2023-2024 Sports Schedules (Links below updated)
Rusk Lady Eagles Ballpark on Friday, May 17, 2024 –
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons varsity softball team fell by a 10-4 run score in Game 1 of a best-of-three game Texas UIL Softball Region III Semifinal game to the Cross Roads Ladycats. Cross Roads gained a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Brook Locke scored after getting on base with an infield hit. She scored later, on a sacrifice bunt by Ashlynn Cook. Later in the inning, Alanah Logan scored the Ladycat’s second run when Paisley Stockard singled to leftfield. The Ladycats added runs by Adi Coe and Gracie Collin during a short rally in the bottom of the second frame to go up 4-0 runs. In the bottom of the third inning CRHS went up 5-0 when Stockard reached base on a walk and later scored on a double to centerfield by Jadynn Cook.
Shelbyville got back in the game in the top of the fourth inning when Carsey Lovell doubled off the top of the centerfield wall for a single, next Lanie Bass singled to rightfield. A fielder’s choice on a hit by Cadee Harley loaded the bases. A walk by Cori Lawson scored Lovell and a throwing error saw pinch-runner Kenedee Lathan score a second Lady Dragons run which cut the Ladycats lead to 5-2. Before the inning ended Harley alertly scored on a passed ball to cut Cross Roads lead to 5-3.
Disaster struck for SHS when Ashlynn Cook lifted a long fly ball well over the centerfield fence for a 3-run homer during the bottom of the fourth inning which gave the Ladycats an 8-3 advantage. Cross Roads added two runs to their tally with scores from Locke and Logan in the bottom of the sixth frame and they led 10-3.
Shelbyville scored the final run in the top of the seventh inning when Taylor Jones led off the inning with a single to leftfield and Carsey Lovell followed with an RBI double to leftfield which scored Jones. Shelbyville trailed 10-4 and this score proved to be the final for the day.
Alanah Logan pitched the whole contest foe the Ladycats and struck out 5, gave up 8 hits and walked 2. Lanie Bass went the entire contest for Shelbyville and struck out 5, gave up 10 hits and walked 2.
Cross Roads (29-8) and Shelbyville (26-12) will face off again on Saturday, May 18 Game 2 is slated to be at Rusk Lady Eagles Ballpark at 2 p.m. If needed, Game 3 will start 30 minutes after the completion of Game 2.
May 17, 2024 - The Softball Playoff game that was scheduled for Thursday, May 16 versus Cross Roads has been moved to Friday, May 17th at 2pm at Rusk High School.
May 16, 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; 75 degrees; 0.78 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady as the water level continues to rise due to the rain with more in the forecast. The wind has been high, so it has been hard to stay out there on these fish. Bass are good with lots of action on top water baits for the first hour of daylight. Once the sun rises over the trees, time to back out either in front of the flooded bushes or 8-10 feet of water with wacky-worms, light Texas rigs and shallow running crankbaits. There are a few fish on deep main lake points and ridges in 12-18 feet with Texas or Carolina rigs, and big crankbaits. Crappie bite if off due to the high water and current. A few fish can be caught on brush, but the best bite has been on docks in 8-12 feet of water with jigs and live bait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
GOOD. normal stain; 74 degrees. Largemouth bass are good in numbers of 3-5 pound fish in 18 feet of water with Carolina rigs, dropshot, soft plastic trick worms. In the evening topwater frogs are good in grass near the dam. Black crappie are fair in the east arm of the lake with natural colored crappie jigs and minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.15 feet above pool. Rivers are flooded and the lake water level continues to rise and is off-colored. Bass are fair with catches up to 7 pounds possible on points and deeper water with Carolina or Texas rigs. The frog bite is picking up bass in shallow lily pads and brush. Crappie are good on brush piles, minnows and jigs. Catfish are good in deeper water channels with cut bait, minnows and worms. Blue catfish are good in 18-22 feet of water. White bass are schooling on points biting minnows, jigging spoons, and small crankbaits. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; full pool. 2.00 feet above full pool. The water level is just above the stumps, navigate with caution. Some fish have situated themselves near the roadbeds and some are starting to gather, suspended, over the deep creeks. The underspin always gets bit, but do not be afraid to throw a +1 jerkbait in these situations. As the water starts to warm a faster twitch presentation can find some good fish. The drop-shot rig got the majority of the bites this weekend. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent with good numbers on Carolina rigs, dropshots or deep crankbaits in 12-15 feet of water. Crappie are good with live shiners or natural colored crappie jigs roaming in schools in the middle of the water column. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 4.26 feet above pool. Bass are good with good numbers of 2-4 pound fish being caught in shallow vegetation with topwater frogs and spooks, or swim jigs. Reports of good catches of catfish with cut bait or live shinners. Crappie are excellent on brush and standing timber with chartreuse crappie jigs. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Nacogdoches Dragons Ballpark on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 –
The Shelbyville Dragons varsity baseball team took a 10-3 Game 1 loss to the Gary Bobcats on Wednesday. The game was the first of a best-of-three game elimination series in the Texas UIL Baseball State Playoff and is at the Region III Quarterfinals being played out at Nacogdoches Golden Dragons Ballpark. Game 2 of the series is slated for Saturday, May 18 at 12 p.m. with Game 3, if needed to follow 30 minutes after Game 2.
