2023-2024 Sports Schedules (Links below updated)
Nacogdoches Lady Dragons Softball Park on Thursday, April 25, 2024 –
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons took a Bi-District varsity softball elimination win over the Lovelady Lady Lions by a 4-2 run score. The win gives Shelbyville a 22-10 season record and will advance them on to the area round of the state softball playoffs. Lovelady ends their season with a 11-13-1 season mark. The win will pit the Lady Dragons against the winner of the Big Sandy – West Sabine Bi-District series which is not yet completed.
Lovelady took the early lead scoring their only runs in the top of the second inning when Hana Hoffstetler and Dury Hoffstetler each drew free bases on a walk and by being hit by a pitch. They later scored on a double to right-centerfield by Madi Burleson which gave LLHS a 2-0 lead.
Shelbyville answered in the bottom of the second frame when Jayleigh Jones walked with two outs and scored when Bre Chambers reached on an errant throw by a Lions infielder. Chambers stole her way around the basepath to third base and then scored on a Taylor Jones single to leftfield. This tied the game at 2-2. This lead held up until SHS rallied in the bottom of the third inning when Lanie Bass and Cadee Harley scored to give the Lady Dragons a 4-2 lead which held up for the remainder of the contest.
Lanie Bass pitched the full game for SHS and gave up three hits, 2 walks, 2 hit batters and struck out 8. Madi Burleson pitched the full six innings for LLHS and gave up just 2 hits, walked 3 and struck out 5.
April 25, 2024 - Texas Parks and Wildlife fishing reports are updated each week, usually by Thursday morning. The reports are compiled by an outside contractor who receives the information from bait shops, marinas and fishing guides. Only the local lakes are listed below. If you would like to see the fishing report for other Texas lakes, click the following link https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/action/reptmap.php?EcoRegion=PW.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.41 feet below pool. Water levels continue to be high after the recent rains. Fishing will improve when the lake stabilizes. Bass are fair with good numbers of fish being caught, but not many big fish. Shallow bite has been best in 1-5 feet of water with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and wacky worms. Few fish showed up deeper in 8-14 feet of water hitting shallow running crankbait and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair in shallow water, with a few fish starting to show up on docks and shallow brush piles. The creeks are stained too muddy. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
GOOD. normal stain; 65 degrees. Bass are shallow in the grass schooled up on bait. Cast chatterbaits, swim jigs, topwaters, spooks and frogs. This should persist for the next few months. Shad are spawning on the docks, hard clay, trees and grass. Crappie are at the end of the spawn in shallow grass and suspended in trees along the edges and mouth creeks. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees; 3.49 feet below pool. Navigate with caution to avoid sandbars and stumps. Bass are on points and drains in shallow water spawning, and some are in a post spawn biting crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Some topwater along the grass edges. Crappie are fair in the shallows near stumps and fair on the brush piles. Some crappie are spawning near cypress trees, wade anglers can target these. White bass are schooling on main lake points but not surfacing yet. Catch some with jigs, minnows, crankbaits and jigging spoons. Catfish are slowly moving back to the points. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Shad spawn is in full swing. Bass are good keying on hard clay points, grass edges and flooded timber with swim jigs, chatterbaits, topwater spooks or pop-r’s. Offshore bite is 10-20 feet on hard spots and flats, points and creek channel swings using crankbaits, Carolina rigs, shaky heads and dropshots. Crappie have finished spawning in 12-20 feet of water on brush piles and standing timber. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees; full pool. Bass fishing is good with the first signs of post-spawn bass munching on shad or junior sized jerkbaits. Cast squarebill crankbaits in floating timber in 6-10 feet. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.
GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.12 feet above pool. Crappie are on brush piles. Largemouth bass are good in shallow water on chatterbaits, spooks, and frogs. The offshore bite is on crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Report by Wyatt Frankens, Wyatt Frankens Guide Service.
