Lady Cats Warm Up Win Before Tuesday’s Bi-district Match
In a warm up game for the playoffs Friday, the Lady Cats’ volleyball team went right up to the edge of defeat before rallying for a thrilling 3-2 win over Princeton in Wildcats Gym. The Lady Cats lost the first two sets, 25-18 and 25-16 before winning the last three sets 25-16, 25-23 and 15-13. The Lady Cats are now 27-13 for the season. They play Corsicana in a bi-district match Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Forney.
Wildcats Lose to Lobos 48-10
It was a day early but Longview proved to be scary offering tricks but few treats as the Lobos defeated the Wildcats 48-10 at rainy Lobos Stadium Friday night. The Lobos scored on their first play from scrimmage. The Wildcats countered with a Julio Robles field goal before the Lobos scored 41 unanswered points. The Wildcats got a late TD pass from Ryan Humphries to Tieson Goodson. The Wildcats host Marshall Friday.
A & M Commerce Equestrian Team Achieving Success
The Texas A&M University-Commerce equestrian team, founded earlier this year, is comprised of students of diverse majors who practice regularly at the Equine Center to be a part of competitive events through intercollegiate associations such as the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). The team can already boast successes of team members Meagan Gravelle (Equine Studies) and Channing Marley (Agriculture Science). Gravelle...
North Hopkins Volunteer Fire Department Benefits from Forest Service Grant
With over 85 percent of Texas fire departments being operated by volunteers, funding for essential equipment and training can be hard to come by. The Texas Legislature allocates funding to Texas A&M Forest Service for pass-through grants to Texas volunteer fire departments in an effort to help them better protect lives and property. This year the agency received $24.3 million to distribute to volunteer fire departments through the...
PJC to Participate in AACC Pathways Project
Implementing guided academic and career pathways at scale – for all students – is the shared commitment of 30 colleges that will participate in the Pathways Project led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Paris Junior College is among the institutions invited, through a highly competitive national selection process, to join in and contribute to the work. “This is a huge opportunity for Paris Junior College to be...
Sulphur Springs City Council Agenda for November
Sulphur Springs City Council meets in regular session Tuesday November 3, 2015 at 7 p.m. The regular meeting will be held in the Council Room at 201 North Davis Street. The following items will be discussed: Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag, Texas Flag, and invocation. Presentations, proclamations, and announcements. Manager’s report will include status report of capital improvements, wastewater treatment plant...
MV Lady Tigers Prepare for Bi-District
Mount Vernon Lady Tigers Volleyball team finished District 16-3A with an 11-1 record and move into the first round of the play-offs. The Lady Tigers lost their first district match-up to Queen City, Tuesday, October 27 in three straight sets 15-25, 9-25, and 32-34. The loss placed them in a tie for first place in the district with Queen City. The team boosts a 25-5 overall record for the season. Bi-district games will be played...
Bond Reduced for Mapps
Friday morning, 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt reduced bond for Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps, 21, from $1.5 million to $1 million for the charge of murder and reduced the total of $40,000 for two counts of tampering with evidence to $20,000. The bond reduction hearing was the next step Mapps trail through the court system until his trial for murder and tampering with evidence. Mapps was arraigned before Judge Northcutt on...
SSHS Athletic Director Warns Merchants Regarding Advertising Requests
A group is selling ads to local businesses that will in no way benefit the Sulphur Springs High School baseball program as they claim, according to SSHS Athletic Director Greg Owens. Owens states the group, Elite, is using crafty language when calling to request merchants to purchase an ad “to support our kids.” This is just one type of offers made to merchants that will not benefit the local school’s athletic program. “In our...
Miller Grove News
Another good week in the Grove. I am thankful for the rain we have had lately. I know many pools were starting to get low and a burn ban was issued for Hopkins County so maybe things will be greening back up, at least until the first frost hits. Congratulations to our two celebrities in Miller Grove – Aleight Bessonett for winning the Hopkins County Cover Girl title for 2015 and Ashley Purser who brought home 1st place honors....
