Lady Cats Cannot Overcome Lady Tigers 7 Run 1st Inning
The Lady Cats’ softball team got off to a pretty good start scoring a run in the top of the first inning against Texas High in Texarkana Tuesday night. Then the Lady Tigers exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the first. The Lady Cats could only answer with a single run in the sixth inning and Texas High took a 7-2 win.
The Lady Tigers had 13 hits. The Lady Cats got 8 hits. Both teams committed an error.
Jaye Doughtie had two hits for the Lady Cats. Kristen Allen drove home a run. Allen also drew 2 walks and Brinklee Driver and Kelsey Wallace walked once each. Bailey Haggerty took the pitching loss going all six innings and getting one strikeout.
The Lady Cats are now 3-2 in district play and 16-6 for the season. The Lady Cats have an open date Friday. They will return to Lady Cat Park next Tuesday to face Mt. Pleasant in another key district game.
Legendary SSHS Football Coach James Cameron Named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor
Legendary Sulphur Springs football coach James Cameron has been named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor. The late Coach Cameron capped his coaching career with six stellar seasons in Sulphur Springs. Between 1989 and 1994, his Wildcats’ teams captured four district championships and shared two others. His 1993 and 1994 teams both played until the regional quarterfinal game. Coach Cameron’s 1991 team was a perfect 10-0 and was rated #1 in the state before losing a bi-district game. Coach Cameron still has the highest winning percentage of any Wildcats coach with his 78.8% record of 57-15-1. Only current coach Greg Owens has exceeded his victory total with 77 wins over 11 seasons. Coach Cameron also had head coaching stops at Kilgore, Rockwall and McKinney.
Current Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young had a unique perspective to observe Coach Cameron. Young’s father Tom was a Coach Cameron assistant at Rockwall and Sulphur Springs. Matt grew up around football teams and played for Coach Cameron for four years at Sulphur Springs High School. Coach Young said Coach Cameron has had a lasting effect on a bunch of coaches. He said he was blessed of have Coach Cameron as part of his life. Coach Young remembers as a player seeing Coach Cameron deep snapping footballs into garbage cans and eating candy and then falling asleep during some film sessions. He said everyone seems to have a James Cameron story. Coach Young said Coach Cameron was a joy to play for and he made you love him. When Coach Cameron passed away between the 1994 and 1995 seasons, a large crowd of over 3,000 attended his funeral at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center.
Game Day: Baseball, Softball, Golf
We have baseball, softball and golf on this Tuesday game day.
The Wildcats’ baseball team is at Texas High in Texarkana. The Wildcats have opened district play with a slugfest win at Pine Tree and with a pitchers’ duel win at home against Marshall. The Wildcats are 2-0 in district play and 8-5-1 for the season. They have won four games in a row. Texas High is always a tough place to play. Coach Jerrod Hammack in eleven years of visiting as Wildcats’ coach remembers winning there only three times. The Wildcats JV Royal Team will play at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The varsity will play at 7 p.m.
The Lady Cats’ softball team will also have a big district game at Texas High. The Lady Cats are 3-1 in district play. Texas High along with Mt. Pleasant are at the top of the district standings with 3-0 records. The Lady Cats JV will play at 4:30 p.m. with the varsity to follow at around 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The Lady Cats’ golf team is also playing this Tuesday game day. The Lady Cats are in a tournament in Canton at the Van Zandt Country Club.
Two Lions, Two Lady Lions Selected to All-Region Teams
Two Saltillo Lady Lions and two Saltillo Lions were selected to All-Region teams selected by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.
Making the All-Region III Class 1A team were Lady Lions senior Ana Gallegos and senior Melissa Groenewold and Lions junior Trevor Moore and junior Lyle Bench.
The Saltillo Lady Lions finished as a regional quarter finalist. The Saltillo Lions finished as a regional semifinalist. Saltillo Coach Bill Giles said when the team plays well and goes deep into the playoffs, then individual awards get chosen. He added all four student athletes had an outstanding year leading their team through the season and the playoff run.
Cumby PD Arrest Dallas Pair for Heroin, Meth
Paula Jean Kelly, 58
Paula Jean Kelly, 58, and Billy Jackson Mitchell, 54, of Dallas were arrested Monday night at the 110-mile marker on I-30 after Cumby police observed multiple traffic violations within the span of one mile. In their possession were Heroin, methamphetamine, and multiple syringes and one pipe.
Billy Jackson Mitchell, 54
Both are in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram.
