Tough Night for Wildcats Baseball
The Wildcats’ baseball team slipped to 2-5 in district play after a 6-0 loss to Marshall at Eagle Stadium Tuesday night. The Wildcats managed only four hits. Mason Buck had a three-hit night with a double and two singles while Ryan Humphries added a single. The Wildcats left six runners on base.They ended the game with five consecutive strikeouts. Marshall scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning and three more in the...
Lady Cats’ Season Ends at Regional Quarterfinal; A Grand Run
An historic Lady Cats’ soccer season came to an end Tuesday night in Terrell as the Lady Cats lost to Mansfield Legacy, 2-0 in a regional quarterfinal game. The two teams battled for over 72-scoreless minutes before the Lady Broncos finally got on the scoreboard at the 7:32 mark of the second half. With the Lady Cats pushing to tie the score, Mansfield Legacy tacked on a second goal at 3:48. This year’s Lady Cats’...
When One Just Can’t Catch a Break
He just can’t catch a break. Christopher Brandon Garcia, 32, has been held since February of this year in Hopkins County Jail on $400,000 bond. Tuesday, April 5th, he sought a bond reduction in the Eighth Judicial Court in Hopkins County. The good news is his bond was reduced to $100,000. The bad news is that last Friday additional bond for charges from Washington County for burglary of a building in the amount of $200.000 were...
Goodson Sentenced to Seven Years
In Eighth Judicial District Court Tuesday, April 5th, Zataviane Quamaine Goodson, 19, was sentenced to seven (7) years on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and burglary of a habitation. Both were a motion to revoke probation. He created several problems with his parole in January of this year. He was arrested Thursday afternoon, January 21st for a theft at Walmart in Sulphur Springs, but his self-inflicted problems...
SSHS Plant Sale
The Sulphur Springs Horticulture and FFA departments will be holding their annual plant sale this Saturday, April 9th. All plants sold were grown by floral design students. Current floral design students and FFA members will run the plant sale. Plants being sold include Boston ferns, geraniums, begonias, lantanas, verbenas, pentas, vincas, impaitens, petunias, and celebrity tomato plants. Only cash and checks will be accepted. Contact...
It’s Game Day!
It’s another busy Tuesday game day. Lady Cats soccer at regional quarterfinal, softball hosting Marshall, Wildcats baseball hosting Marshall, Golf teams in the second day of district tournament, and tennis in first day of district play. The Lady Cats’ soccer team will play Mansfield Legacy in a regional quarterfinal match in Terrell at 6 p.m. today. The Lady Broncos of Mansfield Legacy were the district champions in their...
Lady Cats Place First; Wildcats Fourth at Mt Pleasant
The Lady Cats Track team finished first and the Wildcats’ track team finished fourth at a Mt. Pleasant meet last Friday. Both Wildcast and \ Lady Cats squad will compete in the district meet April 13-14 in Pine Tree. Coach Matt Young said 65 points was not too bad considering the quality of the competition there. In field events, Derrick Weeks was fourth in the discus with a throw a little shorter than his usual. Newcomer Josh...
SSHS UIL Takes 2nd Place At District Meet
Sulphur Springs High School competed in the District 15-5A UIL Academic competition on Friday, April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd. Results are as follows: In Lincoln-Douglass Debate, Corban Philo placed fourth In Ready Writing, Patricia Parks placed first and Lydia Burleson placed third. In Computer Science, Trenton Brock placed first, Sean Allemang placed second, Tim Charlton placed third, and Mauro Basio placed fifth. The team...
Winnsboro Police Department Report for March 29-April 3
Two arrests, an accident, 141 calls for service, 58 citations and 23 warnings written occupied the time of the Winnsboro Police Department March 28 – April 3. Kerry Bell, 40, of Winnsboro was arrested Wednesday, March 30th for driving while license invalid with a previous conviction. On Friday, April 1st, Thomas Lawrence, 47, of Winnsboro was arrested for a DWI. One minor accident involved a white GMC truck towing a boat in the 200...
Fourth Annual Tanner Higgins Warrior Run is Saturday
The 4th Annual Tanner Higgins Warrior Run is Saturday, April 9th at Cooper Lake State Park. The event was created to honor the memory of Sergeant Tanner Stone Higgins killed by enemy forces during a heavy firefight during combat operations in Logar Province, Afghanistan April 14, 2012. Sgt. Higgins, team leader assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, was leading an assault against an enemy compound when he was...
