Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 5-11, 2017
April 5th At 8:52 a.m., deputies met with a citizen on CR 1522 in Alba making a complaint that one of the neighbor’s dogs had killed one of his chickens overnight. The deputy spoke to the reporting party and dog owner, viewed the dogs in question and determined that it could have been a coyote instead of one of the dogs that had killed the chicken. Deputies were dispatched to CR 3234 in Quitman in reference to a criminal mischief. ...
Wildcats Track Qualifies Seven for Area; Finish Fourth at District Meet
The Wildcats’ track team finished in fourth place at the district meet this week in Pine Tree but had seven athletes in six events qualify for the area meet next week. Landry Tyson came into the high jump just hoping to have his best day but then rose to the occasion and finished fourth to qualify for the area meet. Kylan Wade qualified by finishing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles. Ryan Humphries qualified with a third place...
Lady Cats Win District Track Championship; Seven Advance to Area
When the dust finally settled at the district track in Pine Tree Wednesday, the Lady Cats’ track team ended up as district champions by three points over second place Mt. Pleasant. The Lady Cats won despite not fielding a team in the 4 X 400-meter relay, the last event of the meet. Mt. Pleasant did enter a team but they did not finish high enough to overtake the Lady Cats. Lady Cats Coach Triston Abron said high school Assistant...
Lady Cats Defeat Marshall 10-3 Wednesday; Host Texas High Thursday
The Lady Cats’ softball team defeated Marshall 13-3 in Marshall Wednesday. The game was called after six innings due to the ten run rule. The Lady Cats broke a scoreless tie with a 4 run second inning. They scored 3 more runs in the top of the fourth to go up, 7-0. The Lady Mavs closed to within 4 runs with a three run bottom of the fifth. The Lady Cats still led 7-3. The Lady Cats put the game away for good with a 6 run top of...
