Lady Cats Finish District in Third With Friday Night Loss; Face Lovejoy Next Week
This one hurt. The Mt. Pleasant Lady Tigers used the long ball and a big defensive play to squeeze past the Lady Cats, 5-4 at Lady Tiger Field in Mt. Pleasant Friday evening. The loss dropped the Lady Cats into third place. Mt. Pleasant and Texas High are district co-champs. The Lady Cats now face Lovejoy late next week in bi-district with details to be determined. Trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the third, Mt. Pleasant’s Kamille...
Lady Lions Qualify Four for Regional Track
Four members of the Saltillo Lady Lions’ track team qualified for regional in four events at an area meet recently. Sienna Collins had a terrific meet winning the 3200-meter run, the 1600-meter run and the 800-meter run. Brenda Castro also qualified for regional with a third place finish in the 3200-meter run, a fourth place finish in the 1600-meter run and a second place finish in the 300-meter hurdles. Jocelyn Ochoa qualified...
Six Lady Cats, Two Wildcats Advance to Regional Track Meet
Lady Cats at Area Track Meet Six Lady Cats’ track athletes qualified in seven events at the area track meet Thursday at Lovejoy Stadium. The Lady Cats finished fourth in the area meet. With only three races to go, they were in second place but only had one athlete in the final three events. Imani Taylor won the long jump by about 8 inches. Freshman Sydney Washburn qualified with a third place finish in the 3200-meter run. Taylor...
Game Day: Wildcats, Lady Cats in Mt Pleasant
All roads lead to Mt. Pleasant on this big Friday game day. The Lady Cats’ softball team will be playing for at least a share of the district championship against the Lady Tigers as both teams wrap up district play. The Lady Cats defeated Mt. Pleasant at home earlier this season, 10-4. Both teams are tied with Texas High for first. Texas High is playing Greenville in another district finale. The top three teams all have 9-2...
Four Lady Cats Sign to Play College Soccer
Four Lady Cats’ soccer players signed letters of intent to attend college and play soccer Thursday morning at a signing event in the Multipurpose Building on the high school campus. Defender Payton Pierce signed to play at four-year school, LeTourneau University in Longview, where her sister, Myranda is a soccer player. Three Lady Cats are headed to nearby Paris Junior College: Goalkeeper Abbi Hale, defensive midfielder Ciarra...
Wildcats, Lady Cats at Area Track Meet Thursday
The Area Track Meet in Lovejoy got underway Thursday morning. For the district champion Lady Cats, Sydney Washburn will be running in the 3200-meter race and the 1600-meter run, The Lady Cats will also compete in the 4 X 100-meter relay and the 4 X 200-meter relay races. The 4 X 100-meter relay team consists of Imani Taylor, Abbi Baier, N’ysa Dugan and Sadavia Porter. The 4 X 200-meter relay team includes Taylor, Rita Hill,...
Five Saltillo Lions Qualify for Regional Track Meet
Five Saltillo Lions qualified for the regional track meet in five events at the area track meet Wednesday at Como-Pickton High School. Regional qualifiers included Trevor Moore, who was second in the 800-meter run, Dakota Patridge, who qualified with fourth place finishes in the 400-meter run and in the 1600-meter run and Walker McGill, who was fourth in the 3200-meter run. The Lions 4 X 400-meter relay team also qualified finishing...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Compete at Area Track Meet in Lovejoy Thursday
The Wildcats’ track team will have six athletes in six events and the Lady Cats’ track team will have seven athletes in ten events at Thursday’s Area Track Meet at Lovejoy Stadium. Top four finishers in each event will qualify for the regional meet April 28-29 in Arlington. For the Wildcats, Landry Tyson will compete in the high jump and in the 110-meter hurdles. Tyson is tied for fourth for the best result in the...
Panthers Defeat Trojans 10-2
The North Hopkins Panthers defeated the Cumby Trojans in a district baseball game, 10-2 Tuesday at North Hopkins. The Panthers got off to a good start with one run in the bottom of the first and five more in the bottom of the second to lead 6-0. Cumby scored single runs in the third and sixth innings to cut the deficit to 6-2. North Hopkins added four more runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 10-2. North Hopkins outhit the...
Lady Bears Defeated Lady Lions 7-4
Sulphur Bluff topped Saltillo in softball Tuesday 7-4 at Sulphur Bluff. The Lady Bears scored five first inning runs. Saltillo cut the lead to 5-4 after two runs each in the second and third innings. Sulphur Bluff scored twice more to make it 7-4 after four innings and that’s the way it ended up. For Saltillo, Melissa Tawil hit a double. Rainie English, Kasey Sanders, Jordan Sustaire and Christie Gurley all had two singles....