The bulk of Gary High Schools damage was in the first inning. The Bobcats brought 12 batters to the plate and scored seven runs. Shelbyville fought back in the bottom of the first and Dylan Parker, Wyatt Frick and Gus Duvon scored the team’s only runs of the game to cut the GHS lead to 7-3.
Gary added another run when Brennan Stevens got on base after being hit by a pitch in the top of the third inning and he later scored on a Dragon’s throwing error to give Gary an 8-3 advantage. The final two runs of the game were scored in the top of the sixth when Tucker Grubbs singled to leftfield and Aiden Scogins tripled to leftfield to score Grubbs. Scogins scored later in the inning on a sacrifice bunt by Jacob Moffett which gave GHS the final 10-3 advantage that proved to hold up until the seven-inning game was completed.
Weston Frick pitched 2/3 inning and gave up a hit, struck out one and walked four batters. Dallas Murry pitched four and 2/3 innings. He allowed four hits, struck out three and walked three. Jason Fleming threw 1 2/3 innings, he struck out one and walked one batter.
Bobcat Kohl Woodfin went 5 1/3 innings and gave up four hits, walked four and struck out four. Landon Sipes went 1 1/3 innings and walked one and struck out one.
The Dragons are now 21-5 this season. The Bobcats stand at 19-10-1. The two teams played earlier this season in District 23 2A conference action with SHS taking both contests, a 4-3 win, and a 16-0 win.
May 14, 2024 - All Shelbyville Dragon Baseball Regional Quarter Finals games will be played at Nacogdoches High School against Gary starting Wednesday, May 15.
Game 1: Wednesday, May 15 at 6pm, SHS Home Team
Game 2: Saturday, May 18 at 12 noon, GHS Home Team
Game 3: If needed, 30 minutes after game 2, GHS Home Team
Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for students. District and Coaches passes accepted.
Carthage Lady Bulldogs Ballpark on Saturday, May 11, 2024 –
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons varsity softball team advanced to the Texas Region III Softball Semifinals after gaining a Game 3 win over the Timpson Lady Bears in a 3-2 run walkoff nailbiter in the Region III Quarterfinals.
Shelbyville scored first in the bottom of the first inning when Carsey Lovell singled off the centerfield wall with one out and then scored later on a passed ball. Shelbyville added a second run in the bottom of the fourth inning when Kylie Snell doubled off the leftfield wall and later scored on a Timpson error giving SHS a 2-0 run advantage.
Timpson scored both their runs in the top of the fifth inning during a rally which saw them bring eight batters to the plate. Alexis Grigsby led off the inning by drawing a walk and Ceale Kruse reached next on a fielder’s choice. They both later scored on a Shelbyville throwing error and tied the game at 2-2.
The game remained tied until the bottom of the seventh frame when Nicole Harvey led off the inning with an infield hit on a well-placed bunt. Harvey scored the final run in walkoff fashion when Lovell singled to rightfield two batters later.
Lanie Bass pitched the complete game win for SHS and struck out 7, walked 4, and gave up 4 hits. Alexis Grigsby pitched the complete game for THS and struck out 7, walked 3 and gave up 5 hits.
The elimination loss ends Timpson’s season at 21-14. Shelbyville moves on to the regional semifinals with a 26-11 overall record and they will next face the winner of the Overton vs Cross Roads series. At press time Cross Roads leads the series 1-0.
