2023-2024 Sports Schedules (Links below updated)
September 1, 2016 - Timpson ISD Bear Update
Lady Bear Volleyball News
The Varsity Lady Bear Volleyball team hosted Nacogdoches Home School last Friday night. The Lady Bears played extremely well and won in 3 sets.
The Lady Bears hosted Center last night and again played extremely well. The result of that was a Lady Bear victory in 5 sets. Our coaching staff is very proud of the fight and determination the girls showed last night and have shown all season. We want to thank the fans that show up and support the girls. Your support doesn't go unnoticed by the girls.
We will be back to business as usual today and tomorrow with workouts and volleyball practice. We travel to Winona Friday and Saturday for a tournament and travel to Colmesneil Tuesday, September 6th.
Timpson beat Center 3-2. Games scores were 19-25; 25-23; 25-18; 19-25;15-8.
August 30, 3016 – Three county varsity football teams will be looking for their first 2016 season wins this week. Two teams will be looking to stay in the win column after getting opening day wins.
The Center Roughriders opened up the season with a 27-21 home win over the Rusk Eagles which was surprisingly close to many fans. The Roughriders face Gilmer this week, at Gilmer Buckeyes Stadium, this Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. The two teams met up in the regional round of last year’s playoffs with the Buckeyes coming out on top. Gilmer gained a narrow 61-55 win over Liberty-Eylau High School last Thursday.
The Timpson Bears suffered a tough 20-14 road loss to the West Sabine Tigers in a long game which was delayed by lightning. The Bears trailed 14-0 for the middle portion of the game but tied things up late before giving up the final score of the contest. The Bears have a bye this week and will travel to Cross Roads on Friday, September 9 to face the Bobcats. The Bobcats suffered a 56-19 loss to the Frost Polar Bears last week.
The Joaquin Rams suffered a tough 14-0 loss to the Tenaha Tigers at home last Friday. The Rams defense looked good most the night but their offense never consistently got rolling during the game while playing against a stingy Tigers offense. The Rams will travel to Maud Cardinals Field to play the ‘Cards who lost on the road to Ore City, by a 35-28 margin, last Friday.
The Shelbyville Dragons fought back, on the road, to make their game with the Elkhart Elks close late in the game. Elkhart scored once again very late in the contest and ultimately defeated SHS by a 42-28 margin. Shelbyville plays the Hemphill Hornets, this Friday, at 7:30 p.m. in Dragons Stadium. The Hornets fell in a 19-16 game to the San Augustine Wolves last week.
The Tenaha Tigers opened up their 2016 football season with a 14-0 win over their cross-county rival, the Joaquin Rams. Tenahas’ offense struggled with wet field conditions but their defense held Joaquins’ offense in check for the most part. The Tigers will host Kerens High School, at Tigers Stadium, this Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Kerens Bobcats lost at home to Jewett-Leon High School by a 41-21 margin.
August 30, 2016 - Center ISD Sports Updates
Volleyball Scores
The Lady Rider Volleyball freshman team lost to Colmesneil on August 23, 2016 by 23/25; 23/25. The Junior Varisty Volleyball team won 25/13; 25/13. The Varsity team lost 25/16; 23/25; 22/25; 25/18; 8/15.
They competed against San Augustine on August 27th and the Junior Varsity and Varsity defeated both San Augustine teams. JV won 25/11; 25/13 and Varsity won 25/19; 25/18; 25/20.
Roughrider Football
The Roughriders play the Gilmer Buckeyes on Friday, September 2, 2016 at 7:30pm at Jeff Traylor Stadium, 308 N. Bradford Street, Gilmer, Texas.
Pre-game ticket sales are Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Center High School and CISD Administration offices.
Ticket prices for pre-game are $5.00 Adults and $3.00 Students. At the gate prices are $7.00 for school aged children 5 thru adults.
Mega Raffle
2016 Center Athletic Booster Mega Raffle powered by Shelby Savings Bank has great prizes to be awarded including Win 1 (of 20) 45 quart Yeti Coolers to be drawn and 1 Cooler will have a cash bonus of $1,000 inside!
Raffle tickets are available at all Varsity Home Football Games and the Roughrider Athletic Office – Center High School. Tickets are $20.00 each OR 6 for $100.00. The drawing will be held during half-time on Friday, October 21, 2016 at Roughrider Stadium during the Center Roughriders versus Henderson Lions game. Proceeds benefit ALL CISD athletic programs.
