Texas HHS Receives National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Grant For A New 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline
AUSTIN – Texas Health and Human Services today announced it is receiving more than $180,000 in funding toward implementing a new national three-digit dialing code, 988, for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
“The new 988 number makes it easier for people in crisis or emotional distress to get immediate assistance and connect to mental health resources within their communities,” said Sonja Gaines, HHS deputy executive commissioner of Intellectual and Developmental Disability and Behavioral Health Services. “We are excited to get to work, ensuring that Texans who need support can always count on a Lifeline.”
The grant funds will be used to help Texas Lifeline call centers prepare for infrastructure needs and additional callers, purchase headsets and computers, train and educate staff and data collection. The funding comes from Vibrant Emotional Health, the nonprofit administrator of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the 988 State Planning Grant.
Effective July 2022, the new 988 Lifeline will replace 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Federal legislation authorizing 988 as the three-digit code for the Lifeline was passed in October 2020.
HHSC recommends people in crisis and concerned family members continue to call the Lifeline at 800-273-8255 (800-273-TALK) until the 988 number becomes effective.
To learn more about suicide prevention and crisis centers, visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website and the HHS Suicide Prevention page. For more information on accessing behavioral health services in Texas, please visit the MentalHealthTX website.
About the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support and crisis counseling to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 180 local crisis centers, uniting local resources with national best practices.
Sulphur Springs City Council Approves Three 380 Infill Housing Agreement Requests, Final Plat
Approval of three 380 infill housing agreement requests and a final plat by Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night will allow for construction of three single family homes and two apartment buildings. The City Council also gave the go ahead for a drainage repair project on Beckham Street and to a proposal for solid waste concrete crushing.
380 Agreements
The three 380 infill housing agreements approved Tuesday night make eight approved by the council since the infill housing incentive program was adopted in August. The program offers reimbursement was certain city fees such as permitting fees, water and sewer tap fees, and delinquent taxes owed to the city and liens on the property upon completion of a new single family dwelling on certain identified properties within the city limits which utilize existing infrastructure to provide affordable housing.
Tuesday night, the council approved a request from SM Family Holdings for an infill housing agreement for construction at 110 West Ross Street, located in the middle of the block between Ardis and WA Street. The property has $3,181.50 in city tax liens, which the can be reimbursed upon completion of the new home at 110 West Ross Street.
This marks the second month SM Family Holdings has asked for a 380 infill housing agreement. Last month, the applicant was granted an infill housing development agreement for 222 Craig Street and 306 South Moore.
Approval was also granted to Alexander Bent’s request to a 380 infill housing agreement for 212 East California Street and 214 East California Street. The vacant lots, located side by side, are fairly narrow. Bent proposes combining the properties to construct a new home on the property and request requested a building tap fee be reimbursed for the project.
“Are these homes about 12-14 hundred square foot new?” Councilman Oscar Aguilar asked.
“The building envelop on this one is going to be roughly 40 by 60, which includes a garage and a porch area,” Sulphur Springs Community Development Director Tory Niewiadomski noted. “They typically have been around the 14-16 hundred square foot range. I think one of them that we did do last was over 2,000 square feet.”
Gerardo Contreras of Eleven One Homes’ request for a 380 infill housing agreement for a vacant property acquired at 220 Craig Street also was approved. The new house, proposed to be approximately 1,400 square feet, is to be constructed next to the property approved for a 380 agreement last month. Contreras has asked for reimbursement of building and tap fees associated with the project.
“This 380 is an excellent incentive tool for this infill housing to get these lots back on payroll, generate income. I’m really glad to see these on the agenda, and I hope that we are aggressively pushing this to interested parties. And, I hope this continues. I hope this is trend that will continue,” said Councilman Jay Julian.
“We’ve had a lot of interest every month. Obviously, there may be a couple more coming next month again. I get a lot of phone calls from a lot of different people — it’s hard to keep track of sometimes,” Niewiadomski said.
One council member noted that much interest in the program “is a good thing.”
