2023-2024 Sports Schedules (Links below updated)
July 3, 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; 92 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing patterns are holding steady with a tougher bite this week. Bass are good shallow to deep all over the lake however you like to fish. The best baits for shallow water are frogs, pop r’s, buzz baits and senko. The mid range fish are good on Texas rig and mid running crankbait in 8-12 feet range. The deep fish are coming on big crankbaits, Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. With the full moon coming, the night fishing will be back on fire with buzz baits and spinnerbaits around the shallow water. Watch for snakes in the flooded bushes at night. Crappie are fair while there continues to be a current from the influx of freshwater coming down the lake. Fish deep docks and lighted docks at night and shallow brush piles with jigs and live bait. Thanks Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
FAIR. normal stain; 89 degrees. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Largemouth bass are excellent with large glide baits and 3 inch shad colored swimbaits. Crappie are slow on live minnows on standing timber and brush piles. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 6.56 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Water level is slowly dropping, but fishing conditions and patterns are holding steady. Summer bite is just around the corner when we will see the bass draw to deeper water points and white bass schooling. Bass are good on topwaters, or flipping soft plastics into submerged brush and points, or deeper humps and points with Carolina rigs. Crappie are in 12-16 feet of water, 20-30 feet on timber and brush. Catfish are in 22 feet of water in the creek channels. White bass are in 26 feet of water off of points on jigging spoons. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Water temperatures are rapidly rising to the mid 90s. Thermocline is 15-25 feet of water depending on where you are in the lake. Morning until 10 a.m or after 3 p.m. Largemouth bass are good on submerged main lake points and ledges in 16-24 feet of water with crankbaits, jig head minnow or Carolina rig. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.50 feet above full pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The heat is on so the fish should be in full summer mode. Keep an eye on the thermocline. This tells you the exact depth to present your offering. Even over deep water, don't go below this line. Found quality bass holding tight to submerged timber with a Texas rigged Mag-worm. The days of Mag-worm fishing are probably here for the next several months. This is a common approach, so do not be afraid to do something different like Tokyo-rig instead. If you catch them schooling, chunk an underspin at them. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolina rigs and large swimbaits. Crappie are slow on live minnows. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 0.49 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs and dropshots in 18 feet of water. Crappie are good on brush piles with live minnows or natural colored crappie jigs. Catfish are slow on cut bait and live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Center Lion’s Club Ballpark on Saturday, June 29, 2024 –
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Center Texas is the site of regional south Dixie League boys baseball and girls softball elimination tournaments this weekend through Monday.
Teams having at least one team in the tourneys include: Center, Shelby County, Panola, Elkhart, Tatum, Junction, Pineland, Anahuac, West Rusk, Rusk, Henderson, Diboll, Coldspring, Frankston, Mason, Tri-Cities, Corsicana, Huffman, Nacogdoches, Dayton, Jacksonville, Palestine, Alto, Troup, Malakoff, Groveton, Splendora, and Huntsville.
Center Lions Baseball Ballpark on June 22, 2024 –
Center’s Dixie baseball and softball leagues are hosting playoff tournaments this weekend. The girls are hosting a Texas 6U South and a Texas 8USouth tournament and the boys have a 10U AAA tourney and the Texas Coach Pitch South tournament, each underway.
Towns with teams in these tournaments include: Shelby County, Center, Joaquin, Shelbyville, Livingston, Diboll, Alto, Tri-Cities, EMC, Huffman, Rusk, Pineland, Hemphill, Central, San Augustine, Hudson, Athens, Splendora, Huntington, Tarkington, Troup, Fairfield, E. Chamber, Arp, Malakoff, Llano, Nacogdoches, Cleveland, and Palestine.
The UIL has announced the new rule changes for next school year and they include an outline for the beginning of summer football workouts:
Tentative Football Season Dates 5A and 6A Schools Without Spring Training and all incoming 9th graders, 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A 2024 First day of conditioning (No Contact activities permitted. No contact equipment except helmets may be worn.)
August 5 First day of full contact
August 10 First scrimmage
August 15 Second scrimmage
August 22 Third scrimmage
August 29 (Schools opting for a third scrimmage shall not play during week one).
TENTATIVE VOLLEYBALL DATES 2024-25 Tentative Volleyball Season Dates:
First day to practice August 5
First day for scrimmages August 9
First day for matches August 12
District certification November 2 State Tournament November 20-23
Bullard High School on Friday, May 31, 2024 –
After a disappointing 11-3 run Game 1 loss to Centerville on Thursday night, the Shelbyville Dragons varsity baseball team regrouped and came back to build a 4-0 run lead in Game 2 which held up until the bottom of the sixth inning. Dylan Parker scored the first run in the top of the first after leading off the frame by getting hit-by-a-pitch. DJ Barnes moved Parker up to second base with a sacrifice bunt and Parker scored on a Centerville Tiger error giving SHS a narrow 1-0 run advantage. Barnes scored Shelbyville’s second run when he was struck by a pitch in the top of the third inning and later scored on a Gus Duvon double to left-centerfield. Scores by Hunter Harvey and Jason Fleming gave SHS a 4-0 run lead in the top of the fourth frame after an RBI single by Dallas Murry and a sacrifice-flyout by Parker.
