Wildcats Track Team Finishes Third and Lady Cats are Second at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday
The Wildcats Track Team scored 125 points and finished third and the Lady Cats Track Team tallied 186 points and finished in second place at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday (March 19). For the Wildcats, Kaden Eaton was third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.756 and Malachi Roland was fourth at 11.806. In the 200-meter dash, Weston Fields was third with time of 23.446 and C.J. Williams placed sixth with a 24.080. In the...
Wildcats Soccer Team to Face Whitehouse in Bi-District Playoff Match
Friday night (March 19), Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton announced that the Wildcats will face District 16-5A Champion Whitehouse in a Bi-District match next Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Whitehouse. He said Whitehouse won their last district game Friday to wrap up first place. The Wildcats are the #4 seed from District 15-5A. They were 6-6 in district play and one of the wins was a shootout. The Wildcats season record is 15-10-1....
Lady Cats Softball Cruises Past Texas High, 9-1
The Lady Cats Softball team started off strong and never looked back, soundly beating district foe Texas High in Texarkana 9-1 on Friday, Mar. 19 The bats came alive early and often for Coach David Carrillo’s softball team, as the Lady Cats quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead at the beginning of the first. After the leadoff hitter, Jayden Harper was able to single, Grace Magnuson was able to notch another hit against Texas High...
Hopkins County Records – March 19, 2021
Land Deed Transactions Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Eric Reed to John Perez Jr. and Kimberly Perez; tract in the Daniel Halbrooks surveyAndrew Wayne Otwell and Janice Otwell to Candace Espinosa and Sean Espinosa; tract in the Nacgdoches University surveyMadison Park Investors Texas LLC to CHRISTUS Hopkins Health Alliance; tract in the Elizabeth Melton surveyMary K. Houchard trustees for the Charles H. Williams...
Friday Game Day Includes Baseball, Softball, Track and Tennis
The Wildcats Baseball Team continues district play on this game day Friday (March 19) at a place where they have had a relatively hard time winning, Texas High in Texarkana. There will be a JV game at 4 p.m. The varsity game is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Wildcats are 2-0 in district play with a home win against Longview and a road win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday night, 15-6. The Wildcats are 5-10 for the season but it’s the district...
Congressman Pat Fallon Plans ‘Tele-Town Hall’ Monday
Congressman Pat Fallon plans to hold a “Tele-Town Hall” session Monday, March 22, for those interested in dialing in to hear what he has to say. “We’ll be getting constituents throughout the district on the phone to brief you on the latest news from Washington and answer any question you have about how your office can help you,” Fallon said in an announcement for his first planned “town hall”...
SSPD: 72-Year-Old Woman Jailed Following Drunk Driving Crash
A 72-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed following a drunk driving crash Thursday evening, police alleged in arrest reports. CHESTER,LAJUANA LANELL MINTY, March 2021, (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson responded at 5 p.m. March 18 in the 1200 block of Brinker Street, where a woman was alleged to have been involved in a motor vehicle crash. Lajuana Lanell Minty Chester appeared to Robinson to have...
Cumby Man Back In Jail For Second Time This Week
A 21-year-old Cumby man is back in jailed for the second time this week, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. Cole William Peterson (HCSO jail photo) Cole William Peterson was jailed Sunday, March 14, for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger younger than 15 years of age in the vehicle, abandoning or endangering a child-criminal neglect and tampering with evidence. He was accused of crashing the vehicle he was...
Unemployment Rate Up In Hopkins County In January, But Still Lowest In NET Workforce Area
Unemployment rose slightly in Hopkins County from December 2020 to January 2021, but Hopkins County’s 5.4 percent unemployment rate was still the lowest in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area in January 2021. That’s also below the state unemployment rate of 7.3 percent and WDA unemployment rate of 7.1 percent. According to Texas Work Force Commission and Texas Labor Market Index’s Local Area Unemployment...
Wildcats and Lady Cats Sports Competitors are Pointing Toward Some Big Dates Ahead
The Wildcats Soccer Team already has a date in mind for their bi-district game. The match is expected to be played a week from Friday on March 26. They just don’t know who they will be facing yet. That is expected to be determined Friday after District 16-5A completes district play. The Wildcats, as the #4 seed in District 15-5A, will be facing the champion and #1 seed from District 16-5A. Right now Whitehouse and Lufkin are...
