Dixie League All Stars Headed to State - July 7 2008
Submitted by Carrie Hairgrove

Pineywoods District 8 Dixie League 13-14 year old baseball team is headed to the state tournament July 12th in Dayton. The all star team is made up of players from Joaquin, San Augustine, and Shelbyville.

Pictured kneeling on the front row, left to right: Josh Flores (San Augustine), Raymond Flores (San Augustine), James Bradford (Shelbyville), Luis Flores (San Augustine), Wyatt Hairgrove (Joaquin), Jordan Powdrill (Joaquin)
Second row standing left to right: Ryon Vaughn (Shelbyville), Michael Harrison (San Augustine), ZhiKavan Watts (San Augustine), Khadafy Davis (San Augustine), Patrick Schmutz (Joaquin), Adam Roe (Joaquin)
Back row left to right: Coach Pilo Flores, Coach Robert Vaughn, Manager Tony Powdrill

Shelbyville 10 & Under All Stars---State Bound - July 3, 2008
Submitted by Debbie Gilchrist

The Shelbyville 10 & Under AllStars competed in the District Tournament this week in Hemphill and placed 2nd over all. They will advance to the State Dixie Tournament in Center on July 12th. They also received the Sportsmanship Award for the Tournament. This is an awesome group of boys! We are proud of you !! Good Luck at State!!

Team: Kent Vaughn, Aaron Gilchrist, Cade Copelin,Wyatt Ferrebee, Isaiah Stanberry, Wade Baty, Jake Wagstaff, Eli Ard, Cole Cooper,Kal Metcalf, Octavian Burrell & Justin Nutter. Coaches: Vic Cooper, G.B. Eaves and Jody Cooper. (not in order)

MMA Fight Team Members Upcoming Events - July 3, 2008
Submitted by Richard Roddy

Self Defense America is proud to announce that two of its MMA fight team members are fighting in the month of July.

Chris is a 5'11" 205 lb fighter who is very skilled in all phases of the game; he has very quick hands and is very good at submissions from all positions. He is currently training for his upcoming fight.

Chris is an awesome fighter, because it doesn't matter what happens in the fight. He can beat you down with his striking, on the ground he is very patient and gives his opponent no room to breath, He presses the whole time until he gets his submission. He also has incredible take down power. He can slam a man so hard that a Tap Out imminent. That is why we call him "Triple Threat". Chris is a true Warrior

He will be fighting July 18th at The HorseShoe Casino in Shreveport La. He is scheduled to be the Main Event.

Chuck Sowell is a 5"9 185lb fighter who is making his MMA debut on July 12th in Monroe La. He has come along way in all phases of MMA. He is a very hard worker in practice, but he also brings comic relief to our practice, you just never know what is going to come out of his mouth. But any opponent that takes his levity as weakness will be in for a long night in the ring.. It doesn't matter if it is stand up or clinch or on the ground. Chuck is looking forward to stepping into the ring and testing his skills.

Texas Forest Country Bass Circuit is expanding its tournament schedule to five qualifying tournaments with a no entry fee championship for 2008. The tournament series presented by American Rodsmith and Needmore Tackle along with Jasper, Shelby, San Augustine, and Sabine Counties start the series August 16. The Umphrey Family Pavilion is the host site for the first tournament leading up to the championship sponsored by Legend Boats, Mercury Motors and Motorguide. There will be a total of five qualifying tournaments three of which will be held on Lake Sam Rayburn and two on Toledo Bend Lake.

Based on 150 teams, each qualifying tournament is set to pay $31,750 spread over 20 places. See www.tfcbasscircuit.com for sample payout. With an entry fee of $260 per tournament and a $20 annual membership get ready to wet your hooks this fall. Fishermen participating in all five will compete to win a fully rigged Legend Alpha 211 powered by Mercury Outboard and Motorguide trolling motor.

Tournament results powered by www.fishingworld.com. For more information call 936.598.3682 or email info@shelbycountychamber.com.

