Wildcats Baseball Team Gets District Win at Mount Pleasant Exploding for 15 Runs
Mar17

Wildcats Baseball Team Gets District Win at Mount Pleasant Exploding for 15 Runs

The Wildcats Baseball Team scored runs in six out of seven innings in a 15-6 district win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday (March 16) night. The Wildcats scored 3 runs in 4 different innings while adding 2 in the fourth inning and one run in the seventh. The Wildcats had 12 hits. Kaden Wallace led the offense going 4 for 6 with 2 RBI’s, 3 runs scored, a double and a stolen base. Hayden Hurst was 1 for 4 with 3 RBI’s and a walk....

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Wildcats Soccer Team Wins Shooutout at Hallsville to Claim Playoff Spot
Mar17

Wildcats Soccer Team Wins Shooutout at Hallsville to Claim Playoff Spot

The Wildcats Soccer Team won a shootout, 6 penalty kicks to 5, to claim a playoff berth in a showdown at Hallsville Tuesday (March 16) night. Wildcats Coach Alexi Upton said goalkeeper Tai Nguyen made two key saves to help secure the win. The stakes were high with the winner earning a playoff spot and the loser facing the end of the season. The two teams tied 1-1 in regulation and neither team could score in overtime. That sent the...

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Wildcats Golfers Battle High Winds and Extremely Brutal Course Monday
Mar17

Wildcats Golfers Battle High Winds and Extremely Brutal Course Monday

The Wildcats Golf Team saw their scores soar Monday (March 15) when they played a most difficult course and encountered very strong winds. The Wildcats played in the Warrior Shootout Monday at the Dye Course at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club. The Wildcats finished 14th out of 16 teams firing a 394. Kip Childress finished tied for 33rd place with a 90. Rylan Brewer tied for 64th with a 98. Grant Mohesky was 71st with 102. Luke Dietze...

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Lady Cats Soccer Team Just Misses Playoffs After Home Loss to Hallsville
Mar17

Lady Cats Soccer Team Just Misses Playoffs After Home Loss to Hallsville

By the narrowest of margins the Lady Cats Soccer Team missed the playoffs. With the Lady Cats 5-0 loss to Hallsville at The Prim and Mount Pleasant’s 8-0 win at Marshall on Tuesday (March 16), the Lady Tigers squeezed by the Lady Cats by a single point. The Lady Cats ended with 17 points and Mount Pleasant and Pine Tree grabbed the last two playoff spots with 18 points. The Lady Cats ended the season with a 6-6 district record...

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Lady Cats Softball Emerges Victorious Over Mt. Pleasant, 4-0
Mar16

Lady Cats Softball Emerges Victorious Over Mt. Pleasant, 4-0

The Lady Cats softball team beat district foe Mt. Pleasant 4-0 at Lady Cat Park on Tuesday, Mar. 16. It was due in no small part thanks to Crimson Bryant’s dynamite pitching, who went on a tear versus the visiting Lady Tigers. Bryant pitched a near-perfect game, allowing no hits, no runs, and walking only one Lady Tiger batter. The starting pitcher for Sulphur Springs did hit a batter, but Bryant managed to strike out 15 in the...

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All CHRISTUS Facilities Continue To Require Masks, Per CDC Guidelines
Mar16

All CHRISTUS Facilities Continue To Require Masks, Per CDC Guidelines

By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, March 16, 2021 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Important Notice We are aware of the new order announced by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that would lift the statewide masking mandate for many...

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Save Dike From Solar Meeting Focuses On Concerns, Unification
Mar16

Save Dike From Solar Meeting Focuses On Concerns, Unification

More than 50 community members and media personnel turned out Saturday for a Save Dike From Solar meeting at Dike Community Center to express their concerns and focus on unification of like-minded community members opposed to the planned Hopkins Energy LLC project in the Dike area. Highlights from Saturday’s Save Dike From Solar meeting at Dike Community Center Community residents at the Saturday afternoon meeting expressed...

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District Wildcats Baseball and Soccer and Lady Cats Softball and Soccer on Tuesday Game Day
Mar16

District Wildcats Baseball and Soccer and Lady Cats Softball and Soccer on Tuesday Game Day

The Wildcats Baseball Team is playing Mount Pleasant on the road in a district game on this busy Tuesday (March 16) game day. The schedule calls for the JV game at 4 p.m. with the Varsity game to follow at 7 p.m. The Wildcats got a district win at home over Longview one week ago and they are 1-0 in district play. They are 4-10 for the season. The Lady Cats Softball Team will resume their always competitive rivalry with Mount Pleasant...

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Edits Emphasized at PJC-Sulphur Springs
Mar15

Edits Emphasized at PJC-Sulphur Springs

English Instructor Dr. Ken Haley emphasizes a point to students Briceida Chavez and Gino Medina in his class at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. Social distancing is being practiced in all classrooms, like Dr. Haley’s lecture shown above. Call PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Campus at 903-885-1232 for more information. Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the...

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Six SSHS Students Qualify For National BPA Competition
Mar15

Six SSHS Students Qualify For National BPA Competition

Six members of the Sulphur Springs High School Business Professionals of America Chapter have qualified for the National BPA Competition in May. The SSHS BPA students competed in the BPA State Leadership Conference the week of March 1-5 in virtual competitions. Six students scored either in the top five in individual category or top 10 in nonjudged events to qualify them to participate in the National BPA Competition, which will be...

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