Shelbyville Dragons Ballpark on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 –
The Shelbyville Dragons won a District 23 2A baseball game over the visiting Timpson Bears on Tuesday by a 12-0 score in a run-rule shortened contest that ended when senior shortstop/pitcher Dylan Parker hit a towering grand slam homerun over the left centerfield fence in the bottom of the fifth inning. Shelbyville stands at 17-4 overall and 12-1 in the conference. They have cliched the district title. Timpson is at 13-12 overall and they have a 4-9 conference mark. They are out of playoff contention.
The game was close early. Shelbyville took a 2-0 run lead in the bottom of the first inning when Parker and Hunter Harvey scored after a single, up the middle of the infield, by Weston Frick. The Dragons held the narrow 2-0 lead until they rallied in the bottom of the fifth inning. SHS brought 13 batters to the plate in a rally which saw them use 4 walks, four hits, including Parker’s grand slam, two errors, and a passed ball to score ten runs during the inning.
Shelbyville’s Weston Frick pitched the bulk of the game and struck out six batters, walked three and gave up one hit in four innings. Dragon Cam Mason struck out one, walked one, and gave up a hit in one inning.
Timpson’s Seth Duke pitched 4 1/3 innings striking out 4 batters, walked one, and gave up five hits. Nathan Searcy gave up four hits and four walks in 2/3 inning.
Before the game Shelbyville recognized senior athletes Dylan Parker, Weston Frick, Wyatt Frick and Cam Mason.
The Bears will host the Dragons at Bears Ballpark on Friday, April 26, at 6 p.m. for the final district game for both teams.
Center Horseshoe Ballpark on Friday April 19, 2024 -
The Center Roughriders varsity baseball team never trailed during Friday’s District 17- 4A home game with the Gilmer Buckeyes. The ‘Riders took a 1-0 run lead in the bottom of the second inning when Freshman first baseman Jayden Lane singled up the middle of the outfield and he later scored on a misplayed single into Gilmer’s outfield by Roughrider senior Colby Lout.
The game remained tight with CHS holding the one-run lead until the Roughriders rallied for runs by Logan Horton, Lane, and Lout giving Center a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth.
Gilmer rallied and brought nine batters to the plate in the top of the seventh inning and tied the game at 4-4. Center started the bottom of the seventh with Easton Wulf drawing a walk. Wulf was retired on a force play when teammate Cody Atkinson grounded to an infielder. Atkinson advanced to second base on a wild pitch and then later moved to third base on an errant pickoff attempt. Atkinson alertly scored on another wild pitch that got behind Gilmer’s catcher to win the game in walk-off fashion by a 5-4 run score.
The win keeps Center’s playoff hopes alive as the team is in fifth place with two games remaining and four teams move into the playoffs at season’s end.
Roughrider Freshman Pitcher Easton Wulf got the win for Center. He threw for 6 1/3 innings (104 pitches) and struck out eight and gave up three walks. Junior shortstop TJ Belin came in for the pitching save he walked two and struck out one Buckeye batter. Aiden Davis took the complete game loss for Gilmer.
The Roughriders will host the Carthage Bulldogs on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the CHS Horseshoe Ballpark.
April 18, 2024 - Shelbyville Baseball games versus Garrison on Friday, April 18 have changed. JV will now play at 4:30pm in Shelbyville and Varsity will play at 8:15pm, Friday night, in Garrison.
Beckville Lady Bearcats Ballpark on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 –
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons varsity softball team fell on the road to the Beckville Lady Bearcats by a 9-3 run score on Tuesday. The win gave Beckville High School the District 22 2A title and the number one seed for the post season varsity softball playoffs. Beckville finished the regular season with a 10-2 conference mark. Shelbyville and Timpson hold an identical 9-3 district mark and will have to hold a tie-breaker at a future date to decide the number two and three seeds. Joaquin holds an 8-4 league mark and will go into the post-season as the number four seed.
Tuesday saw Shelbyville take a 3-0 run lead in the top of the first inning when Carsey Lovell, Lanie Bass, and Cadee Harley loaded the bases with one out and scored on a walk by Kylie Snell, a Beckville error, and a sacrifice fly by Cori Lawson.
