Saturday Morning Coach’s Show: Owens Reflects on 32 Wildcat Seniors
Editor’s Note: Coach Owens and KSST Sports Director Don Julian put a wrap on the 2018 Football Season with the Coach’s Show, Saturday, November 24, 9 a.m. on KSST and Suddenlink Cable Channel 18. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the 41-14 bi-district loss to Frisco last Thursday in Frisco left a bad taste in his mouth. He said the Wildcats just didn’t play up to par, similar to the way they finished the...
Saturday Results: Lady Cats Defeat Paris 37-26
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell won her Sulphur Springs’ coaching debut Saturday (November 17). The win came over the coach she replaced, Jeff Chapman, now the head girls’ basketball at Paris. The Lady Cats topped Paris, 37-26. After the game, Coach Tisdell said it was a good game for the Lady Cats but closer than she would have liked. She said Paris really showed up and gave the Lady Cats a really good game....
Saltillo Basketball: Lady Lions Host Celeste; Lions Host Liberty Eylau
The Saltillo Lady Lions finished fourth in their Saltillo Varsity Girls Tournament held last Thursday through Saturday (November 15-17). The Lady Lions lost two game Saturday to tough competition in the Gold Bracket of the tournament. The Lady Lions dropped a game to Dodd City, 42-29 and then lost in the bracket consolation final to Quinlan Ford, 51-30. Against Dodd City, Jocelyn Ochoa led the Lady Lions with 7 points. Chandler Bain,...
Game Day Monday: Wildcats Host Rockwall; Lady Cats at Liberty Eylau
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams will be in action on this Monday game day (November 19). The games are the teams’ last ones before the Thanksgiving Holiday break. The Wildcats face another challenge as they will play host to Rockwall, the #2 ranked team in Class 6A according to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Poll. The Yellowjackets enter the Monday contest in Wildcats Gym with a 6-1 record....
Connally Street Home Heavily Damaged by Fire Early Monday Morning
by Kerry Craig Flames were visible coming from the side of a three-story home in the 700 block of Connally Street when police and fire units arrived just before 1 a.m. Monday. As firefighters began an interior attack on the fire it was quickly apparent that more help would be needed and Hopkins County Fire Department was called to the scene along with all full-time and part-time Sulphur Springs firefighters to help with the fire on...
Cumby FFA Placed 7th out of 70 Clubs during Area VI Leadership Development
According to Dayton Wood, President of the Cumby FFA Chapter, the team had already placed 2nd at District earlier this Fall in Radio Broadcast contests, and that placement allowed them to advance to Area competition on November 14, 2018. Using scripts they developed during workshops and working as a broadcast team, they faced down students from 70 other schools to bring home 7th Place. However, they did not fulfill their dream of...
Lions Club Planning Bigger Brighter Christmas Parade
As the season of giving approaches, the Sulphur Springs Lions are making plans for a bigger and brighter Christmas Light Parade. The eleventh annual Sulphur Springs Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade presented by Carriage House Manor will be held in downtown Sulphur Springs on the evening of December 7th at 7:00 PM. As the city lights go out, the parade entries, which are required to be lit up with working Christmas lights,...
Obscured License Plate Leads to Arrest
Signs of criminal activity were evident to the Texas DPS Trooper when he stopped a 2014 Chrysler 200 on I-30 at the 131 mile marker. Inside the vehicle, the trooper found approximately 19 lbs of marijuana, 2300-grams of THC in e-cig cartridges, and approximately 600-grams of prescription codeine. The trooper initiated the traffic stop when the vehicle passed his stationary position. The vehicle had an obscured license plate and,...
Lady Lions Win Two Friday
The Saltillo Lady Lions record two victories in pool play Friday defeating CHESS, 50-21 and McLeod, 43-39 in overtime. The victories gave the Lady Lions three wins in four games in their Saltillo Varsity Girls Tournament. The Lady Lions enter Gold Bracket play Saturday with a 4-3 season record. Friday against CHESS, the Lady Lions led only 8-5 after the first quarter but then took charged with big second and third quarters. Anna...
Saltillo Lions Even Season Record with Win
The Saltillo Lions’ basketball team evened their season record at 1-1 with a 53-36 win over Queen City Friday. The Lions roared out to an 18-5 first quarter lead and never trailed. Chris Boekhorst led the Lions with 27 points. Ben Moore scored 10 points. Mathew had 7 points. Edi Olayo had 4 points. Dillon Beadle and Levi Hoover each scored 2 points. The Saltillo Lions JV lost to Queen City, 41-15. The Lions play Liberty-Eylau...
