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The Joaquin Lady Rams and Alto Lady Jackets went back and forth in a three-game series with the Alto Lady Jackets in the Regional Quarterfinals this weekend. The Lady Rams ultimately came out winning in dramatic fashion.

Some old habits are hard to break. Just ask the new girls basketball coach at Tenaha High School, Garry Davison. He has been seen wearing shoes that weren’t exactly Tenaha colors and he still hasn’t heard the end of it.

The City of Center is stepping up to the plate. The location of the softball fields has been situated within Community Park for a number of years. However, they will be finding a new home very soon. As a part of the Center Park expansion project, three new softball fields will be built right next to the current Center Park.

The Center Police Department is joining a partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation in two summer programs to help prevent incidents across Texas. The first program is “Click It or Ticket” which is intended to help prevent injury and death resulting from drivers and passengers in vehicles not wearing seat belts.
The second program is “Labor Day Impaired Driving” which has officers on the look out for intoxicated drivers.

Friday night saw the Lady Rams finish what they started Thursday night by defeating the Colmesneil Lady Dogs 3-2 in the second of a best-of-three game series.

DeJalen Preston, a junior at Center High School, was recently selected to participate in the 2013 Las Vegas World Championship Cup Basketball Tournament July 12-15.

The Shelbyville Dragons baseball team saw its season come to an end Thursday when they lost to the Lovelady Lions 5-3 in the bi-district round of the playoff at Stephen F. Austin’s Jaycees Field in Nacogdoches.

Eight runs in the bottom of the fourth inning helped the Lady Rams seal up their victory in the bi-district round of the playoffs when they played host to the Mount Enterprise Lady Cats Monday night.

Emergency crews were dispatched to a wreck involving Center Independent School District bus number 13, which was traveling on Highway 7 full of students Friday afternoon and resulted in several injuries.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) State Trooper Keith Jones, at 4:06 p.m. on Friday, April 26 a 2004 International Center ISD school bus driven by Eva Burns Cooper, 51, of Center was traveling eastbound on State Highway 7 East. As Cooper approached the intersection of FM 1656 a vehicle that was in front of her had slowed or stopped to make a turn.

ATV fatalities statewide are on the rise as more and more people ride unprotected. Earlier this month, a sophomore student at Center High School was seriously injured in a four-wheeler accident. So with the evergrowing number of fatalities and injuries, it is necessary to address the dangers associated with riding all terrain vehicles. Furthermore, there are some preventive measures that should be taken when riding in order to keep the unthinkable from happening.

Entries are now being taken for the Queen, Duchess and Princess contest for the Shelby County Sheriff Posse Rodeo slated for June 7 and 8.
There are three age groups: Queen contestants must be between the ages of 16 and 24; Duchess contestants between 11 and 15, and Princess contestants between 5 and 10 years of age. Age is determined as of Jan. 1.