Jewell Subdivision Plat
BGE Inc.’s request for a final plat combining two lots in Jewell Subdivision was granted. The 5.488-acre property is located on the northwest corner of the League and Bell Street intersection, and abuts Rockdale Road. Two three-story apartment buildings that will contain 72 units each and wrap around a house on League Street. A public water line will need t be dedicated to run throughout the property with two connections on League Street, then loop through to Rockdale Road to help with pressure. Booster pumps will be built in to help address potential pressure issues identified by the city’s engineering team, the community development director noted.
“Each one of those will have adequate fire suppression,” Niewiadomski told the City Council during their regular meeting, conducted via Zoom and streamed to the public via YouTube.
Sidewalks will be constructed along League Street. A detention pond will be installed in one area for storm water runoff and drainage. Aside from the water line, all utilities on site will be private. Fire hydrants for fire protection will be provided. A utility wire spanning through the property impacted the design, but will not prohibit construction. Parking will be mostly hidden from view behind the complex, which fronts League Street. The complex will essentially make a U shape, looping around the a home on property in front of part of planned construction project.
The Planning and Zoning Commission in January reviewed the request and recommended it for approval, as did city staff who reported it meets all city requirements for that type of construction.
“Staff did indicate that this lot was approved for low income housing tax credits at City Council and the State. This is going to be an age-restricted community for ages 55 and older,” Niewiadomski said, and asked the City Council to also authorize the city manager as part of the approval to execute a community facilities contract for the property for the water line.
Darren Smith with developer MVAH Partners told the P&Z Commissioners last month that the 72 age-restricted units would be funded with low income tax credits from the State of Texas.
Beckham-Lamar Street Drainage Repair
The council agreed to amend the 2019-2023 Capital Improvements Plan for drainage at Beckham at Lamar Streets. The project will involve replacing 850 linear feet of 30-inch storm drain pipe starting at the southwest corner of Pacific Park and continuing to the northwest corner of Pacific Park.
Niewiadomski and City Manager Marc Maxwell explained that city staff responding to reported drainage issues between Lamar and Carter Streets found that the bottom of the existing underground metal corrugated pipe has rotted out. The drainage pipe was installed nearly 25 years ago, one of the first capital improvement projects after Maxwell came to Sulphur Springs.
Due to the serious level of deterioration and the drainage issue’s ties into Pacific Park, the city officials proposed going ahead and replacing the line with a polypropylene line that shouldn’t rot while work is under way in the park. This will move the project up in the CIP plan to address the need and eliminate the need to tear that area out again after Pacific Park improvements are made, which in the long run could provide cost savings as well.
City staff noted a previous drainage issue in the area also required amending the CIP plan. A storm drain under the railroad track near caused street flooding during heavy rains. The runoff was rerouted away from the railroad tracks, with $85,000 from the Summer Paving Program used for the repair.
Concrete Crushing Contract
A resolution approving the proposal from TBK Materials LLC to convert solid concrete into recycled millings by crushing it so that it can be used in street and infrastructure development, and authorized the city manager to execute the contract.
The city hired TBK two years ago to crush the solid concrete waste stored at the city stockpile adjacent to the City Wastewater Treatment Plant at a rate of $8.50 per ton. The company crushed 38,713 tons of concrete, at a total cost of $329,060.50. Approximately 45 percent of that crushed stockpile has been used already along with crushed rock obtained a rate of $23.87 per ton. Using the crushed concrete, stored from any city project and brought to the city by contractors like those who rebuild sections of highway, has over the last couple of years saved the City of Sulphur Springs $15.37 per ton, Maxwell explained.
Currently, the city has another stockpile of about 20,000 to 25,000 tons of concrete that needs to be crushed so it can be used as road based when rebuilding city streets. This year, city officials and TBK have negotiated for the pile to be crushed for $8 per ton of concrete, which the city manager pointed out, will save the city $310,000 to $387,000 in material costs.
“We will probably use every bit of this and more on College Street,” Maxwell noted of the planned rebuilding project. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to stockpile enough more that we’ll be able to crush once more before we’re through with College Street.”
