Porter Scores Game High 29; Lady Cats Defeat Mount Pleasant 58-31
Led by dynamic point guard Sadavia Porter, the Lady Cats’ basketball team built a 10 point lead during the third quarter against Mount Pleasant and then blew the game wide open in the fourth quarter taking a 58-31 win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday evening. Porter almost matched the Lady Tigers offensive output all by herself scoring a game high 29 points including a dramatic long three-point basket just before the third quarter...
Wildcats Defeat Tigers 63-43; Kahn Leads Scoring With 22
The Wildcats’ basketball team, ranked #5 in Class 5A, scored the last nine points of the third quarter to build an 8 point lead against Mount Pleasant and then used a big fourth quarter to secure a 63-43 district win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday night. The Wildcats had to play without Sadaidriene Day Day Hall who is following concussion protocol after a fall against Greenville last Friday night. 6-foot 6 junior Cameron Kahn was...
Phyllis Ann Lovell Giguere
Funeral Service for Phyllis Ann Lovell Giguere, age 66, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, formerly of Paris, Texas and Blandburg, Pennsylvania will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park following the services with Charlie Usry, Taylor Usry, Caiden Usry, Juan Ortiz, Donnie Jones and David Cherry serving as...
Wildcat Soccer Ready for Ice Bowl Tournament
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton maintains a positive attitude concerning his team. He sees the Wildcats as being near where they need to be after mostly tournament competition so far. The Wildcats are 2-3-1. They won one and lost two in the 2019 Lobo Invitational in Longview this past weekend (January 10-12). The Wildcats defeated a smaller school New Summerfield, 5-0 to open the tournament. Coach Upton says the Wildcats played...
Lady Cat Soccer Battle Injuries; Face Strong Opponents in Tournament Play
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Joel Bailey is ready to pick on some teams that are the same size as his Lady Cats. He says when he plans tournaments for the coming season, he hopes games will be competitive. Then he says this season tournament brackets show up matching his Lady Cats with some powerful opposition. The Lady Cats also have had more than their fair share of injuries and illness and Coach Bailey is awaiting orthopedists’...
Game Day: Wildcats, Lady Cats Basketball at Mount Pleasant
It’s a big Tuesday (January 15) game day as the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams are playing at Mount Pleasant. The Mount Pleasant gym is always a tough place to play. Action in the main Mount Pleasant Gym features the Lady Cats JV playing the Mount Pleasant JV beginning at 5 p.m. The Lady Cats Varsity faces the Lady Tigers Varsity at 6:15 p.m. The Wildcats Varsity opposes the Tigers Varsity at 7:30 p.m. ‘...
SSHS UIL Place 2nd at Pine Tree Winter UIL Invitational; Reid Competes at State UIL Congressional Debate
Rhett Reid Rhett Reid finished 2nd at Region VIII UIL Congressional Debate contest in November and qualified to compete at UIL State meet on January 7 – 9, 2019 at University of Texas in Austin. According to Gerald Grafton, UIL Coach, and Reid’s sponsor, Reid did not advance to finals at state but gave four excellent speeches and received high marks from his judges. The SSHS Wildcat UIL Academic Team travelled to Longview this...
