Lady Cats Travel to Mt Pleasant Thursday Due to Field Conditions
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The Lady Cats’ softball team and Mt. Pleasant are finally expected to get on the field today to play a district game. They’ll have to go to Mt. Pleasant to play the game. Lady Cat Park is still unplayable after rain last night and early this morning. The game was originally scheduled here on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. Then it was rescheduled for here Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Now it will be played at 5:30 p.m. in Mt. Pleasant today.
It’s an important game for both teams as they jockey for the highest playoff seed as possible. The Lady Cats are 7-3 in district play and Mt. Pleasant is 8-2. Both trail Hallsville. When the two teams played last month in Mt. Pleasant, the Lady Tigers got a one-run victory. The Lady Cats are 23-5 for the season and Mt. Pleasant is 14-8-3.
Como-Picktons Students’ Projects to be Auctioned in Scholarship Fundraiser
As a part of the Como Crawfish Festival, the Como-Pickton FFA and SkillsUSA students have designed and constructed projects that will be used to raise money for the Clay Evans Memorial Scholarship for Como-Pickton Seniors. The event, on CR 2337 just off FM 69 (follow the signs) is set for April 16th, 2 p.m. until 8 p.m.
A patio fire pit built by River Thomas and Brayden Densmore will be raffled for the scholarship fund. Tickets are available from event organizers.
A crawfish eating table constructed by Marabella Santivanez, Alberto Morales, and Samuel Murillo for SkillsUSA competition.
A dutch oven table with a seasoned, ready to use dutch oven will be a part of the live auction.
The FFA and SkillsUSA students that construct and donate these projects are living the FFA motto: Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve.
Gatewood, Taylor Qualify for Area; More Results Coming in Thursday
Jacob Gatewood down but not out after his 2nd place finish in the 3200 meter (2 mile) run. Gatewood, who had been sick for days before the race is helped up by Peyton Vickery. a team mate, who ran the 3200.
One Wildcat and a Lady Cat qualified for the Area Track Meet next week in Whitehouse on the first day of the District Track Meet in Pine Tree Wednesday. Jacob Gatewood finished second in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:07.41. Imani Taylor won the long jump with a leap of 17.07 ¾. Wildcats and Lady Cats’ track teams are competing in the District Tract Meet in Pine Tree Wednesday and Thursday.
In the 3200 meter run Wednesday, Jacob Gatewood, who had been sick for several days before the meet, expended all his energy in a second place finish to qualify for Area (see picture caption).
Several athletes qualified for finals Thursday at District in several events. Jaylon Hawkins advanced Wednesday in prelims of the 100-meter dash. Bubba Hall advanced in the 200-meter run and Ryan Humphries advanced in the 300-meter hurdles.
For the Lady Cats, N’ysa Dugan and Sedavia Porter advanced in the 100-meter dash, Makenzie Moore, Abbi Baier and Faith Hatley advanced in the 110-meter hurdles, Baier and Hatley also advanced in the 300-meter hurdles and Sheretta Hill advanced in the 400-meter run. After the first day, the Wildcats were in fourth place and the Lady Cats were in sixth place.
Events Thursday include the 100-meter dash final, the 800-meter dash final, 300-meter hurdles final, the 4 X 400-meter relay, the high jump, the 200-meter dash final, the 1600-meter run final, the discus, 400-meter run final, the 4 X 100-meter relay, the 110-meter hurdles final and the 4 X 200-meter relay.
District track will wrap up Thursday as athletes are attempting to qualify for an Area Meet at Whitehouse next week.
KSST will be updating this story during the day with additional Wildcat wins.
Big Discounts for the Big Apple & Bermuda
Well we promised you one travel deal each week, but we already have another before the week is out. If you are looking for a great deal on a cruise going to Bermuda, then this is the best we have found!! The Norwegian Breakaway ship cruises out of New York City to Bermuda, and the best deal we found today is to travel in August of this year. We have been to Bermuda a couple of times (once on a cruise, and once direct flight/hotel). I can tell you that direct flights to Bermuda can get expensive and the hotels are certainly pricey. The best way to go is definitely by cruise ship. I would also recommend flying to NYC a day early to sightsee before your cruise and maybe do a little shopping. I have found flights to NYC for the dates around the cruise on American Airlines for around $250 each/ round trip. So this makes for a wonderful trip to see NYC And Bermuda and enjoy big savings. I just priced out a 7-day cruise from NYC to Bermuda in outside cabin for 2 for a total of $2795.30 plus Air ($506) and there is a stateroom credit of $150!! Click on the link below to get started looking at the dates, but you will need to email: [email protected] to get the extra savings available for the August voyages of: $100-$250 per stateroom credit.
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Burglary Suspect Flees, But Cannot Hide
Darien Tre Sims, 23, was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge for Burglary of a Habitation. Sulphur Springs Police Department officers responded to a residential burglary on the 600 block of Houston Street where they learned that the resident had observed subjects inside of her home before the subjects fled the scene. Officers located Sims walking around the 500 block of Connally Street. The victim identified Sims as a suspect. Sims was then taken into custody and transported to the Hopkins County Jail where he sits on a $20,000 bond for Burglary of a Habitation.
