North Hopkins Golf Team Heads To State Tourney
The North Hopkins men’s golf team placed 3rd at the Regional Golf tournament that was played at the Old Brickyard Golf Course in Ferris, Tx and will be playing at the State Tournament at the Roy Kizer Municipal Golf Course in Austin, Texas May 20 & May 21. They had a two day total of 689. Evan Lewis places 5th with a two day total of 151. He shot a 76 & 75. The team is left to right: Cooper Adams, Ryan Reed, Evan Lewis,...
Educational Legislative Update: May 1, 2019
Information provided by Dax Gonzalez, TASB Govvernmental Relations The school finance reform bill made it one more round Wednesday, passing through the formal Senate Education Committee hearing. This bill addresses funding for basic allotments, full-day pre-kindergarten programs, teacher and librarian salary raises, school finance calculations and school and certain property tax rates. As substituted in committee, the bill: Increases...
Wildcats Baseball Team Comes From Behind to Defeat Hallsville, 3-2 in Bi-District Series Opener
Wildcats Baseball 3, Hallsville 2 The Wildcats’ baseball team got three clutch RBI singles in the top of the sixth inning to defeat Hallsville, 3-2 Wednesday in game one of their best two out of three bi-district series at Mike Carter Field in Tyler. Hallsville had scored the game’s first two runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 2-0 lead. The Bobcats utilized a single, a sacrifice bunt, a walk and two RBI singles in...
Lady Cat Track Regional Meet Review
Lady Cats Track Coach Talks About Sadavia Porter and Other Lady Cats at Regional Track Meet Lady Cats Track Coach Derek Tyson discussed Sadavia Porter’s incredible weekend at the Class 5A Region II Track Meet at UT Arlington. Porter finished second in the 100-meter dash to qualify for the State Track Meet in Austin. Coach Tyson said that feat fulfilled a statement Porter made when she signed with UTA months ago. She said she was...
North Hopkins Baseball Wins District Title
North Hopkins Downs Como-Pickton to Win District Baseball Title The North Hopkins Panthers won the third and deciding series game over Como-Pickton Monday night (April 29) at Wildcat Park to take the district championship. The Panthers got off to a good start scoring single runs in the first three innings to go ahead 3-0. The Eagles scored a run in the fourth but the Panthers got three of their own to go up 6-1. Como-Pickton fought...
SSHS UIL State Update
Three SSHS UIL Theatrical Design Students Compete at State Last Weekend SSHS Theatre Technical Director Desi Pharis took three students to UIL Theatrical Design competition this part weekend. Senior Belinda Flores and senior Hagen Hunt competed in set design and freshman AllieGrace Woodard was in hair and makeup design. Ms. Pharis said Flores is responsible for the local interest in the competition. She said Flores was new to theater...
Wildcats Baseball Playoff Time Change
Wildcats Baseball, Hallsville Has New Start Time for Game One of Series Wednesday in Tyler Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack texted Tuesday night (April 30) that in an attempt to beat the rain, the first game of the Wildcats bi-district series against Hallsville has been moved up to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mike Carter Field in Tyler. The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Game two is scheduled to take place Friday at 5:30 p.m....
Lady Cats Softball Perfecting The Ten Run Rule
Lady Cats Softball 10, Midlothian 0 The Lady Cats’ softball team hammered out sixteen hits and pitcher Bailey Haggerty threw a two-hit shutout as the Lady Cats won game one of their best two out of three Area round series, 10-0 over Midlothian Tuesday evening (April 30) at Royse City. On an extremely windy evening with occasional rain falling, the Lady Cats scored in every inning. In the first inning, Kelsey Wallace singled,...
Education Legislation Update: April 30
From TASB Governmental Relations Reports The Senate on Monday approved two bills related to school safety. Senate Bill 11, the school safety bill, covers a broad range of topics from state funding for mental health, trauma and grief, emergency operations plans and procedures for dealing with certain situations. In brief, SB 11: provides state funds for local health authorities to hire non-physician mental health providers to provide...
Wildcats Baseball Playoff Picture
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack Discusses Big Team Turnaround That Led to Playoffs On KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning (April 27) Coaches Show, Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack explained how his team went from rock bottom to a playoff spot winning their last five district games. Coach Hammack said he and his coaches did their best to stay positive during the hard times. He also credited the players...
