Saltillo Lady Lions Win a Triple Overtime Thriller to Advance to a Tough Regional Tournament
The #11 ranked Saltillo Lady Lions Basketball Team won a thriller Tuesday night (February 25) at Trenton over #21 ranked Slidell, 51-43 in triple overtime in a regional quarterfinal game. The game was close all the way with the score tied 30-30 at the end of regulation. It was 36-36 after the first overtime and 40-40 after the second overtime. Finally the Lady Lions outscored Slidell, 11-3 in the third overtime for the 51-43 win. Jocelyn Ochoa had a big game for the Lady Lions with 19 points. Chandler Bain had 9 points. Anna Reeder scored 8 points. Kristina Wade and Brittney Peeples had 6 points each. Maddy Smith added 2 points. Julianna Giles scored 1 point. Coach Bill Giles said it was a very exciting game for the fans. He said the Lady Lions gave up too many easy baskets in overtimes but he said they hung in there, played physical and did the little things right in the third overtime for the win. The Lady Lions season record is now 31-7. The Lady Lions now head for a Regional Tournament on Friday and Saturday at Mansfield Legacy High School. This is a killer tourney featuring #2 Dodd City, #3 Lipan, #8 Eula and #11 Saltillo. The Lady Lions play Eula Friday. The Regional final game will be Saturday at 2 p.m.
Asbestos Abatement Underway
In order for the new Senior Citizens Center to be built, the building at the corner of Oak ave and Fuller St must be razed. Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell confirmed with KSST that asbestos abatement is underway. Windows, doors and even roof vents are now sealed, as a contractor carries out the work.
Asbestos-containing buildings that are to be torn down usually have to be sealed, and then have asbestos safely removed before ordinary demolition can be performed. Asbestos removal may take longer and cost more than the actual demolition.
A separate contractor is ready to demolish the building as soon as the all clear is give. Sulphur Springs construction crews are busy on other street projects, so a decision to hire an outside team to remove the building was made.
Marc Maxwell expects the demolition to begin in 10 days.
Former Wildcat Triston Abron is New Head Coach at Class 4A Mexia
Former Wildcats player, assistant coach and defensive coordinator Triston Abron has been hired as the Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Class 4A Mexia High School. The Mexia ISD announced the hiring in a tweet Monday (February 24). Coach Abron departs Paul Pewitt after two seasons as head coach of the Brahmas including last season’s trip to the Class 3A, Division II State Championship Game in December. The Brahmas went 14-2 last season.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Wildcats Basketball Date, Time and Place Set for Area Game With Red Oak Hawks
Things are all set for the next Wildcats Basketball playoff game, an Area round game. Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta announced Wednesday (February 26) the Wildcats, ranked #10 in Class 5A, will be playing Red Oak, ranked #12 in Class 5A, in Forney on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Red Oak topped West Mesquite, 69-62 Tuesday night in DeSoto. The Wildcats defeated Lufkin Monday night, 78-55 at Tyler Junior College. The Red Oak Hawks, the district champion of District 14-5A, were a perfect 12-0 in district and their season record is now 23-11. The Wildcats are 27-8 for the season.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Globe Life Field Update: Toilets Flush
A recent significant update on the construction the new home of the Texas Rangers is that all the toilets flush. This is obviously done to stress test the elaborate plumbing system before the 2020 Season opens on March 26th, 2020. Super strange and wacky, but it’s pretty common practice before opening a large facility like this one.
Another update is that the front office has now officially moved into the new office space at Globe Life Field! The new official address for the ballpark is:
Texas Rangers Baseball Club
734 Stadium Drive, Arlington, TX 76011
You can purchase tickets to the 2020 season here.
Pre-season games are underway, and KSST is broadcasting mainly weekend games through March 23rd. KSST has ordered hundreds of tickets and will give them away to loyal listens during the season.
KSST 1230 AM is proud to broadcast Texas Ranger Baseball to fans across North East Texas. Fans who wish to purchase tickets may do so here.
Richardson Woman Jailed On Hopkins County Warrant
A 38-year-old Richardson woman was taken into custody by Hopkins County Sheriff‘s Deputy Elijah Fite at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at Plane State Jail in Dayton, Texas, on a Hopkins County warrant.
Fite transported Shannon Doty to Hopkins County jail, where she was booked on a warrant for burglary of a habitation, which arrest reports indicate occurred in May 10, 2019.
Doty is also reportedly known by Shannon Renea (Ranea) Oglesby, Shannon Renea Greenlee, Shannon Bruner and Shannon Renaw Wood.
