Marty Secord Is Coach of Frisco Wakeland, the Wildcats Opponent Friday Night At Prim Stadium
Gerald Prim Stadium, located at the corner of Houston and League streets in Sulphur Springs. The Wildcats Football Team opens the regular season Friday night, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium against Frisco Wakeland. The Wolverines are coached by Marty Secord. He was the first coach at Wakeland and he is the only head coach they have ever had. Like Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens at Sulphur Springs, Wakeland Coach...
Coach Owens Has Media Gathering Wednesday With Season Opener Friday Night at The Prim
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens is still a believer in the benefits of spring football but that doesn’t mean he is any less anxious two days away from his team’s season opener against Frisco Wakeland Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium. Coach Owens says spring football has allowed Wildcats’ coaches to know what their players are like and how they fit on the depth chart. Still this week Coach Owens...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach is Happy Team Bounced Back Tuesday From Tournament Losses
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner said her team won a back and forth match Tuesday (August 27) at Paris, 3-2. She said the Lady Cats battled and fought and Paris battled and fought. Coach Dorner said she was happy the Lady Cats pulled the win out. She said it was good to see the Lady Cats bounce back Tuesday after a couple of tough losses at the end of an Edgewood tournament on Saturday. Coach Dorner said Brooklyn Burnside had...
Lady Cats Volleyball Beat Paris
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Squeezes Past Paris The Lady Cats Volleyball Team won a highly competitive match against Paris, 3-2 in Paris Tuesday evening. The Lady Cats got off to a good start winning the first set, 25-20. Paris bounced back to even the match taking set two, 25-20. The third set went right down to the wire. The teams were tied, 23-23. The Lady Cats got big kills from Sadie Washburn and Aliyah Abrah to win the set, 25-23....
Bidding Process Open Again For Fore Street Property Constructed By SSHS Classes
Sealed bids are being accepted through Sept. 27 for this farm-style home constructed by Sulphur Springs High School construction classes over the last 2 years. Sulphur Springs Independent School District is once again seeking bids for the farm-style home built over two school years by Sulphur Springs High School construction classes. Because of the value of the new 1,550 square-foot farm-style 2 bedroom, two bath house which was...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Plays at Paris on Tuesday Game Day
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team is back on the court on this Tuesday game day (August 27). The Lady Cats will have a non-district game against Paris on the road. The schedule calls for a JV game at 4:30 p.m. and a varsity game at 5:30 p.m. Paris does not have a freshmen team. The Lady Cats varsity comes into the contest with a season record of 14-8. The Lady Cats are coming off of a fourth place finish at an Edgewood tournament last...
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra Comments on Wildcats Defense and Wakeland’s Offense
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra said he liked what he saw from his defense during last Thursday’s (August 22) scrimmage. He said his #1 unit did a good job while his #2’s answered a lot of his questions and stepped up. Coach Guerra said his defenders played fast and aggressive. He said the defense is right where it needs to be right now. He said Frisco Wakeland has a lot of offensive weapons. They feature senior...
With Season Opener Coming Up, Wildcats OC Talks About His Offense and Wakeland’s Defense
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young weighed in on the Wildcats offense and the Frisco Wakeland defense that will collide Friday night (August 30) at the season opener at Gerald Prim Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Concerning last Thursday’s scrimmage at Liberty-Eylau, Coach Young said he liked the execution by the Wildcats offense and how well they communicated. He noted only a couple of busts where plays were not run...
PJC Employees Receive Service Pins
Fall convocation was held recently as Paris Junior College welcomed faculty to campus in preparation for the fall semester that began August 26. One of the highlights of a day of meetings and training was recognition of faculty and staff for their time of service at the college. Receiving service awards included: Ten year service pins were awarded to English Instructor Dr. Marian Ellis, Plant Operations and Maintenance Secretary Tina...
PJC Board of Regents Approves Tax Rate, Budget
The Paris Junior College Board of Regents held a public hearing on the proposed tax rate and the 2019-2020 budget. No public comment was received. After adjourning the public hearing, the Regents went into the regular meeting and gave formal approval to the tax rate of $0.084/$100 valuation, a reduction from the previous year’s rate of $0.85, and the 2019-2020 budget. The 2019-2020 PJC budget will be $36,320,422, up $1.7 million...