Centerville got back into the contest with 3 runs scored in the bottom of the sixth inning. Disaster struck when Jake Pineda led off the bottom of the seventh frame with a single up the middle of the infield. Pineda scored to tie the game later, on a sacrifice flyout by Gunner Bazar.
The game began extra innings and remained scoreless until the bottom of the 12th inning when Bazar again scored on an errant throw which ended the game with the Tigers taking the 5-4 run win.
Dylan Parker pitched the first half of Game 2 for SHS and struck out 7 batters and walked 6 in 6-1/3 innings of Game 2. Weston Frick struck out 6 batters and walked 5 in 5-2/3 innings. The Dragons overall season record ended at 25-8.
Gunner Bazar pitched 9-1/3 innings for Centerville and struck out 2 batters and walked 6.
Centerville will next face Collinsville in the Texas Class 2A State Semifinals next week.
May 30, 2024 - There will be a sendoff for the Shelbyville Dragons Baseball team today, Thursday May 30, 2024, at around 2pm.
In addition to your show of support, signs are encouraged, pom poms, noise makers.
The Dragons are playing Centerville at Bullard High School starting at 6pm Thursday.
Related article: Shelbyville Baseball Regional Finals vs Centerville
Madisonville High School on Saturday, May 26, 2024 –
After the Kerens Bobcats took Game 1 by a narrow 1-0 run score, the Shelbyville Dragons varsity baseball team has come back to take Game 2 by an 8-5 score and Game 3 by a 10-9 final score. Game 3 went into extra innings before senior Cam Mason drove home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning. The best 2 of 3 game elimination wins have advanced the Dragons through to the Texas UIL State Tournament’s Region III Championship/ State Quarterfinals round to face Centerville next week at a time and date to be announced later.
Madisonville High School on Thursday, May 23, 2024 –
On Thursday the Shelbyville Dragons and the Kerens Bobcats varsity baseball teams met at Madisonville High school to compete in the Region III Quarterfinals of Texas UIL Baseball Playoffs. The game was close throughout.
The game was scoreless until the top of the seventh inning when Bobcats senior Ryan Priddy doubled to leftfield with one out. Priddy advanced to third base on a passed ball and later scored on another.
The bottom half of the final inning saw junior DJ Barnes single on an infield hit which careened off the pitching rubber. Bobcat’s reliver Kannon Ritchie was able to strikeout the next three batters he faced to end the game with the KHS Bobcats holding a narrow 1-0 run advantage.
Shelbyville’s best chance to score had came in the bottom of the fourth inning when senior Wyatt Frick doubled to rightfield and he came home on a double by Gus Duvon but was tagged out due to a pinpoint throw by the Bobcat’s outfielder.
Junior Bobcats pitcher Krayton Ritchie struck out five, gave up three hits and walked two in six innings. Junior reliever Kannon Ritchie gave up one hit and struck out the final three batters.
Freshman Dragons pitcher Dallas Murry went 6 1/3 innings and struck out four, walked one and gave up five hits. Senior Dylan Parker walked one and struck out two batters in 2/3 innings of pitching.
Kerens is 26-5 overall. They have won 21 games consecutively ad have outscored their last 21 opponents 201-3.
Shelbyville is 23-6. They have won 17 of their last 21 opponents and outscored them 174-71 runs.
Game 2 will take place at Madisonville High School on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 4 p.m. and Game 3 will follow at 6 p.m. if needed.
Center High School 0n Tuesday, May 21, 2024 –
Edwin Rodriguez-Moreno has signed a college letter of intent to study and play soccer for Jacksonville Colleges’ Jaguar Soccer Program.
The senior student is finishing at Center High School this week and has excelled at the school academically and on the soccer field as well. Edwin has been a 3-time all-district player, 2-time District 15 4A top scorer and he was the Texas All-State Offensive Player in 2023. He played a major role in the Roughriders success as they went 16-5 overall this season and they were 11-3 in District 15 4A conference play. The team went to the Area Round of the UIL Texas State Soccer Playoffs before a narrow 2-0 loss to Chapel Hill resulted in elimination.
Center Roughrider’s Head Soccer Coach Gerardo Martinez said, “Edwin has been a pleasure to coach. I have coached him the past three years and he puts great effort in everything he does.”
Rodriguez-Moreno plans to study Petroleum Engineering at Jacksonville College. He said, “I will miss Center and the friendships I have made here. I’m looking forward to playing at Jacksonville College and working with their new coach.”
May 20, 2024 - The Shelbyville Baseball Regional Semifinals against Kerens will be played in Madisonville starting Thursday, May 23, 2024.
Games information is as follows:
Shelbyville will be 3rd Base Dugout for all games.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. Passes accepted are District 23AA and coaches passes.
Go Dragons!!
Coach Zach Hubbard