August 30, 2016 - "Coffee with Coach" begins Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 6:30am in the Center ISD Administration Board Room. Come join Coach Bowman for coffee and weekly highlights of the 2016 Rider football team.
August 27, 2016 - The Tenaha Tigers varsity football team used two second quarter touchdowns, and a very stingy defense, to defeat the Joaquin Rams, by a 14-0 score. The game was a cross-county rivalry game, played at Joaquin Rams Stadium, last Friday. The game was both teams season opener.
Joaquin had the first possession after Tenaha deferred receiving the opening kickoff, after winning the coin-toss. Tray Wilkerson soon gained the Rams first first-down with an 18-yard scamper around the end, up to the Tigers 48-yard line, on second down and fifteen yards-to-go. The Rams drive stalled with 9:47 remaining in the opening period. They punted the ball which was downed by THS at the Tenaha 7-yard line.
Tigers quarterback CJ Horn hit Trai Gardner for a 20-yard reception, on first down, which gave THS room to breathe, and a first down at their own 27-yard line. On the second play from scrimmage, Cody Forshee pulled in a 10-yard pass to move the ball up to Tenahas’ 37-yard line. This gave THS another first down. The Tigers drive stalled moments later and they punted the ball which was downed at the Rams 30-yard line.
Joaquins’ next drive stalled after they gained one first down on a 16-yard Wilkerson run early in the drive. Tenaha took over possession at their 21-yard line with 3:09 left in the first period. Tenaha moved the ball to midfield by the end of the first period. Jaquailin Franks caught a pass from Horn to start the second period and was brought down at the Rams 44-yard line after getting first down yardage. Gardner and Jay Lloyd each caught passes to get Tenaha another first down at the Joaquin 21-yard line with 11 minutes left in the second stanza. Tenaha saw this drive stall and turned the ball over on downs with 9 minutes remaining in the first half.
Joaquin fumbled the ball to Tenaha but they soon turned the ball back over to JHS when Conner Bragg stepped in front of a Tigers pass and gave Joaquin the ball back at the Rams 5-yard line with 8:05 left before halftime. Joaquin could not get their offense moving and Tk Gardner sacked Wilkerson for a 4-yard loss on third-down and long to force a JHS punt which gave Tenaha possession at Joaquins’ 44-yard line, with less than six minutes remaining in the second frame.
Tenaha mounted the first scoring drive of the game, a 44-yarder, which was capped by an Onterio Thompson 11-yard touchdown run which saw him bust an inside run to the outside. He then out-raced the Rams defense to the corner of the endzone. Abel Rodriguez added the extra point and THS led 7-0 with just 2:21 left before the midway break.
Joaquins’ next drive stalled near midfield and the Tigers wasted no time scoring. Thompson took a shovel-pass reception 52-yards to score with a mere 8.8 seconds remaining. Rodriguez added his second extra point kick of the night for what would prove to be the final point scored for the night. Tenaha took a 14-0 lead into the locker room at the conclusion of the first half.
The Tigers’ first offensive drive, of the second half, stalled and they punted the ball to Joaquin inside the Rams’ 5-yard line. Tigers’ defensive back, Cody Foshee intercepted the ball to give THS possession at the Rams 37-yard line with 7:55 left in the third stanza. Just one minute later Rams linebacker Nate Belrose got possession back for JHS when he covered a fumble at Joaquin’s 12-yard line.
With less than two minutes left in the third period, Chase Lilly recovered a fumble to give THS possession going into the final period of play.
Joaquin gained possession of the football with 10 minutes left in the contest but Tee Giles stripped the football away from a Rams ball carrier and THS took over the football, at their 40-yard line, with 9:08 left to play.
Abel Rodriguez attempted a Tigers’ field goal from 46-yards away but the football dropped just inches short with 5:55 left in the game. Joaquin took over possession at the their own 20-yard line.
The Rams were forced to punt the ball back to THS with 3:33 left and Tenaha was able to stall the remaining time off the clock to gain the win.
Tenaha led in the turnover category by a 4-2 takeaway ratio. CJ Horn passed for 190 yards and completed 12 for 16 attempts. Tenaha had 14 first downs with Joaquin gaining three. Tenaha had 268 yards of total offense with Joaquin posting 87 yards.
Tenaha Head Football Coach Craig Horn said, “The weather didn’t affect our game plan but the soft field was tough on legs. Our defense and line, on both sides of the ball, did a good job. I feel we are improved from this time last year. Our defensive line got a lot of three-and-outs, I couldn’t be prouder. We may have left some points off the board but we did well playing with a slick ball.”
