Lady Cats Clinch Tri- District Basketball Championship And #1 Playoff Seed With Friday Win
What a big night for the Lady Cats. With a solid 59-38 win at home over Longview Friday evening, January 29, the Lady Cats won a part of the district basketball championship with Hallsville and Mount Pleasant.
Because of having the best head-to-head record against the other two teams, the Lady Cats will go into the playoffs as the #1 seed from District 15-5A. Mount Pleasant is the #2 seed, Hallsville the #3 seed and Texas High is the #4 seed. The top three teams all ended the district campaign with 9-3 records.
The Lady Cats are 15-7 for the season. They will play the #4 seed in district 16-5A in a bi-district playoff game sometime between February 11 and February 13.
The Lady Cats got off to a blazing start against Longview Friday. The Lady Cats were up 17-3 after the first quarter and 27-5 at the half. They extended their lead to 42-17 after three quarters and then withstood a Lady Lobos three point barrage in the final quarter for the 59-38 win.
Kenzie Willis led the Lady Cats with 19 points. Dalanee Myles scored 11 points. Bre’Asia Ivery and Addisyn Wall both scored 9 points. Baylie Large had 6 points. Addy Lamb had 3 points. Nylah Lindley had 2 points. Longview’s Cree McLemore hit 7 three-point baskets and finished with a game high 22 points.
Friday was also Senior Night for the Lady Cats and they honored three: Bre’Asia Ivery, Nylah Lindley and Dalanee Myles.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Wildcats Basketball Team Uses Strong First Half to Get Big District Win At Longview Friday
In a district battle for second place Friday night, January 29, at Longview, the Wildcats Basketball Team blitzed the Lobos over the first two quarters and then coasted to victory, 62-44.
The Wildcats opened strong and led 17-6 after one quarter. The second quarter was almost a perfect copy of the first as the Wildcats outscored Longview 18-6 to go up 23 points at halftime, 35-12. The Lobos could only trim 5 points off the lead over the last two quarters.
The Wildcats had three players in double figures as sophomore Kordrick Turner poured in 18 points. Senior Boo Wilkerson scored 12 points. Junior Justin Haire had 10 points. Sophomore Parker Whisenhunt had 8 points. Junior Caleb Alexander scored 5 points. Senior Lamodrick Johnson added 4 points. Senior Malique Cole scored 3 points. Ben Hatcher had 2 points.
The Wildcats improved their district record to 8-2. They are two games behind first place Mount Pleasant and two games up over third place Longview in the loss column. The Wildcats travel to Mount Pleasant next Tuesday. Then they close out the district season at home on Senior Night against Texas High next Friday. The Wildcats season record is now 15-8.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Wildcats Soccer Team Opens District Play With Narrow 1-0 Loss At Home To Longview
The Longview Lobos, preseason ranked #8 in the region, scored a goal and then utilized a tough defense to stifle the Wildcats Soccer Team and hang on for a 1-0 win at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night, January 29.
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton said it was not a good game for the Wildcats. He said there were lots of turnovers and mistakes. He said he hopes the Wildcats can rebound against Mount Pleasant at The Prim Tuesday as district play continues.
The Wildcats, 0-1 in district play, are 9-5-1 for the season.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Lady Cats Soccer Team Is Outscored 5-3 In Longview In District Opener Friday
The Lady Cats Soccer Team did their best to match goals with Longview Friday night, January 29, in the district opener for both teams at Longview.
The teams were tied 2-2 at the half. The Lady Lobos had the advantage 3-1 in the second half to take a 5-3 win. The Lady Cats, 0-1 in district play, are now 6-5-3 for the season.
The challenging start to district play continues next Tuesday night as the Lady Cats travel to Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats home district opener will take place next Friday as Texas High comes to Gerald Prim Stadium.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Jan. 29 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 18 New Cases, 6 Recoveries
While all COVID-19 counts in Hopkins County rose on Friday, the overall COVID-19 hospitalizations in Trauma Service Area F were down the lowest they’ve been since Dec. 21 , according to the Texas Department of State Health Service Jan. 29 COVID-19 dashboard. And, Hopkins County was left off the list of providers allocated new first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for the week of Feb. 1.