The city is not required to go out for competitive bids for the project because the material is a solid waste, but Maxwell said the rate is a competitive bid, which he asked the council to approve due to the overall cost.
Point Man Arrested For Illegal Commercial Dumping On CR 1151
A 20-year-old Point man was arrested for illegal commercial dumping on Hopkins County County Road 1151, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Todd Evans reportedly began investigating the illegal dumping Monday, after being alerted about construction materials being dumped along County Road 1151. After looking into the matter, the Point man was identified as a potential person of interest. Evans notified Hopkins County Assistant Fire Marshal Mike Matthews of the investigation and contacted Whiting.
Hunter James Whiting agreed to talk with the officers at the sheriff’s office Tuesday. During the interview, Whiting allegedly admitted to dumping a truck load of construction materials removed from a construction site in another county for disposal on CR 1151 in Hopkins County. The offense is alleged to have occurred on Jan. 29, 2021.
Due to the size size of the reported, which reportedly included pieces of wood and metal from what one person reported looked like cabinetry as well as other structural construction materials, Whiting was charged with illegal dumping of commercial materials estimated to weigh over 200 pounds.
Whiting remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning on the felony illegal dumping charge. Bond was set at $10,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.
The arrest is the second made by local authorities in the last 2 months. Justen Blake Saffel, 26, was arrested on Jan. 6 for allegedly dumping debris and trash near Lake Sulphur Springs, at the dead end of County Road 4703. The debris, when hauled away in a dump truck, weighed more than 4,000 pounds, officials reported following Saffel’s arrest. He was located in Omaha, Texas and charged with illegal dumping and intentionally or knowingly unauthorized discharge of the debris adjacent to the water way, in connection with the dumping near Lake Sulphur Springs.
Hopkins County Chamber Connection: Look & Book, Ribbon Cuttings Slated In February
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce
Here we are! We’ve landed in February, and the year is moving fast. I have a save the date for you. Please save the date for our annual Chamber Golf Tournament on Friday, April 9. Let’s hope for beautiful weather and so much fun!
Just a quick reminder … I wanted to let you all know that after five wonderful years here at the Chamber, I will be resigning my position in the middle of April.
The Chamber is currently accepting applications for the President/ CEO position. A job description and list of qualifications can be found on the Chamber Facebook page and on the Chamber website. Additionally, interested applicants may call the Chamber at (903) 885-6515 to receive these documents via email. All applications, resumes, and cover letters must be received at the Chamber by Friday, February 12, at noon to be considered. Application packets may be submitted via email to [email protected], or by mailing them to 110 Main St. in Sulphur Springs.
Charleston Sky is hosting a Look & Book
Charleston Sky, a local venue, is hosting a Look & Book Open House on February 28, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The address is 4274 Farm to Market Road 895, Cooper, Texas 75432. For more information, visit their website at www.charlestonsky.com or call Carol at 903-303-2711.
Ribbon Cuttings
Babe is hosting a ribbon cutting celebration
Babe is hosting a ribbon cutting celebration on Thursday, February 11, at noon. They are located at 215 B Main St., in Sulphur Springs, and specialize in women’s clothing. Please make plans to attend!
QB Data is hosting a ribbon cutting
QB Data is hosting a ribbon cutting celebration on Wednesday, February 17, at noon. The celebration will be held at the Chamber and will be a great opportunity to learn about this new business. Mark your calendars and join us!
Business Highlight
The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is highlighting a member of the Chamber each week. Please join me in congratulating our Business of the Week for February 4, Fire in Texas. You can read biographical stories at the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page and Instagram page.
Wildcats Soccer Team Suffers Second Straight Home Shutout In District Play Against Mount Pleasant
The Wildcats Soccer Team had the bad fortune of having to face perhaps the districts top two teams to start district play this season.
Tuesday night, February 2, the Wildcats ended up on the short end of a 2-0 score against arch rival Mount Pleasant at Gerald Prim Stadium. The Tigers scored a goal at 10:26 of the first quarter and added a second goal at 32:55 in the second quarter. The Tigers defense kept the Wildcats from scoring.
