2023-2024 Sports Schedules (Links below updated)
October 14, 2016 - The Tennis Team will be in Longview, Monday October 17th, to begin their playoff run with their Area Quarterfinals match up against Gladewater.
The Riders are 10-4 and headed into the Area tournament as District 16 Champions playing against the 4th place District 15 finisher in Gladewater.
Quarterfinal match up will begin at 9am at Longview HS and the winner will advance to the Area Semifinals at 1pm in the same location.
First and 2nd place finishers will be determined on Tuesday, October 18th at Longview HS and both 1st and 2nd will advance to the Region 2 4A Team Tennis Championships held in Grapevine October 27-28.
The Riders are currently ranked 3rd in Region 2 and 9th in the state and looking to carry some recent momentum into the playoffs and make a deep run in the UIL Team Tennis Playoffs. Only one team from each region advances to the State Tournament held on November 2-3 at Texas A&M and our new region alignment holds four previous state qualifying teams over the last two years.
The Center Rider tennis team is up to the challenge which all begins Monday in Longview. Go Riders!!
October 12, 2016 – The Center Roughriders varsity football team will travel to Carthage High School to take a shot at boosting their District 4A-1 record to 4-0. Center is currently 3-0 and has a 5-2 overall mark. The ‘Riders beat the Chapel Hill Bulldogs 35-28 last week. Carthage is 3-2 overall and fell to 0-2 last Friday when they lost to Kilgore 41-34 on the road. Kickoff at Bulldog Stadium will be Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The Joaquin Rams boosted their overall record to 4-2 last week when they started District 11 2A-1 play with a 24-7 home win against the Alto Yellowjackets. This was the first Rams’ win over the Alto varsity football program in school history. Joaquin hosts the Shelbyville Dragons at 7:30 p.m. this Friday.
The Dragons are 1-5 overall and started conference play with a 40-24 loss to San Augustine last Friday. Last season the Dragons embarrassed the Rams by beating them 48-0 at home.
The Tenaha Tigers are now 6-0, and 1-0 in District 11 2A-2 competition, after starting conference action with a 56-6 road win over Mount Enterprise. Tenaha hasn’t lost a conference game since 2008. They face Wortham High School on the road Friday at 7:00 p.m.
The Wortham Bulldogs are 3-3 overall and lost to the Timpson Bears 20-7 in their first conference showdown last Friday. Timpson is 3-2 overall and are 1-0 in District 11 2A-2 competition. They will travel to Grapeland to face the Sandies at 7 p.m. Grapeland is 3-3 overall and dropped their first conference game 40-26 to Overton, on the road, last Friday.
October 13, 2016 - The 2016 Texas Association of Bass Clubs held their State Championship September 24-25th on Lake Livingston Reservoir. 24 bass clubs were represented from across the state of Texas and the Shelby County Bass Anglers proved once again that they are the best in the state!
There has never been a club to win back to back titles since the inception of the TABC in 1970. The SCBA captured their first state championship last year on Lake Falcon. Members of the 2016 SCBA State Championship team were as follows (bottom l to r): Lance Hughes, Ricky Sims, David Koonce, Darren Wiggins; (standing l to r) Josh Sowell, Jason Wells, Jacob Permenter, and Cody Barton.
Picture submitted by Lew Vail.
October 13, 2016 - Center Varsity Roughriders travel to Carthage on Friday, October 14th to play in Bulldog Stadium with the game starting at 7:30pm. Tickets at the gate are $6 for everyone.
Pre-game ticket sales are $3 for students and $5 for adults on Wednesday and Thursday only at the Center High School and Center ISD administration offices from 8am until 3pm.
Click map of Bulldog Stadium to enlarge
October 10, 2016 – The Shelbyville Dragon’s season varsity football record fell to 1-5 last Friday when they fell at home, to their fellow District 11 2A rival, San Augustine Wolves by a 40-24 score. The Dragons are now 0-1 in conference competition. This was the Dragons’ fourth straight loss but the first under interim Head Football Coach, and Athletic Director, Lance Gamble. Gamble was placed at the helm following Jason Ferguson’s resignation just over one week ago.
The Wolves got an early 6-0 lead when Kenneth Davis Jr. capped a 77-yard Wolves scoring drive with a 31-yard touchdown run. Teammate Jesse Cortes tacked on the extra point kick to extend San Augustine’s lead to 7-0 with 9:37 left in the opening period.
Shelbyville pulled to within 6-7 with a 55-yard scoring drive which saw Kyle Tindol blast into the endzone on a 1-yard touchdown run. The Dragon’s extra point attempt failed and they trailed by just one point.