Case Counts
DSHS reported that 93 Hopkins County COVID-19 fatalities. That 1 more Hopkins County resident has been confirmed by death certificate to have died from COVID-19. The latest death, according to the Jan. 29 COVID-19 County Trends dashboard, occurred on Jan. 23. That is the 10th Hopkins County resident who has been confirmed to have died in January for COVID-19.
A total of 1,359 Hopkins County residents have received lab-confirmed positive molecular COVID-19 results since March, including six new cases on Friday. That makes 22 new confirmed cases so far this week, six less than the first six days of last week and 38 less than Jan. 10-16, and 22 less than Jan. 3-9. Overall, 237 new confirmed CVOID-19 cases had been reported for Hopkins County during the first 29 days of January, but still 50 less than Dec. 1-29. The only other month with more new cases than December was October when 323 new cases were reported.
Twice as many new probable cases were reported on Friday as confirmed cases. The 12 new probable cases increases the total so far this week to 28, DSHS Jan. 29 COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard, eight more than during the first six days of last week, a dozen more than Jan. 10-5 and 21 less than Jan. 3-8. So far this month, 150 new probable cases have been reported for Hopkins County. Since the state began tracking positive antigen results and those of people who have or had a combination of symptoms and a known exposure to someone with COVID-19 without a more likely diagnosis, according to the Jan. 29 COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard.
Six additional Hopkins County residents had recovered from COVID-19 on Friday, increasing the total so far this week to 63 recoveries. This month 353 Hopkins County residents have recovered from COVID-19. Of the 2,626 Hopkins County COVID-19 cases, 2,406 recovered.
That leaves 127 Hopkins County residents who still had COVID-19 on Friday, Jan. 29.
Hospital Reports
The patient count in CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs increased from 18 on Wednesday and Thursday to 20 on Friday, the same as on Jan. 22, but still a dozen less than on Jan. 7 and 8, according to the Jan. 29 COVID-19 update from Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management.
Across Trauma Service Area F the COVID-19 patient count dropped from 168 on Wednesday to 158 on Thursday, the lowest patient count since Dec. 21, when the patient count rose from the 154 reported on Jan. 20 to 159.
The decrease in COVID-19 patients, coupled with a rise in staffed beds from 1,068 to 1,073 and in staffed inpatient beds from 976 to 981 on Thursday, lowered the percentage of hospital capacity COVID-19 patients comprise from 15.73 on Jan. 27 to 14.73 on Jan. 28. Six more consecutive days below the 15 percent threshold and businesses will be able to again open at 75 percent capacity and restrictions on elective surgeries will be lifted throughout TSA-F.
COVID-19 Testing
HC/SSEM’s Jan. 29 COVID-19 update also reported 8,887 molecular COVID-19 tests have been conducted at 128-A Jefferson Street since the Red Cross building was opened as a free COVID-19 testing center on Sept. 25, including 71 tests performed on Thursday.
A total of 13,916 viral or molecular COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Hopkins County since March. Since the state began tracking the data, 1,728 antigen tests and 1,769 antibody tests have also been conducted in Hopkins County, including the 36 antigen tests performed on Thursday. No additional antibody tests have been performed since Tuesday, and only three then. Cumulatively, that’s at least 17,413 COVID-19 tests performed in Hopkins County.
Free oral swab COVID-19 testing will continue to be offered from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays in January inside the Red Cross (old Fidelity Express Building) in Sulphur Springs. Free testing is open to anyone regardless of age or address. Registration is required online at www.GoGetTested.com in order to be tested at 128-A Jefferson Street in Sulphur Springs.
COVID-19 Vaccine
Texas has been allocated 520,425 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government for the week of Feb. 1. DSHS has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship those doses to 344 providers in 166 counties across Texas.
According to DSHS, “That includes 82 hub providers that will focus on broader community vaccination efforts including the hardest hit populations and areas in exchange for a steady supply of vaccine from week to week. 262 other providers will receive doses next week, including more than 100 federally qualified health centers, community health centers, and rural health clinics that typically provide primary care for underserved populations.
Unfortunately, when the lists by county were released Friday afternoon, no providers in Hopkins County made the state list to administer a first dose of the vaccine to more people.
