Wildcats Soccer Team is Handed One Goal Overtime Loss For Second Time This Season by Pine Tree
The Wildcats Soccer Team suffered a tough district loss Tuesday night (March 9) losing to Pine Tree 2-1 in overtime on Senior Night. The Pirates scored the go ahead goal with just 1:12 left in second half of OT. The game was a very physical defensive struggle all night long. The two teams battled to a 0-0 tie after the first half. Both teams goals were very similar in the second half. Both began as corner kicks where the ball was...
The Lady Cats Soccer Team Comes Up Just Short at Pine Tree Losing 3-2 Tuesday Night
The Lady Cats Soccer Team lost a district heart breaker Tuesday night (March 9) at Pine Tree, losing to the Lady Pirates, 3-2. The momentum of the game shifted back and forth. In an offensive first half, the Lady Pirates scored the games first two goals. The Lady Cats battled back getting two goals from Rebekah Stanley. The match was tied 2-2 at the half. Pine Tree had the only goal of the second half and that turned out to be the...
Lady Cats Softball Lose District Opener at Hallsville, 4-0
The Lady Cats softball team lost their district opener at Hallsville Tuesday, Mar. 9, 4-0. Sulphur Springs could not overcome the dynamite pitching of Hallsville’s Maddie Melton and a handful of errors committed in the bottom of the sixth which gave way to a 4-0 win for Hallsville. It was a hard fought battle throughout the entire game for both teams. Lady Cats softball coach David Carrillo said after the game that...
Hopkins- Rains Soil and Water Conservation District is Awarding Two Scholarships
The Hopkins- Rains Soil and Water Conservation District is awarding two scholarships to high school seniors. The Scholarships are for Agriculture Related Majors. The Hopkins-Rains Soil and Water Conservation District’s mission is to maintain sustainable land usage while supporting agriculturalists. They believe in the future of agriculture and hope to support the next generation of agriculturalists by supporting their...
District Soccer, Baseball and Softball are Happening on Game Day Tuesday
The Wildcats Soccer Team has a big district match Tuesday (March 9) with Pine Tree at Gerald Prim Stadium and it’s Senior Night. There will be a JV contest beginning at 5:30 p.m. Then after recognition of the Wildcats’ seniors, the varsity match is set to begin at around 7:15 p.m. The Wildcats enter the game with a 5-5 record in district play. They are 14-9-1 for the season. The Wildcats have won their last two games. When...
Sulphur Springs RN Kristi Couch is Selected for CHRISTUS Health System ‘DAISY Award’
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System started the DAISY program in early 2011.The award is presented quarterly to the ONE best nomination, as chosen by a panel of direct care nurses from each of our seven sites. All nominations are blinded, so no one knows who has been nominated until after the winner is chosen. The winner for this quarter is Kristi Couch, RN, in the nursery department at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital...
March 8 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 4 New Cases, 170 Active Cases
Hopkins County’s COVID-19 new case counts have gone down as has the total number of patients in the COVID-19 unit in the area, across the region and state, as have the number of individuals being tested daily, while the number of people receiving COVID-19 vaccinations have increased, according to Texas Department of State Health Services’ March 8 COVID-19 reports. Unfortunately, five additional COVID-19 deaths have also...
Wildcat Defensive Lineman D’Andre Peoples Signs to Play Football at McPherson College in Kansas
Wildcats Defensive Lineman D’Andre Peoples signed a letter of intent Friday, March 5 to attend McPherson College in Kansas and to play football. Peoples, the son of Tony Reed and Lolitha Peoples, was a three year member of the Wildcats varsity football team. Peoples said he made contact with McPherson coaches through Twitter. He said he filled out a questionnaire and was contacted about a week later concerning a possible visit....
Commerce Tigers Take First at Track Meet
The Commerce Tigers track team won their most recent track meet, placing first with a point total of 232. Anton Stapleton was 1st in shot-put, with Omarhi Davis placing 3rd and Jayston Jones following in 4th. For the Tigers Omarhi Davis was 1st in discus, followed closely by Roy Gaffney in 3rd. Omarhi Davis won the long-jump, coming in 1st at 19’8, and Izzacc Simon finished 6th. While no Tigers won the long jump event, Ashton...
Final Plat For New Subdivision Approved By Commissioners Court
Hopkins County Commissioners Court made short work of the regular meeting agenda Monday, approving a pneumatic roller, final plat for a new subdivision and a racial profiling report from the sheriff’s office. Caney Creek Subdivision Brian Coleman For the first time since the county updated the subdivision rules, a final plat for a new subdivision Precinct 1 has been approved for Hopkins County. Hopkins County Fire Marshal Andy...
