In Sports,

 

High School Basketball:

 

A decision has been made to break the three-way tie for second place in the girls’ Dist. 22-2A basketball race and determine the playoff seeding.

 

Shelbyville, Joaquin and Martinsville all ended the regular season at 6-4, behind district champion Tenaha (10-0).

 

A coin flip between the three teams yesterday determined Shelbyville to be the “odd” team, with Joaquin and Martinsville the “even” teams, and they’ll play in Game 1.

 

The tiebreaker games will be played at Tenaha ISD’s Special Events Center. 

 

In Game 1, Martinsville takes on Joaquin at 6:30 p.m. tonight. The winner of Game 1 will then play Shelbyville at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Game 2.

 

If necessary, a Game 3 would be at 1 p.m. Saturday.

 

District officials tell us Shelbyville would have to lose Friday’s Game 2 to force a Game 3 against the loser of Game 1. A Shelbyville win Friday puts the Lady Dragons in as the second seed in the playoffs, with the loser as third seed.

 

The 22-2A second and third seeds will play Overton and Cushing in bi-district.

 

The Center Roughriders have a chance to avenge their only Dist. 19-4A loss of the season when they go to Tatum Friday night. Center (5-1) lost in OT to Tatum (6-0), 51-49 on Jan. 27. The Riders are playoff bound, but having a share of that district title would be sweet. Carthage (3-4) goes to Henderson (1-5) in the districts other game Friday.

 

The Shelbyville Dragons (7-1) can pretty well take the district championship with a win at home against Beckville Friday. Meanwhile, Timpson (6-2) and Tenaha (5-3), as we understand, have both secured playoff berths, regardless of the outcome of the next two district games. Due to Timpson defeating Martinsville (4-4) in head-to-head play, they win a tie-breaker, should both teams end up with the same district record. The boys’ bi-district round of the playoffs will begin the Week of Feb. 23.

 

By the way, the Timpson at Tenaha boys’ game Friday starts at 6 p.m., followed by Game 2 of the girls’ district tie-breaker series.

 

The Dist. Champion Tenaha Lady will have a playoff warm-up game against District 16-2A Champion Union Grove at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Arp High School.

 

Dist. 23-2A’s top-two teams are pretty well set heading into the final two games of the regular season. San Augustine and West Sabine are 7-1, but the fight continues for the championship, and could be headed to a show-down next Tuesday in SA when they two meet. Brookeland is 4-3, while Broaddus are 3-4 as they battle for third. Brookeland goes to San Augustine Friday and Zavalla (0-7) heads to Broaddus. Brookeland beat the Wolves in their first meeting, 75-71 last month.

 

The San Augustine Lady Wolves will play Colmesneil in a Class 2A bi-district round game at 6 p.m. Monday at Angelina College in Lufkin. That game will be followed at 8 p.m. by the Garrison Lady Bulldog and Crockett Class 3A bi-district game. Gate prices are $5 and $3. San Augustine finished in second place. Dist. Champion Broaddus has a first-round bye. Brookeland is the third-seed team.

 

 

Feb. 13 (Boys)

Dist. 19-4A

Center @ Tatum

Carthage @ Henderson

 

Dist. 22-2A

Beckville @ Shelbyville

Martinsville @ Joaquin

Timpson @ Tenaha

 

Dist. 23-2A

Brookeland @ San Augustine

Pineywoods @ West Sabine

Zavalla @ Broaddus

 

Dist. 22-3A

Corrigan @ Central Heights

Woden @ Garrison

Newton @ Central

Woodville @ Hemphill

 

Boys' Dist. Standings

19-4A

Tatum 6-0

Center 5-1

Carthage 3-4

Henderson 1-5

Rusk 1-6

 

22-2A

Shelbyville 7-1

Timpson 6-2

Tenaha 5-3

Martinsville 4-4

Joaquin 1-7

Beckville 1-7

 

23-2A

San Augustine 7-1

West Sabine 7-1

Brookeland 4-3

Broaddus 3-4
Pineywoods 2-5

Zavalla 0-7

 

22-3A

Newton 11-1

Woodville 9-2

Central Heights 9-3

Woden 6-4

Central 5-7

Garrison 1-9

Hemphill 1-10

Corrigan 2-8

 

Team Tennis:

 

The Center High School Varsity Tennis Team will play in Kilgore Friday and the JV will take on Kilgore Feb. 17.

