In sports,

 

Power Lifting:

 

Two Center Lady Rider Power Lifters are headed to the Texas High School Women’s Power Lifting State Championship in Corpus Christi later this month after qualifying at the regional meet in Paris on Monday. Rachel Andrews made it out after a three-tie for second place in the 220 lb. weight class with a total of 820 pounds. Meanwhile, Rylee Hudspeth placed seventh in the 148 lb. weight class with a total weight of 735 pounds. The state meet will be March 19 & 20.

 

Eight members on the Center High School Boys Powerlifting team have
qualified for the Regional Powerlifting Meet in Rusk. They will weigh in today and lift on Thursday. Qualifying lifters are: Witt Dockens, Jacarlos hall, Devincent Hoyt, Joe King, Denzel Moore, Daniel Rodriguez, Hairo Salazar, and Brendan Stanley.

 

The Shelbyville Lady Dragon Power Lifting team will compete at the regional meet Thursday in White Oak.

 

Meanwhile, four Shelbyville Dragon Power Lifters have qualified for the regional power lifting meet to be held Saturday in Elkhart.

 

High School Basketball Playoffs

 

Class 2A Region Quarter-Final Championship

 

The Tenaha Tigers have qualified for  their 11^th regional tournament in the last 14 years after a 38-35 win over New Summerfield in Hallsville last night. The Tigers will meet #8 ranked LaPoynor, a 75-56 winner over Cross Roads at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Jewett Leon. The Region III Semi-Finals begin with #1 Dallardsville-Big Sandy against #9 Kerens at 5 p.m. The winners meet in the final at 2 p.m. Saturday with the trip to San Antonio on the line.

 

Class 2A Region III Tournament
Jewett- Leon High School

Friday Semis
#1 Big Sandy vs. #9 Kerens - 5p
#8 Lapoynor vs. Tenaha - 7:30p

 

Saturday Final @ 2p

 

Other Region Quarter-Final Results Tuesday:

 

CLASS 4A REGION III

 

Mexia 81, Palestine 78 - OT
Silsbee 83, Wheatley 79

Tatum 56, La Vega 48
Houston Sterling 87, Hardin Jefferson 76

CLASS 3A REGION III

Rockdale 62, Frankston 48
Kountze 95, Hempstead 61

Teague 48, Franklin 42
Crockett 64, Newton 51

CLASS 2A REGION III

Kerens 66, Grapeland 37
Big Sandy 67, West Sabine 43

Lapoynor 75, Cross Roads 56
Tenaha 38, New Summerfield 35

CLASS A REGION IV

Coolidge 89, Laneville 83
Waelder 74, Moulton 61

Calvert 73, Mt Enterprise 52
Premier 61, Burkeville 45
 

 

UIL Girls State Basketball Tournament Thursday-Saturday (March 5-7)

At Alamodome, San Antonio

 

THURSDAY’S GAMES

 

    Class A semifinal: Lipan (32-3) vs. Garden City (30-4), 8:30 a.m.

    Class A semifinal: Nazareth (32-2) vs. D’Hanis (27-6), 10 a.m.

    Class 3A semifinal: Shallowater (31-1) vs. Jarrell (34-3), 1:30 p.m.

    Class 3A semifinal: Sunnyvale (35-2) vs. Rockdale (30-3), 3 p.m.

    Class 5A semifinal: Canyon (32-3) vs. Bryan Rudder (36-4), 7 p.m.

    Class 5A semifinal: Cedar Park Vista Ridge (36-2) vs. Dallas Adams (29-4), 8:30 p.m.

 

FRIDAY’S GAMES

 

    Class 2A semifinal: LaPoynor (32-2) vs. Martin’s Mill (29-7), 8:30 a.m.

    Class 2A semifinal: Weimer (34-4) vs. Gruver (30-5), 10 a.m.

    Class 4A semifinal: Waco La Vega (34-2) vs. Argyle (30-5), 1:30 p.m.

    Class 4A semifinal: Liberty Hill (37-2) vs. Abilene Wylie (31-5), 3 p.m.

    Class 6A semifinal: Dallas Skyline (30-6) vs. Flower Mound (28-7), 7 p.m.

    Class 6A semifinal: Houston Cypress Woods (33-1) vs. San Antonio Wagner (26-10), 8:30 p.m.

 

 SATURDAY’S GAMES

 

    Class A final: 8:30 a.m.

    Class 3A final: 10 a.m.

    Class 2A final: 1:30 p.m.

    Class 5A final: 3 p.m.

    Class 4A final: 7 p.m.

    Class 6A final: 8:30 p.m.

