Lady Cats’ Basketball Even Record; Host North Lamar Tuesday
The Lady Cats’ basketball team evened their season record at 1-1 with a 66-31 win at Emory Rains Saturday morning. The Lady Cats outscored Rains in every quarter. Kaylee Jefferson led the Lady Cats with 20 points and Sadavia Porter added 12. All of the Lady Cats scored including Autumn Tanton with 8, Daieyshia Pruitt with 7, Imani Taylor with 6, Tori Moore with 5 and Destinee Weeks and Rita Hill with 4 each. The Lady Cats return...
James Daniel Cowden
Funeral service for James Daniel Cowden, age 67, of Emory, will be held 2:00 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Wayne Wolfe and Mark Cowden will officiate. Burial will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday evening, 5:00-7:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Chapel. Daniel was born on Jan. 20, 1949, in Corsicana, to Oddis and Trudy Faye Cantrell Cowden. He worked as a truck driver and...
James Wesley “Wes” Taylor
Funeral service for James Wesley “Wes” Taylor, age 48, of Grand Prairie, formerly of Miller Grove, will be held Monday, Nov. 14, at 2:00 pm, Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. D.C. Cornish will officiate. Visitation will be 1:00 pm, one hour prior to service. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Wes was born July 21, 1968, in Commerce, to James Henry and Uleta Mae Sparks Taylor. He served his country in the U.S....
Local First Grader Produces Veterans Day Celebration
by Allison Bledsoe A local first grader, named Karen, put together a Veterans Day celebration in downtown Sulphur Springs Saturday morning with a little help from her mother and older brother. Vendors were present to raise money for veteran’s organizations, such as Highway Man Ink with airbrush tattoos, the local veterans homeless shelter, and Karen’s own booth with raffle tickets to several prizes. An entertainer from...
Como Woman Charged With Aggravated Assault with a Weapon
The 911 caller said she needed someone removed from her residence and when Hopkins County Deputies arrived, they did just that. They removed Patricia Inez Crawford, 33, of Como, the caller, from her residence and placed her in Hopkins County Jail. Deputies spoke with Crawford and her boyfriend. During questioning of the two, it was determined that Crawford had picked up a shovel and hit her boyfriend in the stomach area causing a cut....
Wildcats End Play-off Run; Cumby Advances
The Wildcats’ football team saw their season end with a bi-district playoff loss to Mesquite Poteet, 57-21 at Lindale Friday night. Pirates Coach Kody Groves said before the game that his team, ten games into the season, still hadn’t put it all together yet. His view may be different now after the Pirates scored every time they had the ball in the first half. They racked over 400 yards of offense to build a 43-15 half time...
Wildcat Football Stats Going Into Bi-District Play
Here are the latest Wildcats’ football stats going into Friday night’s bi-district game against Mesquite Poteet at Lindale. The Wildcats finished the regular season at 4-6 with a 3-3 district record. They are averaging 27 points a game for all ten games and they have allowed 32.3 points per game. In just district games, the Wildcats scored 25.1 points a game and yielded 24.5 points per game. The Wildcats offense finished...
Wildcats Basketball Faces Athens in Pre-District Opener Tuesday
The Wildcats’ basketball team scrimmaged against Royse City and Denison at Royse City Thursday. It was the team’s second and last scrimmage. Varsity, JV and freshmen teams were all in action. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta says his varsity outscored their opponents in every quarter. He says again that everybody contributed to the wins. Coach Cipoletta was especially pleased with the play of the Wildcats’...