The state is also ordering 188,225 doses intended as the second dose for people first vaccinated a few weeks ago. People should return to the same provider to receive their second dose.
Texas providers have administered nearly 2.2 million doses of vaccine. More than 1.75 million people have received at least one dose, and more than 410,000 have been fully vaccinated. People are not required to be vaccinated in their county of residence, and vaccine has been administered to residents of all 254 counties, DSHS reported Friday.
In Hopkins County, 2,040 people have received at least the first half of the COVID-19 vaccine, which means 28 additional people received at least part of the vaccine on Thursday. So far 295 people have received both doses of the vaccine in Hopkins County, including 20 who received their second dose on Jan. 28, and 1,745 have received the first dose of the vaccine, including eight new people on Thursday.
In Texas, the vaccine is currently open to health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities, people 65 and older and those with medical conditions that put them at greater risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
Supplies of the vaccine are limited based on the manufacturers’ ability to produce it. Thus, DSHS reports, there currently is not enough vaccine to supply every provider with vaccine every week.
DSHS said of the other vaccines in clinical trials, Johnson & Johnson is likely the closest to requesting authorization for its vaccine from the Food and Drug Administration. In fact, the state agency reports, J&J could make the request as early as next month.
People can find more information on COVID-19 vaccine at dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine.aspx or the Texas Vaccine Data dashboard.
Click here a full list of vaccine allocations for the week of Feb. 1.
For a list of vaccination hub provider and their contact information, click the link above.
Click this link to see the DSHS/Texas Department of Emergency Management map of vaccine providers.
2 Sulphur Springs Residents Sentenced In District Court This Week
Two Sulphur Springs residents were sentenced in district court this week on unrelated charges, according to court reports.
Jennifer Lee Lindsay of Sulphur Springs arranged and pled open during the Nov. 24 court session on an April 20, 2020 abandoning or endangering of a child-criminal negligence charge and a Jan. 17, 2020 forgery financial instrument charge.
Lindsay was arrested on a forgery warrant on Feb. 13, 2020, and released from jail the next day on a $5,000 bond, according to jail reports.
The child endangerment charge stemmed from an investigation by Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit and Child Protective Services in which the 27-year-old Sulphur Springs woman and her 8-month-old allegedly tested positive on April 20 for methamphetamine. Lindsay was arrested May 6, 2020, on a warrant for the child endangerment-criminal negligence charge, and was released from jail June 26 on a $10,000 bond, according to jail reports.
Lindsay was scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 27 for a sentencing hearing on both charges. She was sentenced in district court this week to 10 years deferred probation on the felony forgery charge and 10 years deferred probation on the abandoning or endangering of a child-criminal negligence charge, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Paul Shane McCool of Sulphur Springs was accused of engaging in organized activity, a charge on which he was arrested on Nov. 7, 2019.
Acting on a tip, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators reported finding at least $14,000 worth of property that’d been reported to Dallas Police earlier in November 2019 as stolen at a County Road 3502 residence, which McCool told officials he had rented only a few weeks before. On Nov. 7, 2019, sheriff’s officials located a cargo trailer obscured with items on top of it, and about $10,000 in new auto parts reported to Dallas authorities as stolen, sheriff’s officers alleged following McCool’s arrest. A truck allegedly used in the Dallas thefts was recovered in Greenville, where it had been abandoned. Interviews and investigation revealed information implicating McCool and two others in the thefts.
McCool arranged to plead guilty during a Jan. 26, 2021 court session to theft, a state jail felony offense, and was sentenced in district court to three years deferred probation and a $500 fine, according to the DA’s office.