Beckville answered with a rally in the bottom of the third inning with a rally that brought ten batters to the plate and saw BHS go up 5-3 runs by getting scores from Kaitlyn Mauritzen, Lexi Barr, Emily Grandgeorge, Bethany Grandgeorge, Gracey Struwe. Disaster struck again for the Lady Dragons when the Lady Bearcats rallied again in the bottom of the fourth, bringing 12 batters to the plate and going up 9-3 before Shelbyville could stop the damage.
Lanie Bass and Taylor Jones pitched for Shelbyville and combined for eight strikeouts, walked 8 batters, and gave up seven hits. Gracey Struwe and Bethany Grandgeorge pitched for Beckville and struck out 11, walked three and gave up five hits.
April 16, 2024 - Self Defense America recently held a Taekwondo belt exam for the Lil' Dragons Class. Those testing received their next rank in the TKD system. The Lil' Dragons worked very hard to achieve their rank promotion and we at Self Defense America are very proud of them all.
From Left: (back row) Cainen Moore, Casen Moore, Dean Eddins, Mason Warren, Ethan Alverado, Lizzie Hornbuckle, (front row) Ryker Thornton, Brooklyn Cooper, Noah Parker, Jaxson Lemoine, Bella Hornbuckle, Parker Lemoine, and (full splits) Korie Bailey.
We are excited about these students as they continue their path to Black Belt.
April 15, 2024 - Gauge Jordan and Landen Whitton, of Joaquin, were fishing off FM 2572 Sunday, April 14, 2024, when they caught a very large Alligator Gar. Both sides of the roadway were flooded due to the raised level of the Sabine River, and the fish had made its way to a pool of water where the fishermen were bow fishing.
The fish measured 6 feet in length from head to tail, and was quite hefty as demonstrated when the fishermen lifted it in their arms.
April 15, 2024 - Self Defense America recently held a Taekwondo belt exam. Those testing received there next rank in the TKD system. Students worked very hard to achieve their rank promotion, and we at Self Defense America are very proud of them all.
From left: (back row) Alberto Castillo, Maddox Gima, Jack Wagner, Gemma Lewis, Kaylee Seifried, Grayson Hightower, (front row) Ben Wagner, Joey Barton, and (full splits) Eythan Castillo.
We are excited about these students as they continue their path to Black Belt.
Friday, April 12, 2024 at Joaquin Rams Ballpark –
The Joaquin Rams varsity baseball team took a 10-9 run District 23 2A baseball win over the Woden Eagles on Friday. The win gives the Rams a 13-10-1 overall record and a they stand at 5-6 in the conference with 3 district games remaining in the regular season.
Friday’s action saw Woden load the bases in the top of the first inning. The Eagles got scores from Brayden Dichard and Wade Stanaland to go up 2-0 runs before Joaquin could close the inning out with a double play and a flyout.
The Rams tied things up at 2-2 with scores by Braylin Umbrell and Kaleb Brooks in the bottom of the first inning.
The Eagles went back up 7-2 runs with a rally in the top of the third inning which saw WHS bring 11 batters to the plate. Joaquin scored two in the bottom of the fourth when Tate Bass and Derik Holt crossed the plate on three consecutive base hits to start the inning. The rally was soon after ended though when the Eagles defense turned a double play and retired another Rams batter on a popout. The Eagles led 7-4 until a Rams rally in the bottom of the sixth inning which saw JHS take a 9-7 lead after getting scores from Jake Neal, Bass, Holt, Brooks, and LJ Whitton.
A 2 RBI triple by Woden’s Angel Velasco tied the game at 9-9 by scoring teammates Dichard and Chris Sheffield. Joaquin got the score they needed to get the walk-off win in the bottom of the seventh when Holt drew a walk with one out and he later scored on an RBI single to leftfield by Braylin Umbrell to end the game.
The Rams are next scheduled to travel to Mount Enterprise on Tuesday, April 19 for a 6 p.m. conference game at Wildcats Ballpark.
