Lady Cats Volleyball Wins Pool in Tourney
Lady Cats Volleyball Wins Pool in Edgewood Tournament Thursday
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team got three wins in three matches to win their pool in the 5th Annual Edgewood Back-tp-School Dig-Fest Volleyball Tournament Thursday (August 22) in the Edgewood Middle School Gym. The Lady Cats only lost one set all day. First the Lady Cats defeated Lone Oak, 2-0 by the score of 25-12 and 25-21. Then they topped Scurry-Rosser, 2-1 by the score of 25-20, 15-25 and 25-20. The Lady Cats captured first place in their pool with a win over Caddo Mills, 2-0 by the score of 25-16 and 25-16. The Lady Cats advance to the Championship Bracket in the tournament Saturday. They will play an opponent to be determined Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Edgewood High School. With the wins, the Lady Cats improved their season record to 13-6.
Wildcats Football Scrimmage Had Some Bright Spots
Liberty-Eylau Gets Scrimmage Win over the Wildcats in Texarkana Thursday Night
The Liberty-Eylau Leopards broke open a tight scrimmage game with two second half touchdowns against Wildcats backup defenders to get a 23-7 win at Liberty-Eylau Thursday night (August 22). The Leopards led only 9-7 at the half. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said he saw some good things during the three quarter scrimmage. Among the bright spots, kickers Brandon Zavala, a senior, an Joshua Tavera both had touch backs on kickoffs. Wildcats defenders forced L-E to punt on their first three drives. The Wildcats scored their lone touchdown on their first drive. A long pass completion from junior quarterback Kaden Wallace to senior Kylan Wade gave the Wildcats a first and goal from the three yard line. Wallace later threw a six yard TD pass to junior receiver Bryant Sanchez who caught the ball in the end zone. Zavala’s extra point kick was good and the Wildcats led 7-0. On the next Leopards’ drive, defensive lineman D’Andre Peoples sacked the Liberty-Eylau quarterback. On the third L-E drive, linebacker Wade tackled a Leopard receiver for a loss after a completion. The Leopards tied the game on their fourth drive on a 65-yard pass, catch and run as well as a successful extra point kick. Wildcats senior defensive back Noe Ponce intercepted an L-E pass on their fifth drive. The Leopards took their first lead of the game when a Wildcats’ deep snapper sent the ball over the head of punter Zavala and through the end zone for a safety. L-E led 9-7 with 3:35 left in the first half. The Wildcats also had another bad snap the next time they had to punt. On the next Leopards’ drive, senior defensive lineman Nick Atkinson got a sack of the L-E quarterback. During the second half, the Leopards scored on their first two drives in the third quarter against Wildcats’ backup defenders. The first TD drive covered 51 yards and was all done on the ground. The TD came on a 10-yard run/ The next L-E TD drive ended with a 4-yard touchdown run. Right before the game was declared over, Wildcats defensive back Colby Albritton played good defense in the end zone to keep a taller Liberty-Eylau receiver from catching the ball. Wildcats coaches are expected to break down the game tape and go over it with Wildcats’ players on Friday. The Wildcats will be off Friday and Saturday. They will return to practice Monday as they prepare for their season opener against Frisco Wakeland at Gerald Prim Stadium on Friday, August 30 with kickoff at 7:30 p.m.
Dallas Man Allegedly Tased Multiple Times While Trying To Run From Cumby Police
Cumby police allegedly Tased a Dallas man multiple times when he attempted to run from them during a routine traffic stop early Thursday morning. The man was also allegedly identified by at least three names that differed from the one he was eventually arrested under.
A Cumby police officer reportedly stopped a Dodge Avenger at 1:47 a.m. Aug. 22 between the 109 and 110 mile markers on Interstate 30. The driver was identified as a 30-year-old man and the passenger as a 55-year-old man. The Cumby officer, in arrest reports, alleged he suspected the pair to be engaging in criminal activity. The driver allegedly kept changing his story each time the officer asked about the pair’s travel plans. This make the officer suspect he was lying. The passenger also gave travel plans that differed from those given by the driver.
When asked, the 30-year-old driver reportedly refused to let the officer search the car. The officer advised he would be calling for a police K-9 and was detaining them in handcuffs for his safety as well as the man’s. He conceded and was placed into handcuffs without incident, the Cumby officer alleged in arrest reports.
