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Students at Shelbyville ISD participated in a "Recess Relay" Relay for Life walk and balloon released on Friday, April 12. Students are seen in the above photo as they released a large number of balloons into the sky.

Last Thursday, Shelbyville High School hosted a District 22 track meet in which four Shelby County high schools came together and competed against one another. Joaquin, Tenaha and Timpson’s boys and girls took part in the events. Below are the results for the boys events. See Friday’s issue for the results of the girls results.

Shelbyville ISD hired Jason Ferguson as its new Athletic Director/Head Football Coach last week. Ferguson was most recently the AD/Head Coach at De Leon from 2008-2011 and then at Memphis where he was the AD/Head Coach from 2011-2012 and he was the defensive coordinator at Rogers in 2012. Ferguson, a native of Pilot Point, Texas, grew up and takes pride in Texas high school football.

The Joaquin Lady Rams served up a shutout Tuesday night when they played host to Shelbyville, beating the Lady Dragons 12-0 in four and a half innings.

Tuesday’s game between the Shelbyville Dragons and the Tenaha Tigers baseball teams was originally scheduled to take place at Tenaha High School but was moved to Shelbyville because of poor field conditions. Despite the fact it was at Shelbyville, the Dragons played as the visitors. The Dragons came away with a 24-0 win over the Tigers in five innings.

The Shelbyville Lady Dragons and the Tenaha Lady Tigers went head-to-head at Joaquin High School Friday night as the Lady Tigers pulled out the 41-34 win to earn second place in the district going into the playoffs.

The Shelbyville Lady Dragons escaped with a narrow 42-37 win Friday night when they played host to the Joaquin Lady Rams on senior night.

Shelbyville jumped to a quick lead in the first quarter but Joaquin was the team to catch fire in the second quarter where they took a 22-19 lead going into halftime.

Just a few nights after Joaquin lost to Tenaha in a 38-36 final, the Lady Rams found themselves in another nail-biter, this time at home to another cross-county team, the Shelbyville Lady Dragons. Joaquin came away with the 38-37 win Tuesday night.

When the Shelbyville Lady Dragons started their basketball season, they had their struggles, but head coach Stephany Carter said she believes it was just a matter of ironing out the kinks. 

Football season might be over for the Shelbyville Dragons but many members of their football team have earned All-District honors.

The high school football playoffs are already here as four out of Shelby County’s five teams have extended their seasons into the playoffs. The Joaquin Rams and Tenaha Tigers won their districts and will have a bye for the first round. Meanwhile, the Center Roughriders will travel to Lindale to take on the Fairfield Eagles while the Timpson Bears will take on the West Sabine Tigers.
Timpson vs West Sabine, 7:30 p.m. at Center