Assault on County Road Leads to Arrest
Nathaniel Ryan Lisenbee, 26, was arrested Wednesday night on a charge for Assault/Family Violence by Impeding Airway. Lisenbee also had two outstanding warrants for Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility and Driving with an Invalid License.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to County Road 4761 in reference to an assault report. Upon arrival, arresting officers met with a victim where it was found that Lisenbee had been involved in an altercation with the victim while inside of a vehicle. According to the victim’s account of the incident, Lisenbee assaulted the victim by punching her in the face and then threw her to the ground after attempting to place her in a choke hold to impede her breathing. The victim was found to have marks and bruising consistent with the stated actions. According to the victim, Lisenbee removed the keys from the victim’s vehicle and threw them into a nearby pasture and proceeded to take the victim’s cellphone to prevent her from calling law enforcement. Lisenbee then left the victim along with 3 minor children on the side of the road as he walked away calling for a ride.
Officers located Lisenbee in a friend’s vehicle during a traffic stop and took him into custody where Lisenbee admitted to the details of the incident. Officers then transported Lisenbee to the Hopkins County Jail where he now sits on $30,000 bond for Assault of a Family Member by Impeding Breathing, Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility, and Driving with an Invalid License.
SSPD Makes Arrest Shortly After Burglary Reported
Carae Martez Williams, 21, a Calvert Street resident, is in Hopkins County Jail following his arrest Wednesday morning burglary of a habitation and for possession of a firearm by a felon.
The resident at 621 Houston Street called Sulphur Springs Police Wednesday morning to report a man in her home looking for a weapon. She said the man was wearing a camo jacket. As SSPD approached the residence, Officer Miller spotted a subject that matched the description walking on Locust Street near Van Sickle. He made contact with Williams and patted him down for officer safety. The weapon was located in the waistband just above Williams’ front pocket. Williams told the officer he was a felon and had been released in 2014. The arrest was made at 10:12 a.m. Wednesday.
Williams’ bond has been set at $10,000 for possession of a firearm by a felon and $35,000 for burglary of a habitation.
Saltillo FCCLA Team Bring Home Medals From State Meet
Saltillo FCCLA students competed in the State FCCLA meeting last weekend in Dallas. The team brought home 12 Gold and two (2) Silver medals.
Kneeling L to R: Ana Gallegos, Lorena Castro, Mason McGill, Katy Perea & Catlin Shelby; 2nd Row L to R: Jodie Tippit, Brianna Harvick, Brenda Castro, Madison Simmons & Rainie English; 3rd Row L to R: BreAnna Reynolds, Paula Boekhorst, Michael Simmons & Malori Hogue.
Cumby High School Robotics Teams Wins Nationals
Cumby High School Robotics Team
The Cumby High School Robotics competed at the National Robotics Meet on April 7-9 at Council Bluffs, Iowa and won first in the nation. Eight students competed, including Landon Mabe, Preston Salinas, Brent Brewer, Jacob Simonek, Hannah Jarvis, Presley Clampitt, Jesslin Bond, and Lacy Jacobs. “Nationals was pretty amazing, especially since we’re all best friends,” Robotics student Hannah Jarvis said. “Three of our guys are seniors, and just being with them for their last robotics match was pretty amazing.”
The robotics competition is sponsored by Vex Robotics, who annually releases a new game that require teams to design a robot to play. The theme of the national competition was “Nothing But Net,” where teams had to construct a robot that could pick up and fire foam balls into nets on each side of the enclosed space. “Whenever you’re building a robot, You have to build it to fit the game,” Robotics student Landon Mabe said. “We built the robot in three stages. We started with the drive, which is how it gets around, then we worked on the intake, which is how it picks up the foam balls off the field, then finally the firing mechanism, which we like to call the ‘hammer’. After we built the drive, the intake, and then the firing mechanism, we have to program the robot to incorporate all of the motors that make it move and then hook it up to the remote. We had to document all of this in our Robotics Engineering Notebook, which we kept track of throughout the year. Everything we did, everytime we did something to it, we had to record it in the notebook.”
The primary component used to pick up and then fire the foam balls was rubber bands. According the Robotics student Jacob Simmonek, the robot would pick up the foam balls with two rubber bands tied to gears and then carry the ball to the firing mechanism using a series of chains. Then a square of plexi-glass would nudge the foam ball into the “hammer” which would trigger a light sensor that activates the “hammer” in order to launch the foam ball into the net.
The Cumby robotics team was part of an “alliance” with two other schools, making for three official national champion teams. The two other schools in Cumby’s alliance were from Galveston, TX, named 400X and 400S. “We got to say, to their credit, 400X and 400S had amazing robots and were cool people,” Landon said.
The Cumby robotics team not only won the national championship, but also the “Design Award,” an award which is given only to one team out of the over 400 entries at the High School, Middle School and Open divisions for the most creative and the most time-consuming robot design. “We’re more proud of that than we are even of winning,” Landon said.
The team was lead by robotics teacher Lee Gifford.
Cumby High School Robotics Team