 

Dist. 22-2A Girls’ All-District Basketball Team:

 

The coaches of Dist. 22-2A announced the girls’ all-district basketball team Tuesday and the District Champion Tenaha Lady Tigers took two superlatives, including co-MVPs from Sophomore Brooke McClure and Freshman Arlicia Roland. In addition, Junior Ke’Anya Davis was named the Offensive Player of the Year. Lady Tiger Head Coach Garry Davison was Coach of the Year. Joaquin Lady Ram Freshman Day’za Lane was Newcomer of the Year, and Martinsville Lady Pirate Senior Daisy Sequeda was Defensive Player of the Year.

The teams were dominated by Tenaha, Shelbyville, Joaquin and Martinsville. You can find a complete list of the first and second team, along with honorable mentions on the Center Broadcasting Company website, cbc-radio.com, look under the “local news” tab for today’s Local Sports Roundup.

 

DISTRICT 22-A ALL DISTRICT BASKETBALL TEAM

MVP- Brooke McClure  Soph. Tenaha, Arlicia Roland Fr. Tenaha.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR- Ke'Anya Davis  Jr. Tenaha

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR- Daisy Sequeda Sr. Martinsville.

NEWCOMER OF YEAR- Day'za Lane Fr. Joaquin

Coach of Year- Garry Davison Tenaha.

1ST TEAM ALL-DISTRICT

Annabeth Vaughn Sr. Joaquin.

Ali Baty Sr. Shelbyville.

LaPorsha Perry Jr. Tenaha

Bailey Rabalais Soph. Shelbyville.

Karlee Burnaman Jr. Martinsville.
Brooke Scarborough Jr. Martinsville.

Ashton Griffin Jr. Tenaha.
 

2ND TEAM ALL-DISTRICT

Jabria Jenkins- Jr. Shelbyville.

Bianca Davison- Fr. Tenaha

Savannah McGee- Soph. Martinsville.

Adaisia Cartwright- Sr. Shelbyville.

Kimber Wesner- Jr. Beckville.

Hanna Bonner- Soph. Joaquin

Erika Davis- Fr. Joaquin

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-DISTRICT

Calicia Roland- Fr. Tenaha.

Jasmine Rogers-Fr. Timpson.

Justus Osby- Sr. Timpson

Patience Brannan- Jr. Timpson

Jakyra Ross- Soph. Shelbyville.

Catasia Walker- Sr. Shelbyville.

Katelyn Martinez Fr. Joaquin.

Destiny Cooper- Jr. Joaquin.

Summer Dennis- Sr. Beckville.

Stacie Brevard- Sr. Beckville.

Madi Mize- Jr. Beckville.
 

Baseball:

 

The Center Roughrider lose on the road in Central Heights, 1-2 last night. Center is 4-1 and are scheduled to start play in the Oil Belt Classic in Kilgore Thursday, while the Rider JV will play in the Central JV Tournament beginning Thursday. Center will open district March 10 at Tatum.

 

The Shelbyville Dragons  are in the Woden Tournament Thursday thru Saturday.

 

The Timpson Bears will be hosting their tournament Friday & Saturday. Neches, Chester, Apple Springs and Timpson are participating. The Bears will play Neches at 5 p.m. Friday.

 

The Garrison Bulldogs are to take part in the Elysian Fields Tourney beginning Thursday.

 

The Tenaha Tigers will open their season Thursday in the Gary Tournament.

 

The Joaquin Athletic Booster Club is sponsoring the Border on the Bash Baseball Tournament this Thursday thru Saturday, March 5 thru March 7. High school teams from Texas and Louisiana will be playing and are guaranteed four games. Texas teams include Joaquin, Alto, Broaddus and Hemphill. Louisiana teams are Logansport, Mansfield, Stanley and Anacoco. Trophies will be presented to each state champion and trophies to over 1st, 2nd and 3ed place teams. The athletic boosters will offer meals. All games are being played at the Joaquin ISD field.

 

Border on the Bash Tournament Thursday, March 5

 

9 a.m. Alto vs. Broaddus

11 a.m. Hemphill vs. Broaddus

1 p.m. Joaquin vs. Hemphill

3 p.m. Logansport vs. Mansfield

5 p.m. Logansport vs. Stanley

7 p.m. Stanley vs. Anacoco

 

Friday, March 6

 

9 a.m. Hemphill vs. Alto

11 a.m. Joaquin vs. Broaddus

1 p.m. Joaquin vs. Alto

3 p.m. Stanley vs. Mansfield

5 p.m. Logansport vs. Anacoco

7 p.m. Mansfield vs. Anacoco

 

Saturday, March 7

 

10 a.m. Texas 4th vs. Louisiana 4th

12:15 p.m. Texas 3rd vs. Louisiana 3rd

2:30 p.m. Texas 2nd vs. Louisiana 3rd (This will be for 3rd place in Tournament)

4:45 p.m. Texas 1st vs. Louisiana 1st (This will be for the Championship and Runner-up)

 

The Timpson Bears’ Baseball Tournament will be played Friday & Saturday.  Among the participating teams are Neches, Chester, Apple Springs and Timpson.