The loss dropped the Wildcats to 0-2 in district play and they have yet to score a goal in their two losses. The Wildcats lost 1-0 to Longview Friday night. Both the Tigers and Lobos were preseason ranked in the top 10 in the region in Class 5A.
The Wildcats’ season record is now 9-6-1. Perhaps what they need is a road trip. The Wildcats continue district play on the road Friday night in Texarkana against Texas High. Texas High has also started district play at 0-2 with road losses against Marshall and Pine Tree.
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Lady Cats Soccer Team Wins Shoot Out, 3-2, at Mount Pleasant To Get Defensive Struggle Victory
Two stingy defenses were on display Tuesday night, February 2, as the Lady Cats Soccer Team traveled to Mount Pleasant for the second district game for both teams. The Lady Cats finally prevailed 3-2 in penalty kicks to get a shoot out win over the Lady Tigers.
The two teams were scoreless after the first half and after the second half and after both halves of overtime. That set up the penalty kicks. The win gives the Lady Cats two points out of a possible three while Mount Pleasant will get one point. An outright victory is worth three points.
The Lady Cats now have the shoot out win and one outright loss to Longview last Friday. Mount Pleasant got an outright win last Friday against Pine Tree along with their shoot out loss. The Lady Cats season record is now 6-5-4. The Lady Cats play at home Friday night against Texas High as district play continues.
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Wildcats Basketball Team Struggles On The Road At Unbeaten Mount Pleasant In 55-34 Loss
The Wildcats Basketball Team never recovered from a very cold start in a 55-34 loss at first place Mount Pleasant Tuesday night, February 2
The Wildcats were only able to produce 2 points in the first quarter and 5 in the second quarter as they trailed 11-2 after one quarter and 23-7 at halftime. The Wildcats played much better in the third quarter but could only match Mount Pleasant, 17-17 and still trailed 40-24 after three quarters. The Tigers outscored the Wildcats 15-10 in the final quarter to get a 21 point win.
Sophomore post Kordrick Turner led the Wildcats with 12 points and senior point guard Lamodrick Johnson had 11 points. Junior post Justin Haire had 6 points. Senior guard Malique Cole had 4 points. Senior guard Boo Wilkerson had 1 point.
The unbeaten Tigers clinched the district championship with the win. The Wildcats slip to 8-3 in district play and 15-9 for the season. The Wildcats can clinch second place in district with a Senior Night home win Friday night against Texas High.
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#13 Ranked Saltillo Lions Basketball Team Stays Unbeaten In District With Tuesday Win
The Saltillo Lions Basketball Team, ranked #13 in Class 1A in a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll, remained perfect in district play with a dominating 83-47 win over Avinger Tuesday night, February 2.
The Lions led 20-10 after one quarter, 44-20 at halftime and 67-31 after three quarters. Both teams had 16 points in the fourth quarter. The Lions shot free throws well canning 21 of 27.
Andrew Redburn led the Lions with 30 points. Chris Boekhorst poured in 22 points. Coy Collins and David Whitworth both had 9 points. Gunner Tarver added 5 points. Colby McCoy scored 4 points. Colton McGill had 2 points.
The Lions are now 7-0 in district and 14-7 for the season. The Lions play next on Friday at Union Hill.
Feb. 2 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 18 New Cases, 12 In COVID Unit
The good news in the Feb. 2 COVID-19 updates is that COVID-19 hospitalization continue to decrease locally, in Trauma Service Area F and across the state this week. Unfortunately, one additional Hopkins County COVID-19 fatality and 19 new COVID-19 cases were reported for Hopkins County on Tuesday.
Hospital Reports
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management, in the Feb. 2 COVID-19 update reported the patient count in CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs COVID Unit dipped from 14 on Monday to 12 on Tuesday. That’s the least number of patients reported by HC/SSEM to be in the unit since Oct. 29, when the CMFH-SS COVID unit housed only 11 patients. The next nearest was Nov. 4, when the COVID unit was reported to have 13 patients. The patient count has been steadily declining from 26 patients on Jan. 19, which was down from 32 patients Jan. 7–Jan. 8.
