Wildcats End Play in Allen Invitational; Travel to Marshall Tuesday
The Wildcats’ basketball team , ranked #11 in Class 5A, completed play in the tough In-N-Out Burger Allen Holiday Invitational Tournament Saturday morning with an 87-76 loss to Jesuit Dallas, the #16 ranked team in Class 6A. Jesuit led 26-21 after one quarter and slowly built the lead throughout the contest. The Rangers hit 14 three-point baskets. Keaston Willis led the Wildcats with 24 points including four three-pointers....
Saturday Forecast
Patchy drizzle. Patchy fog before noon; High near 45; Low 35; Wind: North, northeast 5-10 mph.
Saltillo Lions Suffer One Point Loss in Boles Tourney
The Saltillo Lions’ basketball team suffered another hard luck one point loss in a Boles holiday tournament Friday. Host team Boles edged by the Lions, 52-51. The Lions had good opening and closing quarters but they had trouble with Boles in the second quarter. After the Lions led 18-9 after the first quarter, Boles outscored them 21-7 in the second quarter to take a 30-25 halftime lead. Boles increased the lead by one point in...
Lady Cats Lose to Choctaw Central of Mississippi
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman remembers Choctaw Central. When he coached at Idabel in Oklahoma, his team got clobbered by the native American team from Mississippi. Coach Chapman’s current team, the Lady Cats, ranked #9 in Class 5A, suffered their worst loss of the year against Choctaw Central in an Idabel, Oklahoma holiday tournament Friday afternoon, 72-42. Little seemed to go right for the Lady Cats. Choctaw Central...
Velma Sue Holt
Mrs. Velma Sue Holt, age 84 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 at her home. She was born on June 21st, 1933 in Scroggins to the late Grady Winkle and Lobelia Scroggins Winkle. She was a retired Buyer for Sears, attended Pine Street Baptist Church and accepted the Lord as a young woman at Clearwater Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by parents, husband JR. Holt; sister, Vera Faye Winkle and two brothers,...
Game Day Scrimmages: Wildcat, Lady Cat Soccer
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ soccer teams play their second scrimmage of the season on this Friday (December 29) game day. The Wildcats were in Kilgore. They had a JV match there Friday morning and the varsity got underway at 12:30 p.m. Thursday evening (December 28) the Wildcats JV and Varsity scrimmaged Royse City at a chilly Gerald Prim Stadium. The Wildcats will conclude the scrimmage portion of their schedule with their...
Saltillo Lions, Lady Lions Tournament Updates
The Saltillo Lions won one game and lost one in a tournament Thursday (December 28). The Lions lost a one point heart breaker to North Hopkins, 38-37 and defeated Wolfe City, 69-44 in a Boles tournament. The Lions led North Hopkins by six going into the fourth quarter but got outscored 16-9. The Lions were led by Trevor Moore with 11 points. Walker McGill had 7. Lyle Bench had 6. Chris Boekhorst scored 5. Matt Gurley and Levi Hoover...
Wildcats Lose to Class 6A #15 Cibolo Steele
The Wildcats’ basketball team had an eleven game winning streak end as they lost to a powerful Cibolo Steele team, 60-47 in a quarterfinal game of a tough In-N-Out BurgerAllen Holiday Invitational Tournament on Friday (December 29). The Wildcats will now play Dallas Jesuit Saturday morning (December 30) at 9:45 a.m. The Wildcats are now in a bracket to determine who will finish in fifth place in this tough tournament. The...
Robbie Nell Goldsmith Dixon
Funeral service for Robbie (Granny Mean) Nell Goldsmith Dixon, age 77, of Sulphur Springs,TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. C.J. Duffy officiating and Jimmy Don Goldsmith assisting. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with Glenn Howle, Cole Bennett, Morgan Wooten, Buddy Walls, Bubba Reed and Jimmy Don Goldsmith serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be...
