Lady Cats Golf Team Takes 3rd Place at Tempest Golf Club as Senior Mariam Tran Wins Tourney
Lady Cat senior golfer Mariam Tran finished first and the Lady Cats took third place at a tournament Thursday, Mar. 4 at Tempest Golf Club in Gladewater.
Tran shot an even par 72 to win medalist honors. Lady Cats Golf Coach Whitney Spigener said the weather was beautiful adding that the Lady Cats had awesome scores taking third place as a team. They trailed only Tyler Legacy and Longview.
Coach Spigener said sophomore MyKylie Meador struggled on her first nine holes but then improved by 11 strokes on her second nine to finish with a 103. Senior Makayla Pullen shot her personal best 112. Sophomore Mattye Schmidt shot 118. Freshman Autumn Allen shot 123. The Lady Cats had their best team score for this semester with a 405 total.
Next the Lady Cats have a district preview back at the Tempest course on March 22.
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Sulphur Springs Mayor Recognizes Texas History Month
Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers, known locally for his passion for genealogy and history, this week took during the regular City Council meeting to recognize the significance of the day to Texas and encouraged citizens to join him in celebrating Texas’ historical past.
“It is imperative that the citizens of the great State of Texas make every effort to preserve, protect and promote the diversified and cultural history of our state,” Sellers read from a proclamation recognizing March as Texas History Month. He noted the significance of issuing the proclamation on March 2, 2021, as it marked the 185th anniversary of the signing of Texas Declaration of Independence which created the Republic of Texas.
The Republic of Texas existed for nine years before becoming the 28th state to join the Union. Sellers noted that the Republic of Texas in February 1845 approved a resolution to enter the Union, which became known as the Constitution of 1845, and allowed Texas to retain its right to divide into four states in addition to the original Texas. The Republic of Texas joined the Union on Dec. 29, 1845.
Sellers noted other things that distinguish Texas are the facts that it is “the only state that was a Republic before joining the Union, the second largest state in land mass and the second largest in population. It occupies about seven percent of the total land and water areas of the United States.”
Other historic notables are the Alamo complex, purchased in the early 20th century by Texas Legislature, with the Alamo chapel designated as the official Texas State Shrine. Alamo Day is celebrated on March 6 annually to commemorate the significance of the shrine.
The Texas Rangers, established in 1826 by Stephen F. Austin as a “unique group of lawmen used to track down outlaws, settle feuds and reconcile land disputes, is another significant note in Texas History. The agency became part of Texas Department of Public Safety in 1935 and continues to stand for law and order in the state today.
Texas is the Lone Star State, named for the single five-point white star on a blue background, with one upper white and one lower red horizontal stipe each. Local governments, including Sulphur Springs City Council and Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees, open meetings with an invocation and reciting of the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.
Sellers urges all citizens to join him in observing Texas History Month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Wildcats Soccer Team Pours in the Goals in 8-2 Win Over Texas High Thursday
The Wildcats Soccer Team scored 5 unanswered first half goals and then cruised to an 8-2 district win over Texas High Thursday night (March 4) at Gerald Prim Stadium.
Omar Hernandez had a hat trick scoring three of the Wildcats first four goals. David Moreno also had an early goal for the Wildcats. Garrett Robinson’s goal was the fifth and last one for the first half.
In the second half, Alex Yanez, Jorge Santacruz and Uriel Santacruz scored goals for the Wildcats. The Tigers goals were scored by Austin Miller, one on a penalty kick after a Wildcats’ foul in the box.
The win improves the Wildcats’ district record to 4-5. Their season record is now 13-9-1. The Wildcats play next at Marshall on Saturday. The JV game is at 9 A.M. with the Varsity game to follow at 11 A.M.
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Lady Cats Soccer Team Rallies in Second Half to Defeat Texas High 4-2 on the Road
The Lady Cats Soccer Team used a strong second half to defeat Texas High in a district game, 4-2 in Texarkana Thursday night (March 4). The Lady Cats trailed 2-1 at halftime but scored three unanswered goals in the second half to get the big win.
Haylee Shultz scored the Lady Cats’ first and last goal of the night. Rebekah Stanley scored the first two goals in the second half.
The win was the Lady Cats’ second of the week and improved their district record to 5-4. One of the wins was a shootout win. The Lady Cats’ season mark is now 10-8-4.
Next the Lady Cats get the Marshall Lady Mavericks at home on Saturday at 10 A.M. in a Varsity only game.
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Wildcats Baseball Team Gets Into the Win Column Splitting Two Games Thursday at Wylie East
The Wildcats Baseball Team split two games in the Wylie East Raider Classic tournament on Thursday (March 4). The Wildcats held on to defeat North Forney, 6-5 and then just came up short, 3-2 against host Wylie East.
