The Center Roughriders were in town Tuesday evening for a district matchup against the Jasper Bulldogs. The Bulldogs, looking for a win in week #4 of district action, had to come from behind to defeat Center.
The Roughriders struck first in the second inning when starting Bulldog pitcher Grayson Williams issued three walks and a base hit to Chandler Jones allowing one run to score. With the bases loaded and only one out, Coach Stephen Westbrook elected to bring in Heath Pantoja in relief of Williams to shutdown the Center scoring. Pantoja strikes out the first batter he faces for the second out, then walks the next batter forcing in the second run for Center. This gave Center the lead by a score of 2 - 0 over the Bulldogs.
In baseball action, Jasper hosted the Nederland Bulldogs in a game Tuesday at 6:00 here at Bulldog field. Jasper held an early lead by a score of 4 -1 after the 3rd inning. The Nederland team chipped away at that lead adding 2 runs in the 4th inning and another run in the 5th inning tying the score at 4 - 4. Nederland then surged to the lead picking up 4 additional runs in the 6 inning making the score 8 - 4. Jasper was able to add 1 more run in the bottom of the 6th inning.
Coach Stephen Westbrook used five different pitchers attempting to keep the Nederland batters in check, but was unable to do so. Nederland defeated Jasper by a final score of 9 - 5.