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January 7, 2015 - Carthage, Texas – The Panola College men’s basketball team defeated Jacksonville College, 85-72 here Wednesday night. With the win the Ponies improve their record to 13-4 and 4-2 in Region XIV play. “Our guys have been anxious to get back on the court ever since Saturday nights ball game.” Head Coach Grant McMillan said. “We took tremendous pride in guarding in the half court tonight. I challenged them all week to pay attention to the small details within our defense and they responded.” He added.

After being down 11 points early in the ball game, the Ponies steadily clawed their way back into the game taking a 40-36 halftime lead. In the second half, Panola gradually extended their lead to 19 points with just under 5:00 minutes remaining in the game before claiming the 13 points victory.

Panola was led by five separate double-digit scorers. Charles Tucker (Lansing, Michigan) recorded a team high 18 points. T’yonte Robertson (Cincinnati, Ohio) tallied 16 points and Devyn Wilson (Brooklyn, New York) netted three 3 point shots for a total of 14 points. Both Jonathan Wiley (Houston, Texas) and Chan Williams-Bey (Hartford, Connecticut) scored 10 points in the win. James Suber (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) had his best rebounding game of the year chasing down 14. As a team, Panola made 29 free throws and shot 51 percent from the field.

Panola will next be in action this upcoming Saturday, January 10th when they hit the road to take on Lee College. Tip-off is set for 6:00 PM on the campus of Lee College in Houston, Texas.

January 6, 2016 - The Center Lady Riders JV team won against Gladewater by a three point margin in an exciting game on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. The final score was Center 29, Gladewater 26. Center's points were scored by Harper 11 points, Williams 10 points, and Johnson, Fulbright, Bolton, and Watts each scored 2 points. 12 of Gladewater's points were put on the board by Lee.

Lady Riders Varsity team fell to Gladewater with a final score of 25-41. Center's points were scored by Hightower 8, Rankin 4, Lilly 3, Mcgee 2, Nichols 2, Hicks 2, Hubbard 2, and Handy 2. For Gladewater, Oliver scored 10 of the teams 41 points.

January 6, 2016 - Shelbyville Jr High Basketball games will be in Shelbyville on Jan. 7 starting at 5:00 pm vs Cushing

January 5, 2015 - JV & Varsity Boys games have been Cancelled for tonight January 5, 2016.
Varsity Girls play here at 6pm

January 4, 2016 - The Radio Team is back! Beginning January 5, 2016, Roughrider Radio will broadcast all remaining Center Boys Varsity basketball games on KDET channels 930 AM, 92.5 FM, and over the Internet on all smart devices on the KDET channel on the “Tune-In” Ap.

If you cannot make it to the game, tune in every Tuesday and Friday evening at 7:15 p.m. to listen to the ‘Riders as they begin defense of their 4A District 19 Championship and make another huge playoff run. This Tuesday, the ‘Riders square off against the Chapel Hill Bulldogs as they continue to tune up for district play. It’s another exciting hoops season for the ‘Riders – tune in and be a part of the action!!!

January 1, 2016 - Center Roughriders Boys Basketball games on Jan 1st and Jan 2nd have been cancelled.

Riders will play Tuesday night at home vs Chapel Hill, starting with Freshmen at 5:00 pm.

December 31, 2015 - On the third and final day of Tenaha's Seventh Annual Holiday Hoops basketball tournament, on Wednesday, the Joaquin Rams boy's team defeated the Garrison Bulldogs in their final Consolation bracket game. This ended the JHS squad's competition for the tourney with a 2-2 standing.

The Tenaha Lady Tigers won their third place game over the Chireno Lady Owls by a 53-47 margin. Tenaha went into the final period with a narrow 34-32 lead. Scores early in the final period from Arlicia Roland and Keanya Davis gave the Lady Tigers a 38-34 cushion at the 5:51 mark. Just one minute later the Lady Owls tied the game with a 3-pointer by Brian Dubois.

The Lady Tigers went on a run aided by 3-point plays by Arlicia Roland and Brooke McClure. Tenaha also took full advantage of getting into the double-bonus for free throws in the late stages to maintain their lead.

The Tenaha Boy's Tiger team also claimed the third place honors with a 60-59 win over the LaPoynor Flyers. THS led 22-11 at the end of the first period but LaPoynor steadily chipped away at their lead throughout the game. LaPoynor gained the lead with 13 seconds remaining in the contest but Tenaha's Trai Gardner sank two clutch free throws with just .4 seconds left to clinch the 1-point win.

The tournament's Girl's Championship game saw Lapoynor win over Lipan. Lipan won the Boy's Championship over Carthage. Over seventy games were played during the tournament.

Tenaha Lady Tigers

December 31, 2015 - The Tenaha Lady Tigers Varsity Basketball team advanced to the semifinal round of Tenaha's Seventh Annual Holiday Hoops Basketball Tournament on Tuesday but it wasn't easy and took two overtimes to get the 65-60 win.

