Panthers Win Bi-District; Face Clarksville Friday
Former Wildcat Coaches 5-A Team to Bi-District Win
Coaches can often be quite proud of their former players. SSISD Assistant Superintendent Rusty Harden is a proud former coach. Bradley Washington, a 2007 Sulphur Springs graduate, played basketball for former Wildcats Basketball Coach Harden. Harden, who coached the Wildcats in 2006-2007, was discussing some of his players on that team and he mentioned his former post player Washington. Washington is now the head basketball coach at Pflugerville Connally. Harden mentioned that Washington had just picked up his first ever playoff win.
Pflugerville Connally defeated the Hutto Hippos, 60-41 in a Class 5A bi-district game at Weiss High School Monday (February 18). Coach Washington’s team has a 23-9 record.
After graduation, Washington earned a bachelors degree in math from Texas A&M-Commerce. This is Coach Washington’s first year at Pflugerville Connally. He has had previous stops at Georgetown, Waco Midway, Killeen Ellison and Leander. Harden has a picture on his phone of Washington coaching up his team against Hutto. Proud indeed.
Game Day Thursday: Baseball, Softball, Powerlifting, Track
There is baseball, softball, powerlifting and track on the schedule on this game day Thursday (February 21), weather permitting.
The #10 ranked Wildcats’ baseball team will be opening the regular season at a familiar place, Tyler’s Mike Carter Field at the Rose City Classic. The Wildcats are scheduled to play five games over three days. On Thursday, the Wildcats are scheduled to play host Tyler Lee in a game that started at 10 a.m. The Wildcats are also scheduled to take on Lindale Thursday at noon. The Wildcats draw Amarillo Friday at 4 p.m. They also have back to back games scheduled on Saturday, The Wildcats face Waxahachie at 10 a.m. and then Forney at noon. Wildcats Coach Jerrod Hammack, beginning his 14th season at Sulphur Springs, is hoping the weather cooperates so the Wildcats can get in most if not all of their scheduled games.
The Lady Cats’ softball team, 6-0 so far this season, are scheduled to open play Thursday in the 20th annual Allen Varsity Invitational Softball Tournament. The Lady Cats are scheduled to play five games over three days. Thursday the Lady Cats will face Celina at 1 p.m. at Allen Station 4. The Lady Cats also play Longview and McKinney on Friday and Coppell and Frisco Lone Star on Saturday. In their first tournament of the season last week, the Lady Cats won all five games they played in the Sulphur Springs Varsity Softball Tournament.
The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ track teams are scheduled to have their first meet of the season Thursday at Mount Pleasant. Field events are scheduled to get underway at 4 p.m. Wildcats and Lady Cats’ athletes are preparing for the district meet coming up April 3-4 at Royse City.
Meanwhile Wildcats Powerlifting Coach Casey Jeter is taking seven lifters to a last chance qualifiers meet in Maud Thursday. Coach Jeter said the lifters are either ranked high in the region or they are just outside those that are ranked high enough to currently qualify for a regional spot.
Video Presentation: SSHS FFA Participates in Junior Market Livestock Show
Sulphur Springs High School FFA members Savannah Allen and Cash Vititow along with instructor John Holland told KSST News about their projects and enthusiasm regarding the Junior Market Livestock Show, February 21-23 at the Civic Center Arena.
Welding Students Decorate Cupcakes at PJC-Sulphur Springs
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding students Ethan Hill, Mauro Hernandez and Tyler Woodson compare cupcakes they decorated before enjoying them as a mid-day snack that was provided by the PJC Student Services Department.
4,799 Head Of Cattle Sold At NETBIO Pre-Conditioned Calf & Yearling Sale
A pen of some of the pre-conditioned cattle offered at the NETBIO Sale held Wednesday.The Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization held its March Pre-Conditioned Calf and Yearling Sale at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission Wednesday, selling 4,799 head of cattle.
David Fowler, co-owner of the livestock market center, said that a lot of the cattle in this sale were purchased to go to grazing and the demand was good. He said about 1,500 head of the nearly 5,000 were sold to buyers on the Internet.
“It was overall a very good sale with a lot of excellent lightweight calves being offered by our NETBIO producers,” said Fowler. “The market was active, and it was a good sale to begin the spring.”
Fowler said a total of 232 sellers consigned cattle to the sale. The 29 cattle buyers paid an average of $822.96 per head for the pre-conditioned cattle. Some new feed year buyers were on hand to purchase some of the cattle.