That reflects a trend across the state over the last week of declining COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to Texas Department of State Health Services Feb. 2 COVID-19 Test and Hospital Data dashboard. A total of 11,002 COVID-19 patients were in Texas hospitals on Monday, 72 less than on Sunday, and 198 less than Saturday, 471 less than Friday, 979 less than Thursday, 1378 less than on Wednesday and 1,793 less than Tuesday and 1,849 less COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals on Feb. 1 than last Monday, Jan. 25. That’s down 3,216 from Jan. 11 when the COVID-19 patient count peaked at 14,218 across the state and 241 in Trauma Service Area F.
The COVID-19 patient count in Trauma Service Area F has remained below 200 since Jan. 20, and below 175 since Jan. 25. The patient count dropped from 177 on Jan. 24 to 167 on Jan. 25-26 and to 143 on Jan. 29 — the lowest in the last 38 days (the period during which TSA-F began experiencing “high hospitalizations,” that is days in which COVID-19 hospitalizations amounted to 15 percent or more of the total hospital capacity in the service area). The COVID-19 patient count on Monday, Feb. 1, was just one patient shy of that mark again on Feb. 1, with 143 COVID-19 patients in TSA-F hospitals.
Monday was the fifth day in which COVID-19 hospitalizations were less than 15 percent of the overall hospital capacity in TSA-F, which means two more consecutive days under 15 percent and the count starts over for TSA-F. Businesses in TSA-F that opened at 75 percent in October, but per GA-32 were supposed to reduce capacity to 50 percent when the area posted seven consecutive days over 15 percent on Jan. 2, will be allowed to reopen to 75 percent. Elective surgeries will be allowed to resume again too, if COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to make up less than 15 percent of the overall hospital capacity in TSA-F.
As COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased, its freed up more hospital beds, ventilators and ICU beds in TSA F as well, according to the DSHS Feb. 2 COVID-19 Test and Hospital Data dashboard and Combined Hospital Data over Time by Trauma Service Area (TSA) report.
Case Counts
January ended on a more hopeful note than it began –with fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations, six recoveries and only one new confirmed COVID-19 case reported on Sunday, February has started with a bang case-wise.
So far, 24 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16 probable cases have been reported for Hopkins County during the first two days of February, which is 19 more new confirmed cases and five more probable cases than on Jan. 1-2 and a dozen more confirmed cases than Dec. 1-2. Since the pandemic began in March 2020, only October, a month with 323 confirmed COVID-19 cases, had more cases during the first two days of the month: 17 on the first and three on the second.
Cumulatively, 2,673 COVID-19 cases have been reported for Hopkins County since March 21, when the first novel coronavirus 2019 case was confirmed in Hopkins County. That includes 1,393 Hopkins County residents who have received positive molecular COVID-19 test results and 1,280 probable cases, determined by positive antigen tests or has a combination of symptoms and a known exposure to someone with COVID-19 without a more likely diagnosis
So far, there have been no recoveries in February. Cumulatively, however, 2,416 of the 2,6,73 Hopkins County residents who’ve had COVID-19 have recovered.
DSHS’ Feb. 2 COVID-19 dashboard showed 94 Hopkins County residents have been confirmed by cause on death certificate to have died from COVID-19. That means one additional Hopkins County resident was confirmed Tuesday to have died from COVID-19.
The latest COVID-19 death is reported to have occurred on Jan. 24, increasing the fatality count for January to 11: two each on Jan. 2 and Jan. 5; and one each on Jan. 3, Jan. 6, Jan. 8, Jan. 14, Jan. 16, Jan. 23 and Jan. 24., according to the DSHS Feb. 2 COVID-19 County Trends and Case Counts dashboards. That total could increase as the state receives official death certificates for Hopkins County residents who have passed away.