When Lady Tiger Brooke McClure hit a 3-point basket with 4.22 remaining in the game Tenaha had a 50-40 lead, however, Winnsboro's Kelsey Green had other plans.The Junior guard scored ten straight points to tie the game at 50-50 at the end of regulation.

The Lady Tigers and Lady Raiders fought hard for four minutes in the first overtime but the game was knotted at 59-59 and then went in to the double overtime.

Keanya Davis started the second overtime period with a 3-point play after being fouled on a breakaway layup and sinking a foul shot. LaPorsha Perry, Davis, and Bianca Davison all sank crucial free throws after the Lady Raiders had to foul when their own shots from the field missed their marks.

The Joaquin Lady Rams Varsity girl's basketball team fell to the Slocum Lady Mustangs in a close game which was decided by a bucket made by SHS in the last three seconds. The game ended with Joaquin trailing 45-43. The Lady Rams trailed by nine points at the end of the third period but they kept fighting and tied the game up at 40-40 when Katelyn Jackson sank two clutch free throws after Katelyn Martinez has stolen the ball at mid-court. Slocum went on another run but Lady Ram Daysa Lane hit a bucket that retied the contest at 43-43 with just 22 seconds remaining in the game.

Lady Mustang Taylor Clark hit a jump shot which clinched the win for Slocum with less than three seconds remaining and advanced SHS on to the Bracket A Consolation Championship on Wednesday.

December 30, 2015 - The Joaquin Rams Varsity basketball team dropped their second straight basketball game and are now 1-2 in Tenaha's Holiday Hoops tournament action. The 42-39 loss came to the Broaddus Bulldogs on Tuesday during Boy's Consolation Bracket B competition. The Rams continued on to face Garrison on Wednesday morning for another consolation round-robin style contest.

The Tenaha Tigers Varsity team suffered their first loss of the Holiday Hoops tournament when they fell to the Lipan Indians by a 77-54 margin Tuesday night at Tenaha's SEC. The Tigers found themselves trailing 12-18 at the end of the first period and 19-31 at the midway intermission. In the third quarter, Tenaha trailed by as much as 19 points but they rallied to pull to within 40-51 by the start of the fourth quarter.

Colton Goeke pulled THS to within nine points with a 3-pointer with 6:44 left in the game but Lipan's Tate Phillip's 14, fourth-quarter, points helped LHS out-score Tenaha on their way to the 23-point win. Tenaha moved on to the third place game against LaPoynor at Tenaha's SEC on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

December 29, 2015 - The Joaquin Varsity Boy's basketball team kicked off their 2015 Tenaha Holiday Hoops Basketball Tournament action with a 57-48 win over the Hughes Springs Mustangs on Monday at Ram's Gymnasium. The game was close until near the end of the fourth stanza. The Rams carried a 39-34 lead into the fourth period. Elazar Huerta hit an early jumper in the final period to boost the JHS lead to 41-34. A Tray Wilkerson 3-pointer, with three and a half minutes remaining in the game, gave Joaquin a 10-point lead at 49-39.

Two Hughes Springs 3-pointers pulled them to within six points of Joaquin with just 1:23 left to play. Joaquin's Justin Hooper and Peyton Martinez each hit clutch free-throws in the later moments of the game to seal the opening round win. Later in the day, Joaquin lost to Schulenburg and the Rams moved to the consolation bracket of the tourney where they face the Broaddus Bulldogs Tuesday, December 29 at 8:30 am.

The Tenaha Tiger Girl's Varsity basketball team found themselves with a comfortable 41-11 lead at halftime in their first round Holiday Hoops game against the Kountze Lady Lions at Tenaha's SEC on Monday. Tenaha used scores by seven different players in the third period to extend their lead to 58-18 going into the final frame.

A Keanya Davis 3-pointer with 5.5 minutes left in the game gave THS a 62-19 lead. Tenaha cruised the rest of the way while gaining a 67-26 win. The Lady Tigers will play Winnsboro at 8:30 am Tuesday at the THS SEC.

The Joaquin Lady Rams Varsity basketball team had no answer for the Martin's Mill lady Mustangs on Monday. Joaquin trailed 32-52 at the end of the third period and eventually fell to the Lady Mustangs by a 72-38 final score at Joaquin's Rams Gymnasium. The Lady Rams rebounded later in the day to beat the Sabine Lady Cardinals by a 48-42 score, at Tenaha's Tiger Gymnasium, to advance to their second consolation round game at 11:30 am at Joaquin's Ram Gym on Tuesday.

The Tenaha Tigers Varsity basketball team won a pair of Holiday Hoops games on Monday. The Tigers beat the Garrison Bulldogs 71-51 in opening round action, and won an explosive 96-89 second-round thriller over the Laneville Yellowjackets Monday night. The second win sent the Tigers to the semifinal round game at 4 pm on Tuesday at the Tenaha SEC. The Tigers and Yellowjackets were tied at 47 points at halftime. At the end of the third period THS had a narrow two point advantage. Colton Goeke and JaQualin Franks teamed up for key scores late in the game which helped THS extend their lead and capture the win.

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