 

Friday:  March 6

 12:00 Neches vs Chester

 2:30 Neches vs Apple Springs

 5:00 Neches vs Timpson

 The Neches coach requested that their team play all games in one day

 

Saturday:  March 7th

 11:00 Apple Springs vs Chester

 1:30 Apple Springs vs Timpson

 4:00 Chester vs Timpson

 

Softball:

 

The Center game with Hudson was cancelled yesterday. The Lady Riders will host the Center Tournament starting Thursday.

 

Due to weather, the Shelbyville Lady Dragons district opener at Burkeville has been rescheduled until 4 p.m. on March 9.

 

The Joaquin Lady Rams' district opener against Cushing originally scheduled for yesterday has been rescheduled for today, Wednesday, at 4:00 p.m. in Joaquin. The JV softball game scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled.

 

The Joaquin Lady Rams and Shelbyville Lady Dragons will be in the Center Tournament.

 

The Timpson Lady Bears are in the Longview Tournament Friday-Saturday.

Carthage takes a 6-0 win over the Garrison Lady Bulldogs yesterday. Garrison goes to Pittsburgh Friday.

 

Soccer:

 

The Riders and Lady Riders will be at Palestine Friday.

 

College Hoops:

 

The SFA Lumberjacks and Lady Jacks have two rivals in the remainder of the week, as Northwestern State visits Johnson Coliseum Thursday for two starting at 5:30 p.m., and Sam Houston State Saturday.

 

SFA Athletics and the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce have teamed up again with Cram the Coliseum, an event designed to bring more from the community to Lumberjack and Ladyjack basketball games. Free admission tickets are available for Ladyjack and Lumberjack games on March 5 and 7. The tickets come 10 to a page and are available at the Nacogdoches County Chamber, 2516 North St., and online at nacogdoches.org in Hot New. Tickets can be used for entrance to the following Ladyjack and Lumberjack basketball games:  Cram the Coliseum - Thursday, March 5, SFA vs. Northwestern State, Ladyjacks begin at 5:30 p.m. and Lumberjacks at 8 p.m.; and Cram the Coliseum 2 - Saturday, March 7, SFA vs. Sam Houston State, Ladyjacks begin at 4 p.m. and Lumberjacks at 6 p.m. All games will be in William R. Johnson Coliseum.

 

The second annual Great East Texas Outdoorfest is coming up this week. The event is slated for Friday, March 6, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A concert will follow Saturday’s events. Gates for concert open at 6 p.m. All events are to be held at the Sabine County Rodeo Arena. During the two day event there will be live music, entertainment, food, fun, vendors, silent and live auctions. Lots of raffle prizes will be drawn for, with the grand prize being a pontoon boat. Tickets are available at getoutdoorsfest.com or they can be purchased during the event.

 

Shelby County Ducks Unlimited is preparing for its annual Green Wing event at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 21. The event will be held at Bob & Sheilah Reeves’ residence on County Road 3121 off Hwy. 7 east of Center, right after passing the airport. 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. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. For more information call Clint Tanner at 936-332-4767 or Adam Reeves at 936-332-6420.

 

The 8^th annual Logansport Chamber of Commerce Sand Bass Tournament on the Sabine River in Logansport is scheduled for March 14. First prize is $5,000; second $2,000; and third is $1,500. The prize for “Big Bass” is a pool, dependent on the number of registered teams. Entry fee is $150 per team, with an optional $50 per team for Big Bass. Logansport is recognized as the Sand Bass Fishing Capital of the World. Fishermen can obtain get registration forms online at the Facebook page SAND BASS TOURNAMENT, or on the Town of Logansport Chamber of Commerce website. Participants are urged to register early since it may be necessary to restrict to 200 teams. The Shelby County Bass Anglers will conduct the weigh-in. There will be a pre-tournament Fish Fry on March 13. It’s open to the public and will be held along the Logansport Riverfront with an auction and door prizes included. Tickets for the fish fry, along with tournament shirts are available at Logansport businesses. Call Sissy Morris at 318-697-5489 for more info. Tournament entry forms are also available at Center Broadcasting.