Local Man Arrested for Illegal Dumping into Waterway
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Officer Paul Fenimore was traveling Highway 11W when he noted a 1996 Chevrolet CK1500 and trailer backed up to a local waterway. There he watched as Gregory Alvarez Duran, 44, a resident of the City of Sulphur Springs off-loaded construction materials into the waterway.
Fenimore stopped to speak with Duran and found that he had been dumping in excess of 1,000-pounds of rubble, debris and construction materials into the waterway for the past two days without permission of the owner. The Hopkins County Environmental officer was notified due to the large amount of materials being dumped into a waterway.
Duran is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Illegal Dumping more than 1,000lbs or more than 200CFT. He is held on a $5,000 bond.
The Way Bible Church Defines Relationship to The Way Radio Group Following Arrest of Morgan
Monday afternoon, The Way Bible Church posted to social media a letter to members of the congregation that meets in the Martin Springs Community at FM 2560. The letter defined the relationship between the church and The Way Radio Group that owns two local radio stations. One of those stations, The Way, is a Christian station that airs the worship service of the church for a fee.
The letter was issued in response to an article published on ksstradio.com following the arrest of the former manager for The Way Radio Group. Craig Thomas “Moose” Morgan was arrested Monday and charged with a Felony 3 Theft of Property more than $2500 but less than $30,000 and with Giving False Statement to Obtain Property or Credit, a State Jail Felony.
Although the church and the radio group shares a name, the letter confirms to members that the church has no financial interest in the radio station or any ownership in the radio group. Pastor Joel Tiemeyer did host the morning show for the Christian station during its first year of operation “…to help launch a Christian radio station in the Northeast Texas area,” according to the letter.
In conversation with Morgan some time ago, he told KSST News that he had asked permission of The Way Bible Church to use “The Way” in the name of the radio group. He stated that he did not want to create any confusion with the name. Just months ago, in conversation with Pastor Tiemeyer, he confirmed the two entities were not joined in any business venture other than the church paying for air time to broadcast their services.
The letter:
Dear TWBC family,
We have just read the article published by KSST and other organizations reporting the situation involving 99.7 FM The Way & 107.1 Thunder Country owned by The Way Radio Group.
The Way Radio Group is a privately owned business that is not affiliated with The Way Bible Church.
Pastor Joel worked at 99.7 The Way as a Radio Morning DJ for the first year of 99.7 FM The Way to help launch a Christian radio station in the Northeast Texas area.
Since then he has offered his insight spiritually and in other volunteer roles as needed to help The Way Radio Group provide Christian radio in the Northeast Texas area.
TWBC has no financial interest or ownership in The Way Radio Group as we are completely separate entities.
We would ask that you keep all individuals involved lifted up in prayer as this is a trying time for many families.
If you have any questions please contact TWBC @ 903-438-2363
Sincerely, The Way Bible Church
Atmos Energy Begins Flaring at Substation
Atmos Energy will begin flaring at their substation near CR 2319 and FM 1870 by Reed’s Scrap Metal and the former AP Green Brick Plant. The flaring will continue for 10 business days, according to County Fire Chief Andy Endsley.
Flames will shoot into the air approximately 50 feet. Endsley said residents do not need to call the fire department regarding the flaring. Atmos will have staff on hand should the flaring create a dangerous situation or cause an unplanned fire.
TSPWC Controlled Burn at Cooper Lake Tuesday; County Fire Crews Busy Monday
A controlled burn at Cooper Lake State Park will keep underbrush in check on the 200 acres set ablaze Tuesday, March 21, 2017, according to Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy Endsley. Endsley wants residents in the north part of Hopkins County who will see the smoke to be aware that the burn is being controlled by Texas State Parks and Wildlife Commission workers.
Endsley hoped that county firemen will have the opportunity to observe the work of TSPWC employed and specially trained staff. They will be using state equipment to control the burn. He stated that this is an annual event at state parks. This year the work is being carried out later in the year due to weather and fire hazard conditions that have delayed the timing.
County paid and volunteer firemen may not have time to observe the controlled burn. They were busy Monday. A grass fire that covered a large area off County Road 3520 in the Dike Community commanded much of their time Monday. That was followed by an outside storage shed fire that spread into a grass fire in the Pickton-Pine Forest area. The storage shed was filled with wood tightly stacked making it difficult for firemen to put out the fire, according to Endsley.
For Endsley and one of his lieutenants the day did not end with the two fires. On their return to Fire Station 20, the came upon an accident at the corner of Broadway and Wildcat Way and remained on the scene until city responders arrived.
