Lady Cats Softball Team Breaks Drought With A Flood Of Runs Winning 12-2 over Mineola
After a very slow start to the 2020 season for the Lady Cats Softball Team, things changed drastically Tuesday night, February 25, in a 12-2 win over Mineola at Lady Cat Park. The game was moved from Mineola because things were drier at Lady Cat Park. After Mineola took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, the Lady Cats answered with 3 runs of their own. The Lady Cats scored in every inning and pounded out 14 hits. The Lady Cats...
Wildcats Basketball Team To Face Red Oak In Area Game Later This Week
With Wildcats Basketball coaches watching, Red Oak won their bi-district game against West Mesquite Tuesday night, February 25, in DeSoto. Red Oak, ranked #12 in Class 5A, will now play the Wildcats, the #10 ranked team in Class 5A, in an Area game later this week. At last report late Tuesday, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said nothing was set in stone yet. Red Oak, the district champion of District 14-5A, was a perfect 12-0 in...
Thursday Night at the Library
Please note the date this week of our last Hopkins County Reads program for our current book selections. Hopkins County Reads Program 1 We will welcome Ken Hanushek, PJC History professor, to talk about past Olympic inspirational moments along with the wonderful book, Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. All this will happen at the library Thursday night February 27 at 6pm. Don’t miss it! Hopkins County Reads Program...
Everyone Counts In The US Census, Which Begins In March
It’s time for the U.S. Census. Everyone who lives in the United States is required by law to participate. The Census Bureau is also required by law to protect all answers. Responses are only used to produce statistics; no personal information is allowed to be disclosed, according to the Census Bureau website. The results of the U.S. Census 2020 are used to determine how much funding local communities receive for key public services....
Wildcats Tennis Player Jonah Kirkpatrick Signs Letter With East Texas Baptist University Tuesday
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez was afraid he might choke up while talking about senior Jonah Kirkpatrick, who signed a letter of intent Tuesday morning (February 25) to attend and play college tennis at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall. Coach Martinez said he began coaching Kirkpatrick in his first year playing tennis in the seventh grade at Sulphur Springs Middle School. Now Kirkpatrick is the captain of the varsity...
Softball and Soccer are on the Schedule on Game Day Tuesday
The Lady Cats Softball Team and the Wildcats and Lady Cats Soccer Teams have games on this game day Tuesday (February 25). The Lady Cats softball game scheduled for Tuesday evening in Mineola has been moved to a dryer Lady Cat Park. There will be a JV game at 5 p.m. and a varsity game at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Cats are off to a slow start going 1-4 in their own Sulphur Springs Tournament. Those games were moved to artificial turf in Grand...
Jewel Valine Caviness Brown
Funeral services for Jewel Valine Caviness Brown, age 93, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Spence Chapel of First Baptist Church with Bro. Fred Lewis officiating and Dudley Hughes III assisting. Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery in Pittsburgh with Louis Brown, Aaron Offutt, Matthew Schlabach, Mike Trevino, Sheldon Ginsberg, and Jim Thompson serving as pallbearers. Honorary...
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta Liked the Way the Wildcats Played Against Lufkin Monday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta admitted the Wildcats have been up and down lately but he said he was pleased to see the team he saw Monday night (February 24) in a 78-55 bi-district win over Lufkin at Tyler Junior College. He said they played at a high level that he knows they are capable of at both ends of the floor. Coach Cipoletta said the Wildcats were locked in and did a good job of executing the game plan He said he...
James “Doug” Douglas Williams
Funeral services for James “Doug” Douglas Williams, age 76, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 29, 2020 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Thompson officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer, TX with Price Griggs, Brandon Jones, Kaleb Thompson, Collin Williams, Blake Holly, and Keller Thompson serving as pallbearers. Visitation will begin at 10:00...