Shelby County Today

January 6, 2016 - Panola College beat Jacksonville College 63-59 on Wednesday night with the help of Charlynn Perry, who was the Fillies leading scorer with 16 points. Fillies locked in the win in the fourth quarter on a three-pointer from Perry.

Even though Jacksonville College outplayed the Fillies in the first half of the game, Panola College came back with excellent second half play. The Fillies had a late run scoring a game-high 23 points in the final quarter on the strength of a 18-3 run.

Perry having a stand out second half, was 63% (5-for-8) of shots attempted as well as 50% (3-for-6) of threes attempted and going (3-for-4) from the free throw line.
Also two other Fillies scored in double double digit points for Panola College. Kia Fisker scored 14 points with 9 rebounds and Amanda Cruz had 11 points.

Other Fillies who chipped in were Teanna Frances Henderson and Raemeisha Claxton (6 points apiece), R'Trevia Randolph (5 points), J'Lene Martinez (3 points) and Laura Chavez (2 points).

The Fillies look to play again Saturday, January 9 at 2:00 pm against Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, TX.

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

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!!!