Wednesday Forecast
20% chance of showers; areas of fog before 9 a.m.; High 64; Low: 60; Wind: South 5-15, gusting to 20 mph
Lady Cat Area Playoff Game Set for Rockwall High Gym Thursday
The #13 Lady Cats’ basketball team will play Frisco Lone Star in an Area game Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Rockwall High School Gym. The site was firmed up Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Cats defeated Mesquite Poteet, 52-30 Monday night in a bi-district game at Emory Rains. The Lady Cats are 26-5 for the season. Frisco Lone Star downed Lake Dallas, 80-20 Monday night. Lone Star, ranked #3 in Class 5A, is 32-4 for the season....
Fog Expected to Develop Overnight in Region
Fog is expected to develop overnight in the North and Northeast Texas area including the Hopkins County area. Some of this fog could become dense reducing visibility to under one (1) mile. Counties included in the area are: Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall-Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rains-Eastland-Erath-Hood-Somervell-...
Lady Cats Face Class 5A #3 Frisco Lone Star Thursday
Lady Cats Coach Jeff Chapman, enjoying Monday night’s bi-district win over Mesquite Poteet, 52-30, said playing Texas High in a seeding game on Friday helped the Lady Cats believe in themselves. Doubts may have crept in after the Lady Cats lost to Texas High by a large margin at home on January 30. It’s almost enough to convert Coach Chapman to a fan of warm up games. Still he said he’s glad the Lady Cats played...
Lady Cats Defeat Athens 10-0
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said his team played very well in their season opening 10-0 win in Athens Monday afternoon. The game was moved up to a 4:30 p.m. start to try and have better weather. Coach Carrillo said he was pleased with the Lady Cats’ pitching, hitting and defense Monday. Bailey Haggerty threw a one hit shutout over five innings and struck out five. Brinklee Driver clubbed a home run over the center...
Wildcat Baseball Seeks to Narrow Pitching Staff to Five
The Wildcats’ baseball team had a second scrimmage Friday at Terrell and Wildcats Coach Jerrod Hammack said he got to evaluate four more pitchers. Coach Hammack said he has ten pitchers he is looking at, perhaps the most pitching he’s ever had. Four pitchers worked Thursday night in Sherman. Friday Coach Hammack looked at Kamren Harrison, Brady Crouse, Dawson Draper and Pacen Edwards. Coach Hammack said they all threw...
Saltillo Lady Lions Defeated CHESS in Area Playoff Warm Up Game
The Saltillo Lady Lions got ready for their Area playoff game with a warm up game win over CHESS, 50-41 Tuesday. CHESS led after one quarter, 14-13. The Lady Lions had a big second quarter and led 26-18 at halftime. CHESS reduced the deficit in the third quarter but still trailed the Lady Lions 34-32 after three quarters. The Lady Lions pulled away in the fourth quarter. Tori Mobley led the Lady Lions with 12 points. Chandler Bain...
Sulphur Springs Public Library Director’s Notebook
by Hope Cain A little fun library trivia for today… Which superheroine works as a librarian during the day? Batgirl Although he was well-known for being a drinker and for having scandalous love affairs with numerous women, Cassanova also worked as a librarian for the Count of Waldstein in Bohemia. Beside trivia, the library can bring you many things…reading for recreation, reading for current events or history. Reading can now come...
Connie Cason
Connie Cason, age 50 of Garland, passed away on Friday, February 9th, 2018. She was born on April 14th, 1967 in Houston, Texas, to the late Ivan Hamrick and Carolyn Brewer Hamrick. She worked as financial banker and was a member of Light House Baptist Church, Grand Prairie, Texas. She was preceded in death by her father, Ivan Hamrick, grandparents, Vera Faye and Lonnie Hamrick, and grandfather, Travis Brewer. She is survived by,...
