Four of Shelby County’s five varsity football teams gained district wins last week.
The Center Roughriders won on the road over the Bullard Panthers by a 40-33 score. The Roughriders now stand at 6-3 overall and they have a 4-2 District 8 4A-2 record. Next Friday, November 3, 2023 the ‘Riders will host the Brownsboro Bears at Center ISD for their final District 8 contest at 7:30pm in Roughriders Stadium. The Bears are 5-4 overall and 1-4 in district, they lost 48-20 to the Rusk Eagles last week.
The Joaquin Rams improved their season mark to 2-7 and their District 11 2A-1 moved to 2-4, with a 43-40 win over the West Sabine Tigers. The Rams have a bye for the final week of the regular season.
The Shelbyville Dragons are 6-2, 3-2 in District 11 2A-1 after a 61-0 loss to the Timpson Bears. The Dragons will travel to West Sabine on Friday, November 3 for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Tigers Stadium. The Timpson Bears are 9-0 and 5-0 in District 11. After the win over Shelbyville the Bears will host the (9-0, 5-0) Garrison Bulldogs on Friday at 7 p.m. This year’s “Battle of the Attoyac River” will be for the district title and for the #1 district playoff seed. Garrison beat San Augustine by a 58-10 score last week.
The Tenaha Tigers are 7-2 and 4-0 in District 10 2A-2 after winning at Mount Enterprise over the Wildcats by a 36-34 score. The Tigers will host the Overton Mustangs on Friday, November 3 at 7 p.m. the Mustangs defeated the Carlisle Indians last week by a 38-14 score.
