Three of Shelby County’s five varsity football teams won district games this week. Two county teams lost.
The Center Roughriders fell by a 72-27 score at home to the Carthage Bulldogs. The Roughriders are at 5-3 this season and at 2-2 in District 8 4-A2. They will travel to Bullard on Friday, October 27, 2023 for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Panthers Stadium. Bullard is at 5-3 this season and 1-3 in District 8. They lost by a 28-21 score at Rusk last week.
Joaquin suffered a lopsided 69-0 road loss to the Timpson Bears last week. They are 1-7 this season and 1-4 in District 11 2A1. Timpson is 8-0 overall and 4-0 in District 11. The Rams will host the West Sabine Tigers on Friday, October 27 at 7.p.m. at Rams Stadium. West Sabine is 3-5, 1-3, they were on a bye week last Friday. The Bears will travel cross-county to Shelbyville on Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Dragons Stadium. The Shelbyville Dragons are 5-2, 3-1 in District 11 2A1. They won last week at San Augustine by a 40-34 score.
The Tenaha Tigers won their 2023 Homecoming over the Cushing Bearkats by a 28-7 score. Their overall record stands at 5-2 and they are at 2-0 in District 10 2A2. They travel to Mount Enterprise on Friday, October 20 for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Wildcats Stadium. The Wildcats are 6-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference. They won at Alto last week 55-20.
