2025-2026 Sports Schedules
Cross Country - Center (JH), Center (HS), Joaquin, Timpson
Football - Center, Joaquin (V), Joaquin (JH,JV), Shelbyville, Tenaha, Timpson,
Tennis - Center,
Volleyball - Center, Center Christian Academy, Shelbyville (JV,V), Shelbyville (JH), Timpson (HS), Timpson (JH),
Henderson Lions Stadium, Friday, September 20, 2019 –
The Center Roughriders Varsity football team saw their record fall to 1-3 after their third straight loss on Friday. The ‘Riders only trailed 7-0 after the end of the first quarter but saw things get away as they trailed 35-7 at halftime, 56-7 at the end of three periods, and they eventually saw Henderson’s lead balloon to 63-7 by the end of the contest. This was Center’s third straight pre-district loss.
Both teams had turnovers in the opening frame which kept the game close in the early going. Henderson lead 14-0 early in the second but Center came back to answer and they pulled to within a touchdown of the Lions. Henderson would shutout Center for the rest of the contest and score the final 49 points scored.
The Roughriders will regroup as they will host Grace Community at Roughriders Stadium next Friday, September 27, 2019. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
September 20, 2019 - Friday Night Football Schedule for September 20th.
Center 7 - Henderson 63, Final Score
Joaquin 16 - Corrigan-Camden 14, Final Score
Shelbyville 68 - First Baptist Academy 0, Final Score
Tenaha 14 - San Augustine 67, Final Score
Timpson 14 - West Sabine 6, Final
September 18, 2019 - The Shelbyville Dragons JV football team will play at home on Thursday, September 19 at 5pm against Hemphill. The Jr High game is to follow at 6:30 pm versus Huntington.
September 18, 2019 -
The Center Roughriders football team fell to 1-2 overall last week after a 48-28 loss at home to the Gladewater Bears. This week the ‘Riders will head to Henderson High School for their fourth non-district game with the Lions. The Game is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 20, 2019 at Lions Stadium. Henderson is 2-1 and won on the road at Jacksonville by a 67-40 score.
The Joaquin Rams fell in a narrow 22-21 loss to Shelbyville at JHS last Friday. The Rams are 2-1 this season and travel to Corrigan-Camden to face the Bulldogs, Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Bulldogs are 3-0 after beating Kirbyville 32-8 at home. The Shelbyville Dragons are now 2-1 after the win over the Rams and they will next face the First Baptist Academy from Dallas at Troup High School. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
The Tenaha Tigers are 3-0 this season after an impressive 54-0 win at home over Thomas K Gorman High School. The Tigers face 2-0 San Augustine at Wolves Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Last year these two teams faced off for the quarterfinal playoffs and San Augustine won 43-17. San Augustine beat Garrison at Bulldogs Stadium 36-28.
The Timpson Bears broke into the win column last week with a 43-31 win at home over the Big Sandy Wildcats. Timpson is now 1-2 on the season. The Bears will travel to West Sabine High School on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff with the Tigers.
Joaquin Rams Stadium, Friday, September 13, 2019 -
The Shelbyville Dragons Varsity Football Team gained their second win of the season by beating the Joaquin Rams by a 22-21 margin. The Dragons trailed the Rams by 14 points early but gained their first lead with just 2:14 minutes left in the game and their defense held on for the win.
Joaquin drew first blood with a 1-yard touchdown run from Connor Bragg with 2:25 left in the first quarter. Jesus Bravo booted the extra point and Joaquin held a 7-0 lead.
The lead held up until there was 8:46 left in the second period when Lorenzo Lane scored the Ram’s second touchdown on third-and-goal. This gave Joaquin a 14-0 advantage after another Bravo extra point.
Shelbyville cut the Ram’s lead to just 14-6 when grabbed a pass from Dragon’s quarterback Jordan Boykins and scored a 24-yard touchdown. The Dragons extra point attempt was blocked.