11 Year Old All Stars Headed to State - July 1, 2008
Submitted by Bob Reeves

Center 11 year old all stars won the district championship in Hudson this past weekend defeating Hudson 11-0 in game one and 8-6 in game 2.

Center now will compete at the State Championship in Pilot Point, Texas beginning July 12th.

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Front laying: Josh Burns
Front: left to Right
Caiden Rainbolt, Colton McSwain, Dalton Horton, Adam Reeves, Alec Lucas,
Standing: Taylor Tomlin, Cam Owens, Tanner Murcoch
Colton Brown, Colby
Coaches Back Row: Alex Munoz, John Burns, Paul Horton

Roughrider Football Camp to Begin - July 1, 2008
Submitted by Coach Ron Callahan

Center Roughrider Football Camp will be held July 7th thru 10th at Roughrider Stadium from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. The camp will cost $20.00. Please register at the fieldhouse M-Th 8-Noon. (936)598-1520

Darren Wilson Golf Classic A Success - July 1, 2008

Eighty four golfers competing on 15 teams which turned out for the 16th Annual Darren Wilson Golf Classic on Saturday afternoon at the Center Country Club. The tournment netted over $5,000.00 for the Darren Wilson Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 to graduating seniors from our area high schools. Over the past 15 years more than $63,000.00 has been raised for Shelby County students. This year's event began around 1 P.M. Saturday afternoon, following a Bar-B-Q lunch provided by the Shelby County Cookers. In addition to the tournment, a silent auction also took place, to help raise additional monies. In all this years tournment was a great success, providing all those in attendance a good time for a worthy cause. A special thanks to all the Hole sponsors, and the Silent Auction sponsors, they indeed are a great part of our tournment. More photos Click Here

Closest to Pin Winner's were: James Paul Wilson, Brad Parker, Drue Scull, Charles Barr.
Long Drive Winner was Wil Blackshear.
1st Place Gross: Ben Wulf, Ryan Pinkston, Shane Ray, Duece Wulf, Charlie Bush, Jessie Van Over. Score - 48.
2nd Place Gross: Tanner Peace, Roy Peace, Billy Ray Thompson, Heath Harbison, Kenneth Jones, Cody Dawson. Score - 55
1st Place Net: Steven Hennigan, Clay Ihlo, Richard Boring, Tim Norman, Jake Henson, Shane Parks
2nd Place Net: Jerry Phelps, Nathan Phelps, Carter Richards, Tommy Ogle, Jim Sawyer, Charles Rushing.

Center 11 Year Old All Stars Headed to State - June 30, 2008
Submitted by Tara Horton

The Center 11 year old All Stars won their district tournament in Hudson over the weekend and will now be going to the State Tournament in Pilot Point July 12th to the 18th. They will be holding fundraisers over the next two weeks to help offset the cost of the hotel rooms. Please help thsse boys get to state. Pictured are left to right Josh Burns front, Caiden Rainbolt, Colton McSwain, Dalton Horton, Adam Reeves, Alec Lucas, Taylor Tomlin, Kamden Owens, Tanner Murdock, Colton Brown, Cobe Caraway, Alex Munoz (coach), John Michael Burns (manager) and Paul Horton (coach). For info on the fundraisers or to make a donation please call Tara Horton at 396-591-0147

The Center National All Star team took the championship honors this past weekend in Pineland for the 7-8 year old pitching machine All Stars District IIB tournament. They now move on to the State Championship Tournament that will be played in Carthage on July 11 & 12, where the winner goes to the Dixie Little League World Series in Texarkana in August.

Picture: Front row: Dijon Sanders, Zack Fausett, Christian Lee, Tyler Fountain, Dalton Alexander and Dakota Sanford; Middle row: Clay Snider, Logan Mitchell, Alejandro Flores, Jaxan Covington and Michael Ray; Back row: Jacob Covington (bat boy) Coach Dale Alexander, Coach Jason Mitchell and Coach Jason Covington