Against the Falcons, the Wildcats scored 3 runs in the top of the third to go ahead, 5-3. North Forney scored twice in the bottom of the fourth but the Wildcats held on to take the four inning game. Hayden Hurst got the pitching win going 3 1/3 innings allowing 6 hits and 5 runs while striking out 3 and walking 6. Kaden Wallace got a save getting the last two outs giving up nothing and getting a strikeout. Ty Stroud was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI’s and a run scored. Wallace was 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored. Matthew Singleton was 2 for 3 with a run scored. Hurst was 1 for 3 with an RBI and a double. Dawson Carpenter was 1 for 2 with 2 runs scored. Boo Wilkerson had an RBI.
Against Wylie East, the Wildcats scored twice in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the score at 2-2. The Raiders went ahead with a run in the top of the fifth to go up 3-2. The Wildcats could not match the run in the bottom of the fifth in the five inning game. The Wildcats actually outhit the Raiders 6 to 5.
Matthew Sherman pitched well going 4 innings while giving up 3 hits and only 1 earned run while striking out 5 and walking 5. Hector Martinez took the loss going 1 inning allowing 2 hits and a 1 run with 2 strikeouts and a walk. Wallace was 1 for 3. Hurst was 1 for 2 with a run scored. Stroud was 1 for 2. Aiken Owens was 1 for 2. Blake Vice was 1 for 2 with an RBI. Griffin Crawford was 1 for 2 with an RBI.
The Wildcats season record is now 1-6. They will continue play in the tournament on Friday.
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Lady Cats Softball Team Loses Pitchers’ Duel and Then Bounces Back at Canton Tournament Thursday
The Lady Cats Softball Team split a pair of games on the first day of a Canton tournament Thursday (March 4).
The Lady Cats lost a 1-0 heartbreaker in a pitchers’ duel with Royse City and then were ahead 7-1 against Mineola when the lights went out in the top of the fifth inning.
Lady Cat Crimson Bryant deserved a better fate. She took the pitching loss against Royse City throwing 7 innings allowing 5 hits and 1 run while striking out 12 and walking 1. The Lady Bulldogs scored the game’s lone run in the top of the fourth. The Lady Cats could manage only 1 hit. Jaydn Harper hit a double in the third inning. Nylah Lindley had a walk and a stolen base.
The Lady Cats bounced back against Mineola scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the first inning to go up, 6-0. Both teams scored single runs in the fourth inning. Mineola was up in the top of the fifth when the lights went out. The Lady Cats outhit Mineola, 7 to 2.
Addison Caddell pitched a strong game to get the win. She went 4 innings and allowed only 2 hits and no earned runs while striking out 4 and walking 2. Bryant was 1 for 1 with 2 RBI’s, a run and a walk. Grace Magnuson was 2 for 2 with a double, a run scored and a walk. Nicole Higgins was 1 for 2 with 2 runs scored. Addison DeSmet was 1 for 2 with a run scored and a walk. Caddell was 1 for 2 with a walk. Matti Smith was 1 for 2 with an RBI. Harper scored a run and walked twice. Lindley scored a run and walked twice.
The Lady Cats are now 6-2 for the season. The Lady Cats play two more games Friday in the tournament. They face Kaufman at 10 A.M. and then Ferris at 4 P.M.
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March 4 COVID-19 update: 3 Fatalities, 22 New Cases, 3 Recoveries So Far This Week
Daily COVID-19 case and patient counts in COVID hospital units across the state have continued to decline over the last few week, but new cases do continue to be reported daily at the county, regional and state level. From March 1 to March 4 COVID-19 case counts in Hopkins County increased by 22, while only three recoveries were reported; three COVID-19 fatalities have also been confirmed for Hopkins County in the last seven days.
COVID-19 Case Counts
Since Monday, a dozen Hopkins County residents received positive molecular COVID-19 tests results — three each on March 1 and 4, four on March 2 and two on March three. That’s 49 less than the first four days of December, 33 less than Jan. 1-4, 28 less than Feb. 1-4, its still nearly twice as many as were reported July 1-4. In the last seven days, 22 new lab-confirmed molecular COVID-19 cases have been reported for Hopkins County, increasing the cumulative total since March 27, 2020, the day Hopkins County officials were notified of the first known case of COVID-19 in a county resident, to 1,523 on March 4, 2021, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services March 4 COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard and Confirmed Cases Over Time By County report.
