Whitehouse Coach Expects to Lessons for District Play to Be Found in Friday Game Against Wildcats
Adam Cook is in his fifth year as the Head Football Coach of the Whitehouse Wildcats. He took over in 2013. Coach Cook joined the Whitehouse coaching staff in 2006 as a quarterback coach for then head coach Randy McFarlin. Whitehouse has started 2017 with 2 wins and a loss. After victories over Hallsville and Tyler Chapel Hill, Whitehouse ran into a buzz saw as they lost to Carthage, the #1 team in Class 4A, last week. Coach Cook says...
United Way Begins 2017-2018 Campaign, “Help Starts at Home”
Wednesday at the Southwest Dairy Museum, Hopkins County United Way 2017-2018 Campaign, “Help Starts at Home”, began with the annual workers’ luncheon. The goal for 2017-2018 is $175,000. Funds received during the drive will be allocated to: Boy Scouts of America, Circle Ten Council, $3,500 CANHelp, $11,000 East Texas Council on Alcohol/Drug Abuse, $1,000 Heritage Christian Counseling Center, $9,000 Hopkins County 4-H, $2,700 Hopkins...
Unique Sentence Handed Down for Sexual Assault
In Eighth Judicial District Court Wednesday, a sentencing hearing for Juan Daniel Santana Mendez, 20, assessed a sentence of 10-years deferred probation with 120 days in the county jail. Also, as a condition of probation, he will spend the victim’s birthday and the date of the rape in the county jail every year for the duration of his probation. Mendez had previously pled guilty to the offense of sexual assault of a child. Factually,...
Chamber Connection September 21, 2017
The deadline has come and gone for last year’s cooks to keep their stew site, but we have a few sites left in the 48th Annual Stew Cook-off. The absolute deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 6th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 48th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the cooks come-and-go reception on Tuesday, October 17th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery...
Sharon “Boney” Marie Berry
Funeral service for Sharron Marie “Boney” Berry, age 60, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday September 23, at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. C.C. People officiating. Interment will follow at North Caney Cemetery with Tarvaris Abron, Triston Abron, Christopher Berry, Jerric Berry, Jordan Berry, Seddrick Berry and Vincent Sims serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Class of...
Owens Talks Whitehouse at Weekly Media Meeting
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens talked about Whitehouse at his weekly media gathering Wednesday morning. In years past, playing Whitehouse was like looking into a mirror for the Wildcats. Offensive and defensive schemes for each team were similar. Coach Owens says both teams are still a lot alike on offense. One difference is that Whitehouse will now occasionally put their quarterback under center. The Wildcats never do that. Coach...
Lady Cats Have Best Game in Mt Pleasant; Preparing for Greenville
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness said the Lady Cats played probably their best game of the year in a 3-0 district victory at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday night. He said it was a lot like the Lady Cats road win at McKinney North back on August 15. Coach Maness said the Lady Cats played very good defense at the net not allowing Mt. Pleasant to do much. He said the Lady Cats passing game was on. Coach Maness said he got production from...
Texas High Remains Dominant in Team Tennis as Wildcats Lose Tuesday
The Wildcats’ team tennis squad lost to powerful Texas High, 18-1 in a district match Tuesday (September 19) in Texarkana. Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez called Texas High an exceptionally good team. Before the match, he urged his players to have fun and compete. Coach Martinez said his team did that. Wildcats #1 boys player Alex Benitez got the win for the Wildcats, 2-6, 6-4 and 10-5 in a tiebreaker. Coach Martinez said...
