Friday Game Day Features Cross Country, Volleyball and Football Season Opener
With August nearing its end, fall sports have been slowly but surely ramping up their seasons. Wildcats cross country, lead by Coach Ross Hicks, participated in their first meet of their fall season last Saturday in Commerce at the Commerce Tigers Invitational. the Lady Cats runner won the 5A-6A 5000 meter race, notching two runners in the top four and five of six varsity runners finishing in the top-25. The Wildcats placed fourth in...
Lady Cats Cross Country Wins Commerce Tigers Invitational, Wildcats Place 4th
Saturday proved to be a very successful day for Coach Ross Hicks and his cross country teams. In their first meet of the year, the Lady Cats ended up winning the meet and the Wildcats cross country team placed fourth in the Commerce Tigers Invitational held on Saturday, Aug. 21. The Lady Cats were firing on all cylinders, having five of six seven runners place in the top-25, including two runners in the top-4 of 40 qualifying runners....
Lady Cats Volleyball Goes 1-1 in Day One of Edgewood Tournament
Thursday, Aug. 26 brought the Lady Cats volleyball team their first day of the Edgewood tournament. The Lady Cats came out hot, winning their first match on the day versus the Van Alstyne Lady Panthers. While Van Alstyne kept if close in set one, narrowly losing to Sulphur Springs 23-25 before the Lady Cats took control of the match in set two. Coach Dorner’s team beat the Lady Panthers 25-16 in set two, and escaped set three to...
Paris Junior College 2021-22 Budget Approved by Board of Regents
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Public Information Services PJC 2021-22 budget approved by Board of Regents The Paris Junior College Board held a formal public hearing Monday, August 23, 2021 on the 2021-22 tax rate and budget and received no public comment. The proposed tax rate is $0.0815 per $100 valuation in Lamar County. After adjourning from the hearing and reconvening their regular monthly meeting, the regents approved the...
Saltillo Lions Cross Country Team Places Second at Commerce Tiger Invitational
Coach Casey Riddle of Saltillo released the meet results for his squad’s performance at last weekend’s Commerce Tigers cross country Invitational. Coy Collins placed silver with a time of 18:10. Gunner Tarver squeezed in to the top-10, placing tenth at 19:24. Rowdy Speir narrowly made the top-20 at 19th, coming in at 20:06. Adrian Don Juan got 29th in Commerce with a time of 20:28. Cristian Trejo was not far behind Juan at...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs Acquires Medical Mobile Unit
Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 26, 2021 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has taken the opportunity to acquire a Medical Mobile Unit (MMU) from the Regional Advisory Council (RAC) that was not being utilized. We have a number of preparedness plans in place, and the inclusion of the MMU has always been a part of those plans. When increased patient volume or staffing warrant its use, the MMU may employed as a...
Shannon Barker of Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation: Fundraising for New 4-D Ultrasound
Shannon Barker was named Executive Director of Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation in September 2020 The Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation works hard year round to help provide needs for CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Shannon Barker has been on the job as the Foundation’s Executive Director for one year now, and is excited about current goals and projects for the Foundation. During August 2021, her...
Transition to Fall at Cooper Lake State Park!
Steve Killian, [email protected], 903-916-0211 August 25th, 2021 texas parks Cooper, TX— Fall officially begins this month and always brings a variety of fun opportunities to be experienced at Cooper Lake State Park! A total of 27 programs focused on family fun, recreation, and learning about our natural world will be offered. Our highlighted program topics for September are Gyotaku and Dutch Oven...
Lady Cats Volleyball Set for Day One of Edgewood Tournament Today
Coach Bailey Dorner and her Lady Cats volleyball team will participate in their third tournament of the fall 2021 season later today when they take part in day one of the Edgewood Tournament on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The Lady Cats will be playing two games on Thursday, first versus Van at noon, followed by a match versus Caddo Mills. The second match on the day, versus Caddo Mills, will be something of a rematch. Sulphur Springs...
Wildcats Football Head Coach Greg Owens Discusses Scrimmages and Upcoming Frisco
Up until Tuesday afternoon, the Wildcats football team were set to host the Frisco Wakeland Wolverines for both teams’ season openers. However, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, Wakeland head coach Marty Secord contacted Coach Greg Owens informing him his Wolverine team would have to pull out of Friday night’s contest with Sulphur Springs due to the coronavirus. Coach Secord did inform Coach Owens that a team from his district, Frisco...