Next week Tenaha will host the Kerens Bobcats at Tiger Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 2. The Bobcats lost to Jewett-Leon by a 41-21 score.
Joaquin will go to Maud, on Friday, for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff with the Cardinals. Maud lost to Ore City 35-28.
August 27, 2016 - Album1, Album2 On Friday, the Center Roughriders hosted the Rusk Eagles in both team’s first varsity football game of the regular season, as well as Centers’ Senior Night. These teams were past district opponents and the Roughriders ultimately came out with a 27-21 victory over the Eagles.
The Roughriders scored first on a one-yard touchdown run by senior running back Jamoine Nash with 3:53 left in the first quarter. But it didn’t take long for the Eagles to bounce back. The Eagles took only one play to find the end zone themselves after a pass from Senior quarterback Jake Huggins found Johnathan Long for the 18-yard score.
The second quarter saw the Roughriders score first when senior quartrback Kyle Parks found Octavius Evans on a 12-yard touchdown pass completion.
‘Rider JaCarlos Hall took a handoff 39 yards past a confused Rusk defense for the touchdown later in the period, this gave Center a 21-14 advantage.
Rusk answered when Huggins found sophomore Semaj Johnson for the 17-yard touchdown.
Rusk started out the fourth quarter with a muffed punt which allowed the Roughriders to score later after another touchdown completion from Parks to Evans. The ‘Riders lead was extended to 27-14 with 7:44 left to play.
The Eagles Huggins scored on a touchdown on a quarterback keeper with 1:26 left in the game to pull RHS to within 21-27.
Kyle Parks next found room to run for a first down which helped seal the victory for his team.
The Roughriders will travel to Gilmer, next Friday, for a 7:30 p.m. with the Buckeyes.
Gilmer went 14-1 last season before suffering a 49-44 loss to Celina High School. Center and Gilmer met up in the 2015 playoffs, at the regional round, with Gilmer winning by a 36-21 score.
August 28, 2016 (Photo Album) - Shelbyville ISD hosted Meet the Dragons on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 to kick off the fall season of football, cross country, and volleyball. Dragon fans cheered in the stands as athletes' names were read by High School Principal Mario Osby over the loud speaker and the students stepped onto the track.
Cheerleaders, band members, dance line, and twirlers were introduced as well and each performed for the crowd of spectators.
August 26, 2016 - Final Signups for Shelby County Youth Football and Soccer are tonight, August 26 during the Home Football game and tomorrow, August 27 (10am-2pm) at the Middle School Cafeteria.
Cost is $65 for Soccer (Ages 4-12)
Cost is $75 per child Flag (Ages 4 - 7)
Cost is $100 per child Tackle (Ages 8-12)
(Includes Jersey, Flags, Pad and Helmet, insurance, and all fees)
All children are eligible to play as long as they were born between September 2003 and September 2012. Each child must present an Original or Notarized Copy of their Birth Certificate. A Medical Form must be signed by their parent or guardian at Sign-Ups. Anyone interested in Coaching or Volunteering, please notify a Board Member at Sign-Ups.
See You There!
If you have any questions or need to make other arrangements, please call Jason @ 936-488-2863.
August 26, 2016 - Friday Night Football schedule for August 26th.
Center 27 - Rusk 21 (Final Score)
Tenaha 14 - Joaquin 0 (Final Score)
Shelbyville 28 - Elkhart 42 (Final Score)
Timpson 14 - West Sabine 20 (Final Score)
Timpson Game Photos submitted by Marie Jackson
August 25, 2016 - Shelby County Youth Football or Soccer will hold Sign-Ups for the 2016 fall season on the following dates:
Friday, August 26th at Roughrider Stadium during the Home Football Game (left of concession stand) Saturday, August 27th from 10:00am-2:00pm at the Center Middle School Cafeteria.
Cost is $65 for Soccer (Ages 4-12)
Cost is $75 per child Flag (Ages 4 - 7)
Cost is $100 per child Tackle (Ages 8-12)
(Includes Jersey, Flags, Pad and Helmet, insurance, and all fees)
All children are eligible to play as long as they were born between September 2003 and September 2012. Each child must present an Original or Notarized Copy of their Birth Certificate. A Medical Form must be signed by their parent or guardian at Sign-Ups. Anyone interested in Coaching or Volunteering, please notify a Board Member at Sign-Ups.
See You There
For more information contact Jason Mitchell, City of Center Recreation Director at 936/488-2863
