In sports,

 

Soccer:

 

The Center Roughriders will meet Houston Furr in the Region Semifinals of the Class 4A state playoffs at 5 p.m. Friday at A&M Consolidated High School in College Station. Palestine plays Houston Scarborough in the other region semifinal at 7 p.m. The winners will play for the regional championship at 4 p.m. Saturday with a trip to the state tournament up for grabs. Entrance will be $5 for students and $10 for adults.

 

The address for the stadium is:
​1801 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South
College Station, TX  77840​

 

 

Track & Field:

 

The Horace Francis Relays will be held in Garrison today after being postponed last month.

 

Timpson will be at New Summerfield today, and Center at Pine Tree Pirate Relays Friday.

 

The Center Roughrider Special Olympics team will host their annual meet at Roughrider Stadium on Thursday, April 16.

 

Baseball

 

The Center Roughrider Baseball program has a bye from district play Friday, and they’re scheduled to hosts a benefit Hit-a-Thon at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Roughrider Field. Players are hoping to raise at least $5,000 for the program to help off-set expenses. Players have been asking for donations and any help would be appreciated. The hit-a-thon’s format will have each Rider getting 10 pitches, with the total distance hit times what was pledged per foot the amount raised by the player. The event was postponed in February due to weather.

 

Friday's schedule:

The Center Roughriders have a bye Friday and will return to Dist. 19-4A play next Tuesday at Rusk. Center (5-2) is a half-game back of front-runner Carthage (5-1).

 

Friday's other games:

Shelbyville hosts Beckville

Joaquin at Martinsville

Tenaha at Timpson

Garrison hosts Central

San Augustine hosts Burkeville

Broaddus hosts Brookeland

 

Dist. 19-4A Baseball

                           W    L

Carthage              5    1

Center                  5   2

Rusk                     4    2

Tatum                   2    4

Henderson           0     7

 

 

Dist. 23-2A

 

                             W     L

Beckville                8       0

Timpson               6       2

Joaquin                5       3

Gary                      5       3                        

Shelbyville           3       5

Tenaha                 2       6                        

Martinsville            2       6

Mt. Enterprise       1       7                        

                  

Dist. 24-2A

 

                               W    L      

West Sabine           10   0                          

Broaddus                9    1                          

Colmesneil               8    1                          

Zavalla                    7    4

Chester                   5    4

San Augustine        3    8                          

Brookeland              3    8                          

Chireno                   0     9

Burkeville                0    10                       

                  

Softball:

 

Friday's schedule:

 

Center at Henderson

Joaquin hosts Douglass

Shelbyville at Martinsville

Timpson hosts Alto

Garrison hosts Central

 

Dist. 19-4A Softball

Carthage 5-0

Rusk 3-1

Henderson 2-3

Tatum 2-3

Center 0-5

 

Golf tournament:

The East Texas Peace Officers’ Association Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, April 18 at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Nacogdoches. The format is a 4-man scramble with a start time of 1:30 p.m. Cost is $300 per team, which includes door prizes, range balls and lunch. All proceeds go towards the training conference for peace officers in East Texas, which will be held in Center in June. To register, contact Mike Claude at mrclaude50@gmail.com.

 

Car Show:

 

The City of San Augustine Main Street would like to invite you to enter the antique and muscle car show during the Heritage Festival on May 2. The chairs Billy Johnson and daughter Brittney Johnson are in charge of the event. It will take place Saturday May 2. Call to reserve your place, 936-201-9798 or 936-275-3172. Come out and enjoy the good food, farmers market, heritage demonstrations, information booths, arts and crafts vendors, shopping, educational presentations, storytelling, live entertainment and downtown walking tours.

 

Joaquin Athletic Boosters:

 

The Joaquin Athletic Booster Fundraiser $10,000 raffle will be held Monday, May 11 in conjunction with the high school athletic banquet. The tickets are $100 each for the drawing, with only 250 tickets sold. The drawing goes as follows: 1^st ticket drawn-$5,000, 2^nd-6^th tickets-$1,000 each. A total of $10,000 will be given away. There will not be a meal included with the drawing. If you would like to attend the athletic banquet as well, tickets for the meal will be on sell at the high school office at a later date. Tickets can be purchased from any Joaquin Athletic Booster member or the administration office.

 

 

The 37^th annual Center Broadcasting-Shelby County Bass Anglers’ Take a Kid Fishing Bream Tournament will be held on Toledo Bend at Huxley Bay Marina on Saturday, May 9. We invite all children ages 3 to 15 years old to register for the free tournament. Entry forms can be picked up at the Center Broadcasting studios at 307 San Augustine Street in Center, Huxley Bay Marina, Scarber’s Grocery & Trail’s End & RV in Huxley, First Bank and Trust East Texas in San Augustine, or Hometown Tackle in Center.   Participants must be preregistered no later than May 1st.  Trophies will be awarded to each group and prizes will be available for each participant.  Fishing begins at 6am, and all participants must be in the weigh-in line no later than 12:30pm. You can go to the Center Broadcasting Company website, cbc-radio.com to download an entry form. For more information, contact the radio stations at 936-598-3304.