Shelby County Today

September 14, 2016 – Last week was a time of extremes. Tenaha and Timpson varsity football teams won by landslide scoring advantages, Center and Shelbyville teams lost by multiple scores, and Joaquin lost in the closest game in the county thus far.

The Center Roughriders fell to the Gladewater Bears 56-15 on the road this week. They are now 1-2 and will host the Diboll Lumberjacks for homecoming this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Diboll is 0-3 and fell to Newton last week by a 35-7 score.

Joaquin fell 21-20 to the Lovelady Lions last Friday. The Rams are now 1-2 and will host the Huntington Red Devils this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Huntington is led by Head Coach Brian Gandy who is a former student and assistant coach of Joaquin ISD. The Red Devils are 2-1 and beat West Hardin last week by a 42-22 score.

The Shelbyville Dragons fell 37-19 to the Garrison Bulldogs, in Shelbyville, last Friday. The Dragons’ season record now stands at 1-2. They will face the Arp Tigers Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Arp. The Tigers beat the Alto Yellow Jackets 27-7 last Friday. AHS is 2-1 on the season.

Tenaha moved their record to 3-0, with a 67-0 win over the Dallas Gateway Charter Academy Gators, at home. Tenaha will head to Clarksville High School to face their Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Clarksville is 0-3 and lost 56-15 to Big Sandy last Friday.

The Timpson Bears evened their record at 1-1 with a lopsided 73-0 win over Cross Roads High School.  The Bears will host the Hawkins Hawks on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Hawks are 0-3 and lost 13-6 to Como-Pickton last weekend.

September 12, 2016 – The Shelbyville Dragons suffered a tough 37-19 loss, at home last Friday, to the Garrison Bulldogs varsity football team. Shelbyville led 6-0 early when Kyle Tindol capped a 39 yard Dragons scoring drive, with a 2-yard touchdown, with seven minutes remaining in the opening period. The Dragon’s extra point kick attempt was blocked.

Garrison took the lead, with 3:54 left in the second period, when Terrance Dove scored on a 6-yard touchdown run on a sweep play. Connor Moore made good on the Bulldogs extra point kick which gave GHS a narrow 7-6 lead.

The Bulldogs extended their lead to 13-6 when they scored on a pass from Charles Bass to Dove with only 14 seconds remaining in the half.

Ta’Vion Barnes pulled the Dragons to within 13-12 of the Bulldogs when he scored on a keeper from 31 yards out with 2:44 left in the third quarter. The Dragons extra point attempt failed.

Garrison extended their lead to 19-12 when Bass hit Kanye Key with a 10-yard touchdown pass with 44 seconds remaining in the third period. This capped a 61-yard Bulldogs scoring drive. The extra point attempt sailed wide.

Garrison ballooned their lead to 25-12 with a 14-yard Jakobie Hodge touchdown reception with 11:19 left in the contest. This capped a 42 yard GHS scoring drive.

Shelbyville gained good field position when, a great block by Terrell Cartwright, sprung CJ Kirkwood on the ensuing kickoff and SHS started their possession on the Garrison 14 yard line. Barnes scored on a keeper three plays later to pull the Dragons to within 25-19.

Garrison scored seconds later when Hodge returned the Shelbyville kickoff for a touchdown which gave the Bulldogs a 31-19 advantage.

Shelbyville lost a fumble with 5:45 left in the contest and Garrison sustained a long drive which was capped with the game’s final score, a 20-yard bootleg keeper by Bass with just 50 seconds remaining.

Garrison edged Shelbyville on total yardage by gaining 374 to the Dragon’s 269. Shelbyville had 225 yards rushing and 44 passing. The Bulldogs had 132 yards passing and 242 rushing. Garrison had 10 first downs while Shelbyville claimed 12.

The Bulldogs boosted their record to 3-0 and will travel to Alto to face the Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday September 16.

The Dragons are 1-2 and will travel to Arp, and face the Tigers, on Friday, September 16. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Arp is 2-1 and beat Alto last week by a 27-7 scoring margin.

September 5, 2016 (Photos Album1, Album2)- The Shelbyville Dragons defeated the Hemphill Hornets in their second game of the season with a 20-6 final score.

