Shelby County Today

July 23, 2015 - The Shelby County Bass Anglers sweated out the heat last weekend at Cassells-Boykin ramp on Sam Rayburn. This is the 6th tournament of the season and the points race for Anglers of the Year are heating up quickly, along with the outside temperatures reaching near 100 degrees.

The team of Chris and Andre Cartwright culled out a limit of bass winning the July event sponsored by 4C Electric. Their creel of fish tipped the scales at 18.57lbs and put them in the lead for the year end points title.

Second place was captured by the long time team partners of Bobby Addison and Clarence Sanderson. Their five fish limit weighed in at 15.99lbs.

David Koonce and Brandon Wells made another trip to the pay window and cashed in a third place finish with 15.86lbs, anchored by the second place overall big bass of the event.

The father/son team of Glen and Moon Pie Sowell managed to catch the overall big bass of 6.80lbs and finished in fourth with total weight of 15.60lbs.

The next event of the year is scheduled for August 22-23rd at Holly Park on Toledo Bend. Please visit our website at www.shelbycountybassanglers.com.

July 21, 2015 - Center Middle School will be offering a 6th Grade Pre-Athletics Class for the the 2015-16 school year. There will be a section for 6th grade boys and 6th grade girls.

The participants in these classes will learn the same skills and do the same conditioning as the students in the regular athletic periods, but will not compete against other schools.

If your 6th grade student is interested in the pre-athletic class, please go to the front office at Center Middle School to sign up on Monday, July 27th through Thursday, July 30th from 7:30AM to 5:30PM.

July 21, 2015 - The 2015 Texas State 4H Games were held July 15-18 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio. There were over 1,250 shotgun and archery shooters that competed this year.

Jaxon Brittain competed in archery 3d, modified 600, field and wand competitions. Shelby County 4H shooters had five kids participate in the shotgun competition. They were Colton Gutermuth, Lance Holloway, Logan Holloway, Seth Shamblin and Konner Windham.

The shotgun competitions included International Skeet, Modified Trap, American Skeet, American Trap, Sporting Clays and Whiz-bang. It was a great week and it marked the sixth year that Shelby County has been participating in the State Games.

Senior One Ladies: Konner Windham - Whiz-bang (2nd place)

Intermediate Division:
Two man team - Trap (1st place) Logan & Lance Holloway
Two man team - Skeet (2nd place) Logan & Lance Holloway

We would like to say Congratulations on a job well done representing Shelby County.

July 16, 2015 (Album) - Center ISD coaches gathered at the Center High School Library to give parents the opportunity to meet with the new staff before the beginning of the new school year.

The informal event was held on the morning of Thursday, July 16, 2015 with new Athletic Director Barry Bowman and several members of his new coaching staff, with coaches from all over the district, as well as Superintendent James Hockenberry and other school staff.

Bowman gave a little history of his career for Shelby County Today. He was the head coach and athletic director at Daingerfield High School from 2008-2010; head coach and athletic director at Paris High School for a couple of years until his father became ill and he moved to Longview to care for him. During that time he has been the assistant head coach and assistance athletic director at Pine Tree High School for the past two years.

"The thing that I'm excited about is that from the time we got here as far as implementing some changes and things that we believe in, the kids have been really receptive. Our summer workouts, we've had great participation from boys and girls."

Working with 150 students, three days a week has kept the coaching staff busy during the summer. Bowman says he is blessed to have a group of youthful coaches that are full of energy and enthusiasm. He is really proud of the staff he has been able to put in place and he says they are "really good classroom teachers."

"It's not just about the athletic program it's everything, it's the academic part it's all of it. I think today is an indication that Center ISD and the community of Center is a winner, they won today with the people that we've been able to put in place. That's what I'm excited about. Whether we win two games or we win 12 games, at the end of the day it's about did we make a difference for kids."