The Wolves turned over the ball with 5:22 left in the first period but got the ball back at the Shelbyville 34-yard line after a Dragon’s fumble with 5:11 left in the first stanza. Davis made two consecutive 17-yard runs to score the Wolves second touchdown with 4:44 left. This gave SAHS a 15-6 lead.
Shelbyville didn’t quit and bounced back with a 54-yard scoring drive with 1:04 left in the first quarter. CJ Kirkwood capped the drive with a 5-yard scoring run. The extra point was no good and the Dragons trailed 12-15.
On the first play of the second quarter, Quay Johnson scored a Wolves touchdown by weaving and dodging Dragons defenders for a 92-yard touchdown. The Wolves led 21-12 with 11:54 left in the first half. Davis Jr. added his third touchdown on the night with 6:08 left in the second period to put SAHS up 27-12.
The Dragons next drive stalled but they got the ball back when Terrell Cartwright intercepted a Wolves pass and returned it to the Dragons 26-yard line. Shelbyville’s next drive stalled when an illegal substitution penalty put them in a 4th-and-ten situation, and their pass attempt fell incomplete with 44 seconds left before the midway intermission.
The Dragons began the second half with a drive that went 23 yards before a fumble gave the Wolves the football at their 31-yard line. They held the Wolves to minimal yardage on their next drive and regained possession after a 10-yard Wolves punt was downed at the San Augustine 42-yard line. Tavion Barnes capped a 42-yard Dragons’ scoring drive with a 1-yard keeper which pulled SHS to within 18-27 of the Wolves with 5:15 left in the third quarter.
San Augustine extended their lead to 33-18 when Davis Jr. scored his fourth touchdown, from 12 yards out, with 1:11 left in the third frame. Cortes added his second extra point kick to give SAHA a 34-18 lead.
Barnes scored his second touchdown by beating the Wolves to the corner of the endzone , on second down and goal, with a keeper, with 7:01 left in the game. The extra point conversion attempt was no good and SHS trailed 24-34.
The final Wolves scoring drive was all Kenneth Davis Jr. as he covered 80 yards on three plays with runs of 52, 6 and 22 yards to score the game’s final touchdown with 5:25 left in the contest.
San Augustine held an advantage in total yards by a 455-345 margin. They had a slightly better night running the football with 362 yards, opposed to Shelbyville’s 320 yards rushing, with two fumbles. SAHS completed five passes on 11 attempts for 93 yards with 1 interception. Shelbyville passed for 25 yards and completed two passes of seven attempts with no interceptions.
Shelbyville Head Coach Lance Gamble said, “We as coaches here, and our kids, are focusing on the little things and playing with pride. I’m proud of our kids. I feel like our players are buying into what we are trying to do. We had a week and a half’s time to get people in place and start district play. Our kids fought hard and I told them that I really don’t think the scoreboard showed how hard we worked. We have some things to work on. If we had not dropped a touchdown pass or gotten a penalty on the interception, this would have been a much closer game.”
Shelbyville will next travel to Joaquin next Friday, October 14 for their second district game, with the Rams, who defeated Alto by a 24-7 score at home. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m. JHS is 4-2 and are 1-0 in conference action.
October 8, 2016 - Album1, Album2, Album3, Album4 - Runners and walkers gathered on the downtown square to participate in the Poultry Festival 5K Fun Walk/Run Saturday morning, October 8th. The first male runner and runner in of the event was Antonio Chavez who is a member of the Center High School Cross Country Team. The first female to cross the finish line was Madison Brown of Carthage.
A large number of cross country runners participated in the 5K as well as a good many of the Walk Across Texas team members who are walking their way across Texas as part of the AgriLife Extension program.
The event as sponsored by the AgriLife Extension and 936 Crossfit.
October 7, 2016 - Friday Night Football Schedule for October 7th.
Center 35 - Chapel Hill 28, Final Score (OT)
Joaquin 24 - Alto 7, Final Score
Shelbyville 24 - San Augustine 40, Final Score
Tenaha 56 - Mt. Enterprise 6, Final Score
Timpson 20 - Wortham 7, Final Score
Congratulations Ana DeLeon, 2016 Timpson Homecoming Queen!
October 5,2016 - All five Shelby County varsity football teams will be in district competition this week. The Center Roughriders will be trying to go 3-0 in District 9 4A after defeating Palestine 20-17 last week. The ‘Riders are now 4-2 overall and will face the Chapel Hill Bulldogs, at Roughriders Stadium, this Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Bulldogs are 1-5 and lost at home to Kilgore last Friday by a 36-7 score.
