2.5 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Headed To Texas, 200 Allocated To Hopkins County
More than 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services is allocating 1,094,920 first doses to 2,011 providers in 200 counties, including 200 doses destined for Sulphur Springs pharmacies. Brookshire’s and Walgreens Pharmacies each are slated to receive 100 doses of the Johnson & Johnson 1-dose COVID-19 vaccine during the week of April...
Walks and Errors Combine to Do In the Wildcats Baseball Team in an 8-1 Loss to Hallsville
A district baseball summit battle of the top two teams ended poorly for the Wildcats due to walks and errors in an 8-1 loss to Hallsville at Wildcat Park Thursday night (April 1). Wildcats’ pitchers held the Bobcats to just 5 hits but 11 walks and 5 errors made the hits effective. Meanwhile the Wildcats also struggled with the bats collecting only 4 hits and scoring only 1 run. Wildcats pitcher Hayden Hurst took the loss. He...
Burney Excited To Begin Work As Chamber Of Commerce President/CEO
Community members stopped by in small groups throughout lunch time Thursday to welcome Butch Burney on his very first day as Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce president/chief executive officer-elect. Burney will work with Lezley Brown, who announced earlier this year that she will be resigning as president/CEO later this month in order to seek new challenges and opportunities, for about two weeks to make the transition go as smooth...
Two Overtime Goals For Longview Lead to 3-1 Win Over the Wildcats Soccer Team
For about 1:46 the Wildcats Soccer Team looked like they might just pull off an upset of District 15-5A Champ Longview in a Regional Quarterfinal game at Lindale Thursday night (April 1). The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead with just 3:38 left in regulation when Omar Hernandez beat the Lobos goalkeeper to a ball and slipped it past him into the net. Faced with playoff elimination, Longview put their offense into high gear. The intense...
Lady Cats Softball Takes Revenge Game Against Hallsville, 3-0
The Lady Cats softball team took advantage of errors committed by Hallsville to win the rematch against the Lady Cats by a score of 3-0. “We took advantage of scoring opportunities,” Coach Carrillo said adding that he thought his team scored at just about every chance they got. The Lady Cats won off of only five hits against Hallsville, but those hits turned in to three runs over the course of the game. Sulphur Springs...
Busy Wildcats and Lady Cats Game Day Features, Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Track, Golf and Tennis
With Good Friday coming up Friday, all Wildcats and Lady Cats’ sports activity has been pushed into a very busy Thursday (April 1) game day. The Wildcats Soccer Team takes on District 15-5A champion Longview in a Regional Quarterfinal playoff game at Lindale starting at 7 p.m. The two teams met twice in district play and the Lobos squeaked by the Wildcats, 1-0 in each match. The Wildcats have a season record of 17-10-1 after...
Both Commerce MS Boys Track and Field Teams Win District Meet
While the placement at the Paris Deion Minor Wildcat Relays may not have been what Coach Cameron Warren was hoping for, all is not lost in Tiger town. Head boys track coach Cameron Warren told KSST Radio that both seventh and eighth grade middle school boys track teams won the 12-3A district meets on Monday, Mar. 29. The Commerce 8th grade boys team came in 1st, accumulating 169 points at the district meet. In field events, Daqulon...
Trading Post for April 2, 2021
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Commerce Tigers Track Places Eighth at Paris Deion Minor Wildcat Relays
On Wednesday, Mar. 30, the Commerce Tigers men’s track and field team travelled to Paris to participate in the “Paris” Deion Minor Wildcat Relays. The Tigers track and field team finished with 20 points at the meet, good enough for 8th place at the invitational. In the 3200 M run, Oliver Roberts placed fifth with a time of 10:57. Enrique Morales fared a bit better in the 800 M run, scoring bronze with 2:08:61. The...
Ground Breaking Signals Start Of Construction On Connally Corner
Approximately 45 local dignitaries, business and community members turned out on a windy, lightly overcast Wednesday morning in celebration of the start of construction for Connally Corner, new housing development located just off the downtown square in Sulphur Springs. Connally Corners ground breaking on March 31, 2021 Patrick Chase said he and daughter Carrie Nuckolls and their families have been working to see the project come to...
