Saltillo Lady Lions Offense Explodes Against Fruitvale
The Saltillo Lady Lions got back in to the win column, Tuesday, Apr. 13 after crushing Fruitvale by a score of 22-0. Fruitvale was no match for Saltillo this evening, as the Lady Cats could not get any offense going versus the Lady Lions. Fruitvale did not score a single run in 3.5 innings. The Lady Lions, however, did not have that issue Tuesday, Apr. 13 as they burst open the gates of the game by putting eight runs on the board in...
CASA, Commissioners Court Encourage Community To Help Spread Awareness, Take Action To Help Prevent Child Abuse
Lake Country CASA and Hopkins County Commissioners Court joined forces this week to encourage the community to help them with a very important cause, spreading awareness and acting to prevent child abuse. Several area schools also are standing together with officials in the efforts to protect kids from abuse and neglect, hosting dress up days, posting blue pinwheels of prevention, and making posters to spread awareness about child...
Lady Cats Softball Wins Tenth Straight, Beating Texas High 8-1
The Lady Cats offense scored early and often, beating district foe Texas High 8-1 at Lady Cat Park on Tuesday, Apr. 13. “I thought [today’s victory] was very business-like,” Coach David Carrillo said about Tuesday’s win over the Lady Tigers. Sulphur Springs was able to strike first, scoring the first run of the game in the bottom of the first thanks to 3B Addison Caddell singling to get Nylah Lindley home. The...
SSISD Trustees Approve 10 Personnel Items
Following an executive session, SSISD Board of Trustees Monday night approved professional employment contracts and approved 10 personnel items. Overall, the board accepted one notice of retirement and four resignations, approved two new hires and three job swaps which will impact five campuses. Kenya Singleton notified the district of her planned retirement as special programs/testing coordinator at Sulphur Springs Middle School. The...
Public Notice: Child Find Process Helps SSISD Identify, Locate, Evaluate Students Birth-21 Years In Need of Special Education, Relate Services
Federal and state laws require all students (birth through age 21) with disabilities, residing within the SSISD district, who are in need of special education and related services, including children with disabilities attending private schools and children who are homeless or are a ward of the state, to be identified, located, and evaluated, which is a process referred to as CHILD FIND. “It is an annual, ongoing...
Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats Softball Teams Host Texas High on Tuesday
Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and the Lady Cats Softball Team have home games on this game day Tuesday (April 13). Both host district games with Texas High with quite a bit on the line. The Wildcats come into the game in a three-way tie for second place with Texas High and Longview. All three have 5-3 district records. The Wildcats are 9-13 for the season and Texas High is 11-5-1. Plans call for a JV game at 4 p.m. The Varsity game...
Wildcats Tennis Team Has Singles and Doubles Team Playing at District Tourney Tuesday
The Wildcats Tennis Team had a girls’ singles player and a girls’ doubles team stay alive after the first day of the District 15-5A Tennis Tournament in Texarkana on Monday (April 12). Tuesday on day two, Wildcats top girls’ singles player, Jeauxleigh Cantu, is playing in the finals of the consolation bracket. Cantu dropped her first match of the day Monday but then won her way into the consolation final. The...
2020 PJC Graduates Invited to Walk in May
In 2020, Paris Junior College held virtual graduation ceremonies for the spring and fall semesters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those graduates are now invited to return and walk in the in-person commencement ceremony slated for 7:00 p.m., May 7, at Noyes Stadium on the Paris campus. While an invitation has been sent from the PJC Admissions and Student Records Office to all 2020 PJC graduates, sometimes addresses change and...
Lady Lions Softball Loses to Detroit, 19-9
The Saltillo Lady Lions softball team could not hold a seven run lead and lost to Detroit, 19-9 on Friday, Apr. 9. Saltillo was able to overcome an early 2-0 deficit in the bottom of the first by scoring nine runs of their own to take a 9-2 lead going in to the second inning. Neither team scored a run in the second. In the third, though, Detroit had a nine-run inning of their own, turning a seven run deficit in to a two-run, 11-9...
19 Commerce Tigers Field Qualify for Area Meet at District Meet Last Week
The Commerce Tigers track and field team won the 12-3A district meet held Apr. 7-9 in Rains, TX. Not only did the varsity leave the meet district champions, but so too did the junior varsity. The varsity won the district meet after accumulating 173.5 points, almost 50 points above second place Paris Chisum. The JV fared even better, winning the 12-3A district meet held in Rains after beating second place Emory Rains by 32 points. The...