In the third quarter, Joaquin gained their biggest lead with a Gunner Nelson touchdown run at the 7:49 minute mark of the third stanza. Bravo’s extra point kick gave JHS a 15-point advantage at 21-6.
A 2-yard Jaylon Brinson touchdown run, and a 2-point conversion by Boykins helped the Dragons cut Joaquin’s lead to 21-14 with 7:33 left in the contest.
Both teams each exchanged fumbles within the next five plays. Shelbyville gained possession with less than six minutes remaining and went on a 9-play scoring drive which saw them take their first lead with a 19-yard touchdown reception by Kel Wilson with just 2:13 left in the game. Brinson added a 2-point conversion which gave the Dragons their first lead.
Joaquin used 8 plays to go 55 yards but ultimately saw a potential 38-yard winning field goal attempt taper off just inches right of the upright crossbar at game’s end.
Joaquin rushed for 213 yards on 55 attempts. Shelbyville rushed for 134 yards on 26 carries. Joaquin was 0 for 1 passing attempts. Shelbyville completed 4 of 7 attempts for 70 yards.
Joaquin led with 13 first down conversions, Shelbyville had nine. The Rams fumbled once, the Dragons had two lost fumbles and lost an onside kick.
Next Friday, September 20, 2019, Shelbyville will travel to Troup High School to face Dallas First Baptist at 7 p.m. The Dragons are now 2-1 for the season. Dallas First Baptist is 1-2. They are coming off of a 47-14 loss to Covenant Christian Academy.
Joaquin faces the Bulldogs at Corrigan-Camden High School next Friday at 7:30 p.m. Joaquin is 2-1 , the Bulldogs are 3-0 and won at home to Kirbyville last week by a 32-8 margin.
September 14, 2019 - Center Junior Varsity and Middle School football game highlights against Gladewater.
Center Roughriders JV Football Team vs Gladewater
Center Middle School Football Team vs Gladewater
7th Grade White Team - Center won 4-0 scrimmage style
7th Grade Purple Team
8th White Team
8th Purple Team - Center won 20-12
September 13, 2019 - Friday Night Football Schedule for September 13th.
Center 28 - Gladewater 48, Final Score
Joaquin 21 - Shelbyville 22, Final Score
Tenaha 54 - TK Gorman 0, Final Score
Timpson 43 - Big Sandy 31, Final Score
September 11, 2019 –
All five Shelby County Varsity football teams will be playing their third game of the season this week.
The Center Roughriders fell to the visiting Jefferson Bulldogs last week by a 51-28 score. This put Center’s record at 1-1 going into this Friday’s home game with the Gladewater Bears. Kickoff at Roughrider’s Stadium is on Friday, September 13, 2019, and will be at 7:30 p.m. The Bears lost at Atlanta High School by a 35-28 score. This evened the GHS record to 1-1.
The Joaquin Rams are now 2-0 overall after beating Ore City at Rebels Stadium by a 34-13 score. The Rams will host the Shelbyville Dragons whose record fell to 1-1 after a 47-7 road loss to the Sabine Cardinals. Kickoff on Friday is at 7:30 p.m.
The Tenaha Tigers are 2-0 after beating the Lovelady Lions at home by a 47-0 score. The Tigers will host the Bishop Gorman Crusaders on Friday and will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Gorman is 0-1 and lost to Covenant Academy last week by a 47-12 margin.
The Timpson Bears fell to 0-2 with a 45-0 loss at home to Alto at home last Friday. The Bears will host Big Sandy this Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Big Sandy Wildcats are 1-1 and beat Alba-Golden 60-34 last week.
September 9, 2019 - The Center Varsity tennis team continues to roll with two more wins this weekend.
The Roughriders met Hallsville in Jacksonville this past Saturday morning and then lined up against Jacksonville for the afternoon.