 

College Hoops:

 

The 8-2 SFA Lady jacks will be in San Antonio to play Incarnate Word tonight.

 

The SFA Lumberjacks will be at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday.

 

Soccer:

 

The Center Roughriders and Lady Riders will be home to play Palestine Friday beginning at 5 p.m.

 

The Tenaha Lady Tiger Soccer team will be at Texas High in Texarkana for a 5:30 p.m. game today. The Tiger Soccer team goes to Henderson Friday.

 

Baseball:
The Center Roughriders have a scrimmage at Pine Tree High School in Longview Saturday, starting with JV at 11 a.m.

The Garrison Bulldogs go to Huntington Friday beginning at 4:30 for a scrimmage.

The high school regular season begins Feb. 23.

 

Softball:
 

The Joaquin Lady Rams will scrimmage the Shelbyville Lady Dragons at 4 p.m. this afternoon in Shelbyville.

The state-ranked Garrison Lady Bulldogs will be in Lufkin at 5 p.m. in a final scrimmage before they play in the Longview Tournament Friday thru Saturday.

Fishing:

 

On Saturday, February 7th, the Shelby County Junior Bass Anglers fished their second SETX High School Fishing Association tournament. 376 teams fished the tournament. The top 10 teams are secured a spot with an Elite Pro fisherman in a B.A.S.S. tournament that will be held on March 28th. Center High School Senior Jared Wiggins and Junior, Brett Clark, placed 7^th overall which qualifies them to compete in the B.A.S.S. tournament with a professional fisherman. Also competing for CHS were Freshmen, Brenden Stanley and Colman Davis who placed 12th. All these teams won scholarship money.

 

The Timpson team of Chandler Burgay and James Marshall was 15th and Holly Hughes and Molly Sanford were 27th.

 

Sign Ups:

 

Center Youth Baseball will be holding a final signup this Friday, February 13 from 5-7pm at the Center Middle School Cafeteria. If anyone has any questions or is interesting in coaching please call Jason Mitchell at (936)488-2863 or Melissa McGhen at (936)488-9034.

 

The San Augustine Lions Sporting Clay Shoot will be held Saturday, Feb. 21 at Fairway Farm, located five miles east of San Augustine on Hwy. 21. All proceeds benefit Texas Lions’ Camp, local charities and scholarships. The shoot will consist of four or five person teams. Individuals are welcome and everyone will be placed on a team. There will be one flight beginning at 10 a.m., registration starts at 8 a.m. Fee is $100 per shooter. Food, drinks and prizes will be provided. A special brass plated lever-action Henry rifle donated by T-Roy Broussard from the “Swamp People” TV show will be auctioned and another Henry rifle will be awarded to the “top shooter”. Title sponsors are Contango Oil & Gas Company, XTO Entergy and CHI St. Luke’s Health. For more information contact Norrell Thomas at 936-275-6015 or Kenny Fowler at 936-275-6208. Entry forms are also available at Center Broadcasting at 307 San Augustine Street in Center.

 

The Logansport Chamber of Commerce will have their 8^th annual Sand Bass Tournament Saturday, March 14. Entry fee is $150 per team, with an optional $50 per team for Big Bass. Fishing begins at 6 a.m., and boats must be landed on Toledo Bend or the Sabine River. Fishing on the bank is also allowed. First-place will pay $5,000. Prize money payouts are based on a minimum of 75 teams entered. A copy of the tournament rules and an entry form is available at Center Broadcasting, 307 San Augustine St. in Center.