When police attempted to place the passenger into handcuffs, however, the man “resisted by forcefully pulling away from me,” the Cumby officer alleged in arrest reports. When the police sergeant attempted to grab the man, he resisted then tried to run from the officer, arrest reports stated.
Thus, the Cumby officer alleged he deployed his Taser and tased the man multiple times before he eventually complied with verbal commands and stopped resisting police efforts. The Cumby officer stated he waited for additional law enforcement to arrive to assist before again attempting to place the man into custody. A Hunt County officers was the first to arrive; the man was then placed into custody, according to reports.
Cumby’s police chief then arrived and had his police canine conduct a free air sniff search around the car; the dog gave multiple positive alerts, which lead to a probable cause vehicle search, according to arrest reports.
When police found no illegal contraband in the black car, he released it and the driver. The passenger, however, was taken to jail.
At the jail, the man identified himself by the same first name and date of birth but reversed his last names. A short time later, jailers advised they had found a Social Security card in the man’s possession with an entirely different name. When the officer asked the man if he’d given him a false name previously he told them he was the man named on the card. He then gave a date of birth that would make him 45 years old, not 55.
A records check by dispatchers, however, showed no information for a person by that name and date of birth. A records check using the Social Security number showed it did not match the name and information given either, according to arrest reports.
Cumby police alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were contacted and advised they would respond at Hopkins County jail to investigate the man’s identity. The man was held in jail for failure to identify by giving false or fictitious information and for resisting arrest, search or transport, Cumby police noted in arrest reports.
The man was later identified and booked into the jail on both misdemeanor charges at 5:04 a.m. Aug. 22 under yet another name and date of birth, that’d make him a 57-year-old Dallas resident. The man remained in the county jail Friday morning, Aug. 23, on $2,000 bond on the resisting arrest, search or transport Charge and $1,000 on the failure to identify charges, according to jail and arrest reports.
Como-Pickton CISD Trustees To Consider Budget, Tax Rate At Special Aug. 26 Meeting
Como-Pickton Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees have called a special meeting to consider approving the proposed budget and tax rate proposed for fiscal year 2019-2020, which begins on Sept. 1.
A public hearing will be conducted on both the proposed budget and tax rate, then the trustees will be asked to adopt each. The C-P CISD tax rate, as proposed, would be 97-cents per $100 property valuation, which is 7-cents lower than the 2018-19 tax rate.
School trustees after considering the budget and tax rate are scheduled to meet in executive session to consult with an attorney “regarding possible economic development with the district.”
The special school board meeting will begin at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, in the C-P Conference Center, located on the school property at 13017 State Highway 11 east.
Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears Win A Pair Of Volleyball Matches Against North Hopkins
The Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears won a couple of recent matches against North Hopkins.
The two teams met in a Gold Bracket game in a North Hopkins tournament last Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sulphur Bluff won, 2-1. The score was 24-26, 25-22 and 25-20. Tuesday the two teams faced off at Sulphur Bluff and the Lady Bears won 3-1. The score was 16-25, 26-24, 25-22 and 25-21.
For the Lady Bears freshman Skylar Stanley had four blocks and six kills. Senior Ann Dorner had four service points and five kills. Senior Dalena Di Donato had three service aces, six service points and five kills. Tori Raine had seven service points, three service aces and two kills. Jada Wade had two service points and two kills. Setter Alley Collett had 16 assists, one kill and six service points. Cierra C.J. Johnson had five service points. Hannah Byrd had three service points and libero Angel Brown had three service points and 19 digs.
PJC Sulphur Springs News
La Shey Almager of Sulphur Springs brought her son Logan and his cars along to register for classes at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. Campus Secretary Jocelyn Sanchez Ambriz and Assistant Director Iris Gutierrez, right, and Secretary Jocelyn Sanchez Ambriz help with the paperwork. The fall semester begins Monday (August 26).
Wildcats Football Team Scrimmages At Liberty-Eylau Thursday Evening In Texarkana
The Wildcats Football Team has their only scrimmage of the preseason Thursday night, Aug. 22, at Liberty-Eylau in Texarkana. The varsity Wildcats will get underway at around 7 p.m. The JV and freshmen teams will alternate beginning at 5 p.m.