Shelbyville Head Coach Ryan Mason said after the game, “I really feel like our whole team stood out today, Lanie Bass pitched great and Jayleigh Jones made some great plays, even our bench stood up and made some noise. This kept our energy up, we are a family 100 %!”
Carthage Lady Bulldogs Ballpark on Friday, May 10, 2024 –
The Timpson Lady Bears tied up a Region III Softball Quarterfinal best-of-three game series on Friday with an 8-1 run win over the Shelbyville Lady Dragons. The Lady Dragons won Game 1 of the series a day earlier by a 3-2 run score.
Timpson got on the board first when Alexis Grigsby led off the top of the first inning by drawing a walk and later scored on an infield hit by Claire Ham. In the top of the third THS extended their lead to 3-0, Grigsby scored on a sacrifice fly and Ceale Kruse later scored by tagging up on a long fly ball to centerfield by Cale Cornelius.
Shelbyville fought back to cut the THS lead to 3-1 when Kylie Snell led off the bottom of the fourth inning by walking and she later scored on a throwing error.
Disaster struck for SHS when Timpson exploded during a rally in the top of the fifth inning that brought 8 batters to the plate and saw Grigsby, Ceale Kruse, Taylor Stewart, Ham, and Cornelius all score before the Lady Dragons could retire the side. This brought the score to 8-1 runs in favor of the Lady Bears.
Alexis Grigsby pitched all seven innings for THS and gave up four hits. She struckout six and walked four.
Taylor Jones went four inning and gave up four hits, walked four, and struck out four for SHS. Teammate Lanie Bass struckout two, walked two and gave up two hits in two innings at pitcher.
Game 3 will decide this series and will start at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, May 11 again at Carthage Lady Bulldogs Ballpark at Carthage High School.
May 10. 2024 - On Wednesday, May 8, the Lifeskills classes of Center ISD attended the annual Integrated Athletic Meet in Shelbyville.
This is always a great experience for our students and staff.
Several of our administrators were there as well supporting our students.
In total our students brought back: 28 Gold medals, 27 Silver medals and 17 Bronze medals.
Rusk Eagles Ballpark on Thursday, May 9, 2024 –
The Shelbyville Dragons varsity baseball team took a 6-4 run win over the Jewett Leon Cougars in a best-of-three game Area Round series in the Texas UIL State Baseball Playoffs. Game 2 will play out on Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. at Rusk ISD.
The Dragons trailed the Cougars early by a 4-0 score which held up until Shelbyville rallied in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Dragons scored when DJ Barnes led off the inning by singling to the leftfield wall and he scored when Dallas Murry hit an RBI Double off the leftfield wall to cut the Cougar lead to 4-1. A double to left by Dylan Parker scored Murry and made the score 4-2. Moments later Hunter Harvey laid down a pinpoint bunt which scored Cam Mason to cut the Cougar’s lead to 4-3. Dylan Parker alertly scored on a passed ball near the end of the fifth inning, when a pitch went wild to the backstop, and the game was tied 4-4 run going into the sixth inning.
Leon’s Taylor Evans led off the sixth inning with a double to rightfield but the Dragons rallied defensively to retire the next three batters with two strikeouts by Weston Frick and a runner interference call.
Frick and Barnes scored for SHS in the bottom of the sixth frame to give the Dragons a 6-4 run advantage and Dallas Murry came in to relieve Frick in the top of the seventh inning.
The Cougars got a single to leftfield from Brock Bumpurs in the final at-bat but the Dragons retired the final three batters of the game on a strikeout by Murry and two groundouts to Parker at shortstop.
Weston Frick struck out ten batters, gave up four hits and walked five in the Dragons win. Dallas Murry pitched one complete inning striking out one, giving up one hit and he gave up no runs or walks in relief.
Brock Bumpurs took the loss for the Cougars, he surrendered six hits, struck out three and walked two in six innings.
May 6, 2024 - Calling all Timpson Bear fans, the Timpson Lady Bears are on to round three of the 2024 UIL Softball Playoffs! They're set to take on the Shelbyville Lady Dragons in the Regional Quarterfinal on Thursday, May 9; Friday, May 10; and if needed Saturday, May 11.
All games will be played at Carthage High School, adults $5, students $3. District, coaches, and senior citizens passes will be accepted. Let's pack the stands with black and gold. Go Bears!