Fowler commended the employees of the Sulphur Springs market center for doing a good job of preparing and producing the sale. “They always do a great job with the cattle and in the office,” he said.
The next sale will be held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction on Wednesday, May 15. The weaning deadline for calves consigned to that sale is March 31. The last date for booster shots is April 15. That sale will be followed by sales on July 17 and Sept. 18.
Auctioneer Joe Don Pogue takes bids at the March NETBIO Pre-conditioned cattle sale held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Market. Fowler encourages producers who are getting cattle ready for one or more of those sales to get their consignment sheets in early and pick up their ear tags.
The NETBIO Pre-Conditioned Stocker and Feeder Calf Sale gives producers a market to offer their pre-conditioned calves and yearlings in load lot quantities. NETBIO holds seven pre-conditioned calf sales per year, which is the marketing arm for members of the organization.
Methamphetamine Found in Bags Underneath Feet of Five Year Old
February 21, 2019 – A Jacksonville, Arkansas couple stopped on I-30 by the Texas Highway Patrol was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, Greater Than 400-grams. They had in their possession four zip-lock bags containing approximately 4003-grams of a crystal-like substance known to be ICE Methamphetamine. The zip-lock bags were in two large plastic bags in the second row seat floorboard underneath the feet of their five year old child.
The stop at the 113-mile marker resulted Victor Simon Hernandez, 38, and Amber Deann Hernandez, 39, showing signs of nervousness and giving implausible travel plans to the officer. Also in the vehicle were their children, a 17-year old male that his mother said has disabilities and the five year old. Children’s’ clothing was found in a cloth bag on top of and below the two large plastic bags containing the four small bags of meth.
Victor Hernandez and Amber Hernandez are charged individually with a First Degree Felony for possession and are held on a $75,000 bond each.
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.
Emory Woman Arrested for Meth, Cocaine, and Warrant for Endangering Child
A traffic violation noted by a Hopkins County Deputy led to the arrest of Sarah Irene Alsip, 29, of Emory. Alsip was stopped at Loop 301 at Jefferson Street at approximately 2 a.m. Thursday morning. She was found to be wanted on a warrant for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. A female deputy arrived on scene and following a pat down, found a plastic baggie containing methamphetamine along with a syringe in her pocket and a loaded syringe in her bra. At the jail, she was found to have suspected crack cocaine on her person.
Alsip is in Hopkins County Jail held on the warrant and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram but more than 4-grams and Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone. She is held on bonds totaling $35,000.
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.
Northeast Texas Livestock Association Sponsors the Junior Market Livestock Show for Hopkins County
It’s almost time for the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show and Sale, a fun, exciting and profitable event for local youth interested in agriculture. One of the most important functions performed by the 501C-3 NETLA organization is to oversee and sponsor this annual show and sale. Youngsters who are in 4H, Jr. FFA and high school FFA chapters in Hopkins County schools are invited to take part in the exciting event. Doing so helps them learn about animals and how to successfully raise and show a livestock project. NETLA’s year-round efforts also provide an opportunity for youth to earn scholarship money for their college fund and future interests in a career in agriculture.
Chuck Askins is a 17-year member of NETLA, and for the past twelve years has also served as Swine Superintendent. What does a livestock Superintendent do? In the autumn, Superintendents identify and validate the healthy project pigs registered by the students, following their inspection by the 4H or FFA leader. In the Spring, Superintendents conduct the check-in and weigh-in process on the morning of the NETLA Show. Askins also located and confirmed a judge for the Swine Show, and he helps explain the rules of showing to the youngsters prior to the Show. For 2019, 118 Swine projects were validated, owned by 71 youth exhibitors.
Following two days of animal shows for lambs, goats, poultry, swine, steers and heifers, the judging scores of these animals are tabulated and compared by NETLA. The top-scoring animals are selected to go into the Sale of Champions, and the top exhibitors and projects are announced by posting an Order of Sale at the event. Askins explained “normally, about half the number of animals in each specie are selected for the Sale, and never fewer than 15 of each specie. For example, for the 2019 Show, only 28 steers were validated. Therefore, 15 of these will be offered for bidding in the Sale of Champions. Last year, over $440,000 total was raised from the auction of the livestock projects, with every penny of that money going back to the exhibitors. And each year, the total amount of money raised is a little more, thanks to the generosity of our bidders and to those who provide add-on money”. Persons who attend the Sale of Champions on Saturday February 23 can enjoy a stew and chili lunch by donation, prepared by the Young Farmers organization in the arena of the Hopkins County Civic Center.