Ten additional probable COVID-19 cases were also reported for Hopkins County during the first four days of March, which is 25 fewer new cases than were reported Feb. 1-4 and 32 less than from Jan. 1-4. Cumulatively, 1,523 probable COVID-19 cases have been reported for Hopkins County. That’s 1,523 Hopkins County residents who have either received a positive antigen COVID-19 test result or who have had a combination of symptoms and a known exposure to someone with COVID-19 without a more likely diagnosis. That number likely should be higher as DSHS did not initially require healthcare providers to report antigen and probable cases when the additional testing methods first became available and and were utilized.
That’s 7.93 percent of the population reported to have had either a lab-confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 since March 21, 2020, the date the state began tracking and reporting COVID-19 cases to counties.
Only three Hopkins County residents were reported March 1-4 to have recovered from COVID-19, two on Wednesday and one on Thursday. That’s significantly less than in previous months: 25 recoveries were reported from Feb. 1-4, 42 from Jan. 1-4 and 82 from Dec. 1-4. Cumulatively, 2,664 of the combined 2,942 Hopkins County residents reported since March 27, 2020 to have COVID-19 have recovered from the virus, according to DSHS March 4 COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard and the New Probable Cases over Time by County report.
Over the last week, three additional Hopkins County COVID-19 fatalities were confirmed by cause on death certificates. Cumulatively, that’s 103 Hopkins County residents (0.28 percent of the total population) who have died in just under a year as a direct result of COVID-19. Three of the last four deaths reported occurred in February, increasing the total so far for February to four — one each on Feb. 7, Feb. 10, Feb. 20 and Feb. 26. The fourth death is an older case that had not yet been reported to DSHS; it reportedly occurred on Dec. 23, one in a stretch from Dec. 22-25 in which daily COVID-19 deaths occurred, according to the DSHS March 4 COVID-19 Fatalities over Time by County report. That’s a 6.76 percent fatality rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3.5 percent among all COVID-19 cases, confirmed and probable.
That left 175 Hopkins County residents who, as of Thursday afternoon, March 4, still had COVID-19.
The patient count in the COVID unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs has continued to decrease from 10-14 patients in February down the last three days to single digit numbers: nine on Tuesday, seven Wednesday and six Thursday.
The 54 COVID-19 patients accounted for only 4.87 percent of the total hospital capacity on March 3 in Trauma Service Area F, which includes most of Northeast Texas including Hopkins County, and has remained below 14 percent (143 cases) since Jan. 31. TSA-F hasn’t had a COVID hospital percentage that low since July 17, 2020, according to the DSHS report. On Feb. 3 the 134 COVID patients accounted for 12.33 percent of the hospital capacity in TSA-F. On Jan. 3, 210 COVID-19 patients accounted for 20.21 percent of the area hospital capacity.
COVID hospitalizations across the state have continued to decline over the last 2 months, declining from 13,308 patients in Texas hospitals on Jan. 4 to 10,523 on Feb. 2 and 5,263 on March 3.
Determination Regarding Masking Requirements At SSISD Announced
Sulphur Springs ISD officials, after consideration of Texas Education Agency Guidelines and consulting with the Local Health Authority, announced a determination regarding masking requirements at SSISD. Masking will continue at SSISD school and school events for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. The district noted that while the Governor Tuesday announced the lifting of mask requirements for the general public and capacity limits on businesses, Governor’s Executive Order GA-34 refers districts to Texas Education Agency regarding COVID-19 requirements for school.
The following notice was disseminated Thursday afternoon via Blackboard to parents, students and staff regarding masking requirements at SSISD:
Pursuant to our Governor’s Executive Order GA-34, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has updated its Public Health Planning Guidance which requires school districts to continue to comply with masking requirements unless an exception is evoked. The University Interscholastic League has issued the same guidance. TEA’s guidance essentially requires the District to enforce the same masking rules that it has enforced all year per our Governor’s recently rescinded executive order. We acknowledge that these rules have been a key component of our Health and Safety Plan which has enabled us to have school without interruption since August. After carefully considering the guidance, its prior effect on our year, and the advice of our Local Health Authority, SSISD has determined that we will continue to require masking at school and school events per TEA’s guidelines for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year.
Seven Wildcats Make All-District Basketball Team Including One Superlative
Wildcats junior post player Justin Haire was chosen as the Offensive MVP on this year’s All-District Basketball Team in District 15-5A.
Haire was one of seven Wildcats on the team selected by the district’s coaches who could not vote for their own players. Senior guard Boo Wilkerson and sophomore post Kordrick Turner were named to the All-District First Team.
Senior point guard Lamodrick Johnson and junior guard Caleb Alexander were chosen on the All-District Second Team. Senior guard Malique Cole and sophomore guard Parker Whidenhunt were selected Honorable Mention.
Three Wildcats also earned Academic All-District honors: Haire, Wilkerson and Johnson.
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