The game was tied at zero at the end of the first quarter with Hemphill having possession of the ball for approximately two-thirds of the time and the Dragon defense holding strong. With 10:16 on the clock in the second quarter Shelbyville's Terrell Cartwright #9 scored a touchdown giving the Dragons the lead and the only score in the first half of the game.

With 7:48 remaining in the 3rd quarter, CJ Kirkwood #4 ran the ball into the end zone bringing the Dragons' lead to 13-0 after the extra point attempt failed to reach its mark. Seconds later Hemphill had possession of the ball yet fumbled it on the 19-yard-line and the Dragons were able to gain possession of the ball, putting them once again in scoring position. The Hornet's defense held the offensive line forcing a field goal attempt which was unsuccessful.

An attempted pass to Hemphill's Logan Leone #30 for a touchdown was incomplete near the end of the 3rd quarter. The Hornets tried again with a pass to Tommy Williams #16 who caught the ball and ran it in for a touchdown with 1:13 left in the quarter. The Hornets tried for a two-point conversion but failed to get into the end zone and the 3rd quarter ended with the Dragons in the lead, 13-6.

Shortly after the start of the 4th quarter, the Dragon's Kirkwood scored again with 11:48 on the clock for the last touchdown of the game. The Dragons defeated the Hornets 20-6.

With this week's win Shelbyville has a 1-1 record after losing, 42-28, to Elkhart during opening week. They will go against Garrison this Friday, September 9th in a 7:30 game at home.

September 5, 2016 – The Center Roughriders varsity football team had an early lead and trailed only 27-21 at halftime. But they later saw Gilmer spool off 50 unanswered points, in route to a 70-21 Buckeye homecoming win. The Buckeyes outscored the ‘Riders 43-0 in the second half. The game played out at Gilmer’s Jeff Traylor Stadium and was the Buckeyes 22 consecutive home field win dating back to 2012.

Center had the first possession but only managed to move the ball four yards on their opening drive. CHS punted the football to the GHS 31 yard line. Gilmer capped a 69 yard scoring drive with a 37-yard touchdown reception from Poppy Brown to Qua Heath with 8:11 left in the first period. The Gilmer extra point attempt bounced off the upright and was no good. Gilmer led 6-0.

Center got their first first-down of the contest on their next drive but was forced to punt the ball back to Gilmer after only advancing the football to their own 35-yard line. Gilmer took over possession on their own 25-yard line after a good Center punt and a holding penalty. On the fourth play of their possession Heath pulled down his second touchdown reception of the game and gave GHS a 13-0 lead with 5:25 left in the opening frame.

Gilmer gave Center the football early in the second quarter after losing a fumble at Center’s 30 yard line. Roughrider quarterback, Kyle Parks, hit Adrian Johnson near midfield and the receiver wasted no time dodging a defender and racing 49 yards for a score with 11 minutes left in the first half. Marcos Lopez kicked the extra point to pull CHS to within 13-7 of Gilmer.

After Center forced Gilmer into their only punt, Kyle Parks exploded for a 27-yard touchdown with 6:59 left in the first half, capping a 65-yard scoring drive, and giving Center a 14-13 lead.

Gilmer capped a 62-yard scoring drive when Brown took a keeper 12 yards up the middle for a score which gave GHS a 20-14 lead with 3:51 left before the midway break.

Center tied things up on a 54-yard scoring drive capped by a 2-yard Parks score, after a failed Gilmer onside kick. Lopez gave CHS a narrow 21-20 lead, with a good extra point kick, with just 1:03 left before halftime.

Gilmer capped a 62-yard scoring drive with a weaving 20-yard run by Kelton Collier with just seconds left before the intermission. Cap Ibarra kicked the extra point and Gilmer took a 27-21 lead into the locker room at the midway break.

Center led in the takeover category as they recovered two Gilmer fumbles and did not turn the ball over during the contest. Gilmer led on total yardage with 677 yards to Center’s 269. Gilmer gained 33 first downs to Center’s 12.

Next week Center will head to Gladewater to face the Bears Friday, September 9, at 7:30 p.m. Gladewater beat Kilgore Friday by a 29-27 score. They are 1-1 after losing, 14-10, to Carthage on opening week.