Doty remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday, Feb. 26. Bond was set at $25,000 on the burglary charge, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Sulphur Springs Pair Accused Of Substance Charge Possession
February 26, 2020 – Sheriff’s officers stopped a Ford F150 around 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 for running the red light at that Bill Bradford Road and Gilmer Street intersection. Officers ended up taking the Sulphur Springs man and woman in the truck to jail for controlled substance possession, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Lt. Amanda Weatherford and Sgt. Scott Davis reported detecting a strong alcohol odor in the truck upon contact with occupants Staci Lynn Burkham and Claston Wayne Bearden.
Bearden appeared to the deputies to be “extremely nervous and lied about his criminal history,” Weatherford alleged in arrest reports. When asked about weapons, Bearden also reportedly admitted to having a pocket knife in his front pocket, which he gave the officer permission to remove.
The deputy reported feeling a plastic bag in Bearden’s pocket while retrieving the knife. The bag contained a crystal-like substance deputies believed to be methamphetamine. Consequently, Bearden was taken into custody. The bag and substance allegedly weighed 3.27 grams, resulting in Bearden’s arrest for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
The vehicle was then searched. A bag containing what appeared to the officers be a usable amount of suspected methamphetamine, two pipes of the kind use to smoke methamphetamine and a red straw with suspected methamphetamine residue inside of it were allegedly found during the vehicle search. The bag weighed 0.4 grams, resulting in Burkham’s arrest for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Both 47-year-old Sulphur Springs residents were taken to jail; the truck was impounded. Claston, who is also known as Bearden Claxton, Wayne Dumas Claston, Claston Wayne Dumas and Claxton W. Bearden, remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning, Feb. 26, in lieu of $20,000 on the controlled substance. Burkham, who is also known by Stacy Lynn Rawls Burkham and Staci Lynn Rawls Burkham, remained in jail in lieu of $5,00 bond on the controlled substance charge.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
SSHS Theatre Students To Perform OAP ‘Emma’s Child’ On March 1
Sulphur Springs High School Theatre Department will offer local residents a sneak peak at the One Act Play the student will perform at competition on Tuesday. They will perform Kristine Thatcher’s OAP “Emma’s Child” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium.
In “Emma’s Child,” seniors Rachel Bramlett and Chase Berry portray Jean and Henry Farrell, who, after years of unsuccessfully attempting to have a baby of their own, decide to adopt. Sophomore AllieGrace Woodard plays Emma, the birth mother who approves of the couple. Then, they begin awaiting the birth of their child.
When the time comes, it is not a happy occasion, however, as the baby boy Robin, is born hydrocephalic and will not live long. Jean falls for this child anyway; the attention she pays to Robin not only threatens to tear her marriage apart, but causes trouble at the hospital as well. Jean’s best friend Franny, played by junior Rorie Young, and some loving nurses (portrayed by juniors Anthony Arroyo and Hannah Shultz, help Jean as she deals with the ensuing problems
Junior Haylee Fletcher and sophomores Emilie Gotcher, Caleb Talmage, and Lucy Braddy round out the cast.
Stage Manager sophomore Anayeli De La Cruz and Technical Stage Manager sophomore Brandon Williams lead the technical team of which includes senior Alex Walker; junior Gregg English; sophomore Heather Horne; and freshmen Danielle Verlander, Ricardo Chavarria, Markida Hood and Khira Young.
Tickets for the SSHS Theatre production are $1 for students and $3 for adults.
Independent Sulphur Springs Team Places Second At Destination Imagination
An independent group of Sulphur Springs youth earned second place honors in the Destination Imagination contest held recently.
While not officially an Sulphur Springs Independent School District team, all four students reportedly attend high school in SSISD.
“These are high school kids who love DI so much that they formed their own team and their parents pay for it themselves,” reports SSMS teacher Brooke Howard.
The team consisting of Dawson Carpenter, Savannah Lilley, Lexi McCoy and Aubrey Williams and coaches Brooke Howard and Clay Hansford received second place honors in the Secondary Level Scientific Challenge.
The theme for this contest is “First Encounter.” The Scientific Challenge encourages students to blend scientific research with the creative expression of performance art. Teams are challenged to:
- Research a real species and a real habitat.
- Create and present a story about the first encounter between the species and the habitat.
- Show how the species and the habitat change as a result of the encounter.
- Present the story in theater in the round.
- Create and present two Team Choice Elements that show off the team’s interests, skills, areas of strength, and talents.
Although they will not advance to state, the students are commended for their achievement and dedication. The students reportedly started working weekly on their challenge solution in August, and for the last few months have worked daily.
