoffs

 

A remarkable history-making season came to an end for the Center Baseball Roughriders in Beaumont Saturday afternoon as Huffman Hargrave completed a sweep of the Class 4A best-of-three region semifinal series with a 13-4 win over the Riders.

 

Huffman took a 3-1 win in Game 1 Thursday.

 

It marked the first time in some 38 years that a Rider team had advanced this far into post-season. You have to go back to 1977 when Center lost to Waxahachie in the region final.

 

Saturday’s game saw Huffman build a 5-0 lead in the first, much like the early outburst in Thursday’s first game. The Falcons were up, 9-0 in the second when a two-hour rain/lightning delay had the game on hold. When played resumed Huffman had built their advantage to 13-0 in the fourth inning. The Riders pushed across four runs in the fifth.

 

The Carthage Bulldogs were also eliminated from the playoffs in three games when West Orange-Stark came back to win two games Saturday in Lake Charles to advance to the region final against Huffman Hargrave. Carthage won Game 1, 9-0 Thursday, with WO-S taking Game 2, 7-4, then the rubber-game, 4-0.

 

Class 4A

REGION III
W19 Center (24-5-1) Vs. W23 Huffman Hargrave (25-4)
Huffman Hargrave 3 Center 1
Huffman Hargrave 13 Center 4 (HUFFMAN HARGRAVE ADVANCES)

 

R19 Carthage (19-10) Vs. T24 West Orange-Stark (22-8)
Carthage 9 West Orange-Stark 0
West Orange-Stark 7 Carthage 4
West Orange-Stark 4 Carthage 0 (WO-S ADVANCES)

 

Class 2A Region 3

R19 Harleton v W24 West Sabine

Game 1 – Harleton 11 West Sabine 3

Game 2 – Harleton 7 West Sabine 4

Harleton advances to play Beckville

W23 Beckville v W19 Union Grove

Game 1 – Beckville 18 Union Grove 2

Game 2 – Beckville 7 Union Grove 2

Beckville advances to play Harleton   Class 3A REGION III W19 West (25-2-1) Vs. R21 Elkhart (23-10) West 6 Elkhart 2 West 5 Elkhart 1 (WEST ADVANCES)   T19 Teague (17-7-2) Vs. W21 New Waverly (21-8-1) Teague 8 New Waverly 7 Teague 6 New Waverly 3 (TEAGUE ADVANCES)       UIL State Softball Championships June 3-6 At Red and Charline McCombs Field, Austin     WEDNESDAY’S GAMES       Class 2A semifinal: Harleton (32-2) vs. Bosqueville (25-6), 9 a.m.     Class 2A semifinal: Hawley (29-2) vs. Shiner (29-5-1), noon     Class 3A semifinal: Whitewright (31-2) vs. Hallettsville (33-3-1), 3 p.m.     Class 3A semifinal: East Bernard (35-2) vs. Comanche (20-5), 6 p.m.     THURSDAY’S GAMES       Class 4A semifinal: Huffman Hargrave (28-5) vs. Snyder (30-7), 9 a.m.     Class 4A semifinal: Pleasant Grove (18-6) vs. Needville (32-7), noon     Class 2A championship: Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.     Class 3A championship: Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.     FRIDAY’S GAMES       Class 5A semifinal: Aledo (21-1) vs. Fort Bend Ridge Point (27-6), 9 a.m.     Class 5A semifinal: Hallsville (36-2) vs. Cedar Park Vista Ridge (28-2-1), noon     Class 6A semifinal: Katy (34-6) vs. The Woodlands (26-7), 3 p.m.     Class 6A semifinal: San Benito (30-3) vs. Lewisville (27-6), 6 p.m.     SATURDAY’S GAMES       Class 4A championship: Semifinal winners, 10 a.m.     Class 5A championship: Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.     Class 6A championship: Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

 

Preston Football Camp

 

The Preston Football Camp will be held Saturday, June 6 starting at 9 a.m. in Center. The participation ages are 8-18 in a non-contact teaching camp. This camp is well worth the 6-7 hours. Come spend your time learning from several well known football athletes including: Terrence Gannaway, Kendell Hill, Desmond Gillion and Jeremy Small. For more information and to sign up, call Dwight Preston at 936-598-2470.

 

DU Greenwing event:

The Shelby County Ducks’ Unlimited annual Green Wing event will be held at 10 a.m., this Saturday, June 6, at Weldon Boles’ property off Old City Lake Road, 245 County Road 1006 outside Center. Clint Tanner said there will be prizes for all kids, along with Texas Parks & Wildlife Game Wardens providing hunter safety, Shelby County Jr. Bass Anglers, Collin Matthews with a gun safety demo, Mike Hudman with Black Water Retrievers with a dog demo and kids enjoy a free hot dog meal. All kids’ ages up to 17 are invited to attend. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. 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.