The Liberty-Eylau Leopards are coached by former Wildcat, Klint King, son of former Wildcats Head Football Coach Chuck King.
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says the Wildcats are ready to hit someone else. He says he wants to see how his team reacts against another team.
Coach Owens says the Wildcats are at a disadvantage since L-E already has one scrimmage under their belt. He counters that the Wildcats did have spring football workouts.
Coach Owens says the scrimmage will be a lot like a regular game. However both teams will be fair catching balls on kicks and teams will whistle their quarterbacks down to avoid big hits on the signal callers.
The Wildcats have scrimmaged Liberty-Eylau for several years now. Coach Owens says he likes to go up against them because they have a lot of speed. He adds they have an athletic quarterback, fast running backs and big, tall receivers. Wildcats offensive linemen will be going up against an even 4-2-5 defense most of the time but will be called upon to block both odd and even fronts.
At L-E Thursday night, fans will be asked to make a voluntary donation to support the Texas High School Coaches Association benevolence fund. They call it Our Day to Shine. The fund is for players and coaches who are experiencing hardships, such as players who have suffered serious injuries.
A big asset of any scrimmage is the videotape that is recorded. Friday at meetings, Wildcats coaches will break down the tape and will discuss it with the players.
The Wildcats will take Friday and Saturday off and then will return next Monday to begin work in earnest to open the season Friday week at The Prim against Frisco Wakeland.
This is the fourth year for the Wildcats to lose a week of August practice and one of their scrimmages due to having spring football. The Wildcats coaches are getting used to it and they continue to have spring football because they think it is beneficial for them to do so. Of course, the main goal of any scrimmage is to come out of it without any serious injuries.
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Had Pool Play Thursday In An Edgewood Tournament
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team is playing in the 5th annual Edgewood Back-to-School Dig-Fest Volleyball Tournament on this Thursday game day, August 22.
The Lady Cats play three pool games in the afternoon at the Edgewood Middle School Gym. The Lady Cats began play with Lone Oak at 2 p.m., then will take on Scurry-Rosser at 5 p.m. and Caddo Mills at 6 p.m.
The top two teams after pool play in the four pools will go into a Championship Bracket. The bottom two pool teams will play in a Consolation Bracket. After pool play Thursday, bracket play will resume on Saturday.
The Lady Cats enter the tournament with a 10-6 record.
Chamber “In a Stir” Over Major Food Event’s Golden Jubilee Anniversary
Plans have long been in the making by the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce for the 50th Anniversary Stew Contest. This is to be the ‘granddaddy of them all’ as far as attendance goes, even by stupendous standards of past stew contests. Now that the time is almost here, the Chamber staff is preparing in high gear. But let’s get a little background on it by asking, what actually is the Hopkins County Stew Contest?
During a KSST Good Morning Show interview on August 21, 2019, Chamber President and CEO Lezley Brown and Chamber VP Logan Vaughan discussed ‘stew’ with host Enola Gay. The tradition of stew-making and it’s invention by early settlers to this area holds importance. At one time, gatherings called “end of school stew” was popular with as many as 100 different small schools scattered throughout the county. And the preparation of huge quantities of the authentic chicken-based stew was necessary during the 1954 Hopkins County Centennial when hundreds of people “came home’ for the celebration held in Buford Park. However, the idea of a “stew-cooking competition” began about 50 years ago, launched by the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce. Somewhere along the way, the event took on the designation of World Champion Hopkins County Stew Cook-Off. Then, steadily increasing in popularity, 2018 brought a whopping 174 pots of stew prepared by cooking teams scattered throughout the park. And knowing that the 50th anniversary would be bigger than that, the Chamber is preparing spaces for more than 200 pots of stew at the October 2016 annual Cook-off.
If you want to enter the contest, here are a few things you should do. Go to hopkinschamber.org and clock on the Events tab. There you will find information, a list of categories and entry forms. Remember the deadline to enter the contest and keep your own stew site in Friday September 13 at 5pm. Starting Monday September 16, all remaining sites will be opened up for selection by new cooks. An opportunity for stew cooks to pick up their bags and get answers to questions is all day Tuesday October 15 from 9am til 6pm at the Chamber office. That same evening, an informational meeting for new stew cooks will be held at 6pm.