That leaves 163 active COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 2, 2021.
COVID-19 Testing
HC/SSEM officials in the Feb. 2 COVID-19 update reported a total of 9,077 molecular COVID-19 test have been performed at 128A Jefferson Street since the Red Cross building opened up as a free COVID-19 testing site in the fall. That includes the 95 tests conducted Monday at the free testing site.
The Feb. 2 COVID-19 Test and Hospital Data dashboard shows a total of 14,263 viral or molecular tests have been performed in Hopkins County. One additional antibody test and 11 additional antigen tests were conducted on Monday in Hopkins County, increasing the cumulative totals to 1,837 antigen tests and 1,775 antibody tests. Overall, more than 17,875 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Hopkins County since the pandemic began.
Free oral swab COVID-19 testing has been extended through the month of February in Sulphur Springs. Testing is typically offered from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays inside the Red Cross (old Fidelity Express Building) in Sulphur Springs.
Free testing is open to anyone regardless of age or address. However, registration is required online at www.GoGetTested.com in order to be tested at 128-A Jefferson Street in Sulphur Springs.
COVID-19 Vaccine Data
Twenty-one additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to people in Hopkins County on Monday, increasing the overall total to 2,129. Thirteen additional people in Hopkins County received the first dose of the vaccine while eight more received the second dose of the shot Monday. That makes 1,797 who’ve gotten the first dose of the vaccine, and 332 who’ve been fully vaccinated with both doses of the two-shot vaccine, according to the Feb. 2 COVID-19 Vaccine Data dashboard.
The number of people fully vaccinated is expected to continue to grow this week, as 400 additional doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated to Hopkins County to finish vaccinating those who received their shots about 4 weeks ago. Hopkins County has been allocated a total of 2,800 doses of vaccine so far, including 800 second-doses over the 8-weeks of distribution. No additional doses had been allocated on Tuesday to offer those still waiting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
People can find more information about the COVID-19 vaccine at dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine.aspx.
Click here a full list of vaccine allocations for the week of Feb. 1.
A list of vaccination hub providers and their contact information is also available on the DSHS website.
Click this link to see the DSHS/Texas Department of Emergency Management map of vaccine providers.
Lady Cats are 4th and Wildcats 2nd at Separate Powerlifting Meets in Paris Last Week
The Lady Cats and Wildcats Powerlifting Teams competed at Paris’ meets last week.
The Lady Cats were in a 10 team field and finished 4th last Thursday (January 28). The Lady Cats had 5 lifters. Markida Hood took 1st place in the 198 pound weight class lifting a total of 530 pounds. Machelle Allen was 3rd with a 790 pound total. Reese Offutt was 4th lifting 500 pounds total. Addy Lamb took 6th in the 132 pound weight class with 585 pounds total. Kenia Harrera also competed in the 123 pound weight class for the Lady Cats.
On Saturday (January 30), the Wildcats competed in Paris against 8 other teams and finished 2nd. The Wildcats had 12 lifters. Austin McCain was 1st in the 114 pound weight class lifting 515 pounds. Juan Hernandez was 1st in the 132 pound weight class lifting 1050 pounds. Matthew Mitchell took 1st in the 181 pound weight class with 1255 pounds total. Ryan Carillo was 2nd in the 198 pound weight class with 1235 pounds total. Chad Maynard was 3rd in the 242 pound weight class with 1355 pounds. Sean Dial was 3rd in the 275 pound weight class with 1240 pounds. Jakobe Yarbrough was 4th in the 308 pound weight class with 1200 pounds. Brenden Fink was 4th in the 165 pound weight class with 1010 pounds. Alfredo Olavide was 5th in the 242 pound weight class lifting 1080 pounds total. Conner West was 6th in the 198 pound weight class with 1005 total. Clayton Boykin was 7th in the 198 pound weight class with 905 total. Josh Sutton was 7th in the 242 pound weight class with 1015 total.
The Lady Cats and Wildcats lift next in a meet at Royse City on Thursday.
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