The Joaquin Rams had a bye last week. They will face the Alto Yellowjackets, at Joaquin’s Rams Stadium, this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Joaquin is 3-2 and this will be their first District 11 2A-1 contest. Alto is 4-1 and last beat Rusk 26-21 on September 23.
The Shelbyville Dragons are 1-4 and will be starting District 11 2A-1 play at home against San Augustine. SHS had a bye last week. San Augustine is 3-2 and last beat Burkeville 49-0 at home on September 23.
The Tenaha Tigers are 5-0 and also had a bye last Friday. The Tigers will begin District 11 2A-2 competition, at Mount Enterprise, this Friday at 7 p.m. Mount Enterprise is 1-4 and last lost at Big Sandy by a 51-0 margin, on September 23.
The Timpson Bears are 2-2 and had a bye week last Friday. The Bears start District 11 2A-2 competition this Friday when Wortham comes to Timpson for the Bears homecoming contest. Kick off will be at 7 p.m. Wortham is 3-2 and lost to Granger, two weeks ago, by a 43-20 score.
October 3, 2016 - Friday, October 7th is "Pink Out Night" Pack Dragon Stadium in Pink for support of Breast Cancer Awareness!!! Shelbyville Yearbook will be selling PINK BALLOONS at the gate. We will have a balloon release at pre-game.
October 2, 2016 - The Center Roughriders improved their District 9 4A record to 2-0 with a 20-17 road win over the Palestine Wildcats varsity football team last Friday. Center is now 4-2 overall. The ‘Riders have won three straight games. Palestine is 3-3, on the season, and have a 0-2 conference mark. They have lost three consecutive games.
Palestine took a 7-0 lead when quarterback Claude Rodgers connected with Tyler Gray on a slant pass and Gray then sprinted 61 yards for a touchdown with 9:33 left in the first quarter. The drive by the Wildcats had earlier stalled, before the score, as PHS was stopped for a 1-yard gain, on a fourth-and-2 at the Palestine 34-yard line, but Center was called for being offsides, thus keeping the drive alive with a first down.
On the next play from scrimmage a pass by Parks deflected off the hands of receiver Octavius Evans leading to an interception by Palestine's Kameron Hamilton at the Center 35-yard line. Edward Reese later scored from 9 yards out to give Palestine a 14-0 lead with 6:58 remaining in the opening period. Center had no first downs and minus-3 yards in the first quarter.
Center marched 71 yards, on their first drive of the second stanza. Sadarion Walker capped the march with a spinning one-handed catch for a 21-yard touchdown pass from Parks. Center trailed 14-7 after Marcos Lopez added an extra point kick.
Just before halftime Center successfully covered 57 yards on four plays. On the second play, Octavius Evans caught a pass from quarterback Kyle Parks for a 40-yard gain to the Palestine 3-yard line. Parks later ran in for a 1-yard score as time expired to tie up the game at halftime at 14-14.
After each team gave up a fumble, on their opening drives of the second half, Lopez gave Center the lead at 17-14 with a 34-yard field goal with 6:09 left in the third quarter. Palestine countered with a 22-yard field goal by Edgar Ayala with 3:05 left, which tied the game at 17-17, in the third quarter that was set up by a 56-yard run by Irric Deyon.
Palestine had an opportunity to gain momentum when Quinn Tinley intercepted a Parks pass with 56 seconds left in the third quarter. The next Palestine drive stalled at the Center 27-yard line, and rather than have Ayala attempt a 44-yard field goal on a fourth-and-9 a fake was run, but Tyler Gray was stopped for a 3-yard run by Adrian Johnson, who had a huge game with 11 tackles, five of them for losses with four sacks.
Center scored on a 33-yard field goal by Marcos Lopez with 5:42 remaining that was set-up by a 35-yard pass from Kyle Parks to Octavious Evans. This gave CHS their final 20-17 scoring advantage.
Palestine’s next drive ended on its own 49-yard line with 2:15 when Center linebacker Adrian Johnson tackled Irric Deyon for a 2-yard gain, on a pass play, on a fourth-and-4. Palestine got the ball back with 1:12 left in the game, after a 36-yard punt by Lopez pinned the Wildcats at their own 6-yard line.
Center gained 342 total yards on offense. The ‘Riders gained 173 yards rushing and 169 passing.
Kyle Parks has now completed 82 passes on 136 attempts this season for nine touchdowns and 1087 yards.
The ‘Riders next contest is a home game, next Friday, against Chapel Hill on Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The CHHS Bulldogs are 1-5 and lost to Kilgore last Friday by a 36-7 margin.
