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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.

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.

Center High School will be represented at the state track meet this weekend when four Roughriders travel to Austin in hopes of bringing home the hardware. Seniors Darron Bolton, K.J. Garrett, Shaquille Ingram and sophomore Jack Ford will team up in the 4x200 relay.

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.

The Joaquin Rams baseball team played its final game of the season Monday when it played host to Chireno, beating the Owls 16-4 in four and a half innings.

Each of the first two innings saw the Rams score 7 runs to jump to a quick 14-0 lead.

The Shelbyville High School girls track team has experienced some success this year. That might be putting it lightly considering the Lady Dragons have won their last seven track meets.

Stephany Carter, the girls track coach said that’s a first for any team she has ever coached.

Dwight Preston is preparing for his annual football camp. This is his 22nd year to run the camp and he’s excited and says he wants to help kids learn the necessary skills to be a good athlete.

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.

The Center Roughriders baseball team defeated the Central Bulldogs Friday night in a 12-3 final. Eric Vaughn went three for three with a double and four RBI. Josh Burns and Taylor Tomlin each went two for five. Caiden Rainbolt went two for three with a double, two RBI and was walked twice.

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.

Joe Morris of Huxley was joined by his two cousins, Rick Cook from Wisconsin and Rod Cook from California, as well as his brother-in-law, David Cockrell from White Oak as the four of them caught a 73 pound catfish at the end of March. The four of them took part in an annual fishing camp for the third year at Huxley Bay Marina.