The results are as follows:
Center would lead 5 wins -2 losses after doubles vs Hallsville which gave us a nice lead going into singles. Center takes 6 of the first 8 singles matches to lead 11-4 and take home the victory before pulling the remaining singles matches.
After a much needed lunch break out of the heat, Jacksonville HS was next. The Riders continued the trend from the morning and led 5-2 after doubles.
Singles would prove to be a heated contest and Jacksonville put up a great effort to try to pull back within striking distance by splitting the first 8 singles matches 4-4 which gave the Riders a team total of 9-6, but the Center team had too much depth and pulled 3 of the remaining 4 singles to make the official victory 12-7.
This gives our Center team a 6-0 record with four of those wins vs class 5A.
Upcoming:
Center JV vs Spring Hill at home Tuesday 9/10
Center V vs Spring Hill at Spring Hill Thursday 9/12
Both matches are set to begin approximately 4pm.
Go Roughriders!!!
Center High School, Friday, September 6, 2019 –
The Center Roughriders Varsity Football Team has fallen to 1-1 overall this season after they lost their first home game to the Jefferson Bulldogs on Friday by a 51-28 score.
The two teams combined for ten turnovers during the contest which gave each team a shorter path to the endzone and ultimately led to a high scoring affair. Although the overall game saw plenty of scoring, neither team got on the scoreboard until there was just 3:39 minutes left in the first quarter when Bulldog quarterback Kylan Thomas found Chris Shepard for a 29-yard touchdown completion. Landon Fuquay added an extra point kick to give the Bulldogs a 7-0 advantage.
Center got a fumble from Jefferson at the beginning of the second stanza and the ‘Riders Keamodre Horace scored on a 44-yard touchdown run with 11:36 remaining in the first half of play. Alexis Lopez added an extra point kick which tied the game at 7-7.
Jefferson regained the lead at the 5:21 mark of the second period when Kylan Thomas broke free for a 21-yard touchdown. The Bulldogs took a 14-7 lead into the halftime intermission.
Bulldog Travon Johnson scored on a 3-yard scamper which gave the Bulldogs a 20-7 advantage after a failed extra point attempt with 8:37 in the third stanza. Three minutes later, Bulldog Dee Black picked up a fumble and raced in to give Jefferson a 27-7 lead.
Center continued to fight and cut the JHS lead to 27-14 after Jakerrion Watson pulled down a 12-yard touchdown catch from Jake Hanson with 4:43 left in the third quarter.
Jefferson got a 1-yard touchdown run from Dee Black early in the fourth frame and they led 34-14 until Horace added his second scoring run of the game to Center’s tally. This cut the Bulldogs lead to 34-21 with 6:49 left in the game. Disaster struck the ‘Riders moments later when Black raced 101 yards on an electrifying kickoff returned for a touchdown which gave Jefferson a 41-21 advantage.
Horace added a 3-yard score for Center with 5:22 left in the game to pull Center to within 41-28 but Jefferson’s Kylan Thomas scampered 43-yards on the first play from scrimmage to extend the Bulldog’s lead to 48-28 with 5 minutes left in the contest.
Jefferson recovered an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff and Fuquay later kicked a 37-yard field goal which proved to be the last score of the night.
Turnovers were fairly even for both teams. Center fumbled three times, lost an onside kick and was intercepted twice. Jefferson fumbled three times and were intercepted once.
Center carried the football 35 times for 248 yards, Jefferson carried 36 times for 305 yards.
Center had 15 catches on 31 attempts for 206 yards. Jefferson had 7 catches on 12 attempts for 11 yards. Each team gained 11 first downs.
The ‘Riders had 8 penalties with 75 yards accessed. The ‘Dogs had 6 penalties for 60 yards.
Head Coach Scott Ponder and the Roughriders will regroup and get ready to host the Gladewater Bears at Center next Friday, September 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. The Bears lost to Atlanta on the road by a 35-28 score. Both teams overall record stands at 1-1 for the season.