Hopkins County Records – Jan. 29, 2021
Applications For Marriage Licenses
- Bradley Glen Horton and Amy Dennitte Fonseca
- Justin Paul Pruden and Lindsey Nell Perry
- Luis Fernando Lopez Garcia and Citlalli Monserrat Cortes
- Darron Wayne Harred and Katherine Karen Smith
- Robert Joseph Hull Jr. and Rita Mae Williams
Land Deed Transactions
- Edward Ray Askew to Edward R. Askew trustee for the Askew Family Living Trust; tract in the James Gahagan survey
- Dawn Denise Burklow and Jeffrey Scott Burklow to Jessica Leeann Horne and Zachary Aaron Horne; tract in the S. Waggoner survey
- Maggie Jennings Smithers, the same person as Maggie L. Smithers, to Jordan Gremillion Hefner and Joshua Michael Hefner; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Matthew R. Jones and Vigilant Properties LLC to Jerri Lynn Jones and Robert Earl Jones; tract in the Francisco Gassier survey
- Carolyn B. Santangelo and Anthony J. Santangelo to Carolyn Santangelo Lester and Russell Joseph Lester Jr; tract in the A. Fitzgerald survey
- Suraj Pandeya and Reena Pun to SCKI Group LLC; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Kacy Lynn Rulison to James Gordon Payne and Mary Ann Payne; tract in the William Clapp survey
- Donald Keith Ashmore to TAS Royalty Company, Silverado Oil & Gas LLP, Starrett Royalty LLC and Taybees Royalties; tract in the Nacogdoches University survey
- Carla Sue Paul to Janie Paul Jolly and Peggy Walker; tract in the J. Y’Barbo survey
- PLC Properties to Manuel Romero and Shanna Romero; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Sandra Goldsmith and Sharon Kirwin to Doni Rae Giles; tract in the Elizabeth Mitchell survey
- Jose Tapia and Lilian Michel Tapia to Apolonia Lobatos and Joel Rios; tract in the Aiguier survey
- Lisanne M. Beck also known as Lisanne Monico to Martin Newport McCay and Cynthia Annette McCay; tract in the Thomas Alders survey
- Paul Roach to Rhonda Roach Stillwagoner; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Joe G. Roach to Rhonda Roach Stillwagoner; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- AAAGJ Properties LLC, Antoon Aag Jacobs and Johanna JHC Jacobs to Alexander W. Fuqua; tract in the Moses Starrett survey
- Norma Sue Griffin to Jeremy P. Cruz; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Mary Sue Killian also known as Mary Kay Richardson to Daniel Torres, Juan M. Torres, Juan Manuel Torres and Minerva Rojas Reyes Torres; tract in the William Nichols survey
- Brad Lassiter and Mary Lassiter to Charles Allen Light Jr.; tract in the Ulysses Aiguier survey
- Family Limited Partnership LTD and The Todd Andrew Moore-Jonathan Allen Moore to SSCC Gillis LLC; tract in the Elizabeth Mitchell survey
- TTTT Limited to Sarah Vo and Tony Vo; tract in the SS Country Club Estates
- TTTT Limited to Chris Mabe; tract in the SS Country Club Estates
- Joe B. Ardis to Nubia Denisse Enriquez Mendez Ardis; tract in the Elizabeth Melton survey
- James Gordon Payne and Mary Ann Payne to Ronnie Craig Hargrave; tract in the William Clapp survey
- Felicia Lewis and Tommy Lewis to Sylvia A. Davison; tract in the E Robertson survey
- James Michael Bassham and Peggy L Bassham to Judy Castle Scott and Janet Castle Wiman; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Vicente Rios Badillo to Anne Marie Rowland and Douglas Lee Rowland; tract in the John Clark survey
- Jody Bender to Jason Pace; tract in the Charles Prufer survey
- Jason Pace to The Queens Place Inc,; tract in the Charles Prufer survey
- Yvonne West Lowen to Joyce VanWinkle and Robert VanWinkle Jr.; tract in the J. Y’Barbo survey
- Nations Lending Corporation and SVP Servicing to Artur Muszynski; tract in the Jose Y’Barbo survey
- Angela Gamblin and Philip Gamblin to Linda A. Myers; tract in the F. Carroll survey
Wildcats and Lady Cats Basketball and Soccer Versus Longview on Game Day Friday (January 29)
The Wildcats Basketball Team has an important district game at Longview. It’s a battle for second place in the district. The Wildcats have a 7-2 district record and Longview is a half step behind at 7-3. The Wildcats, who defeated Hallsville at home Tuesday, have a season record of 14-8. The Lobos won at Pine Tree Tuesday and they are 12-10 for the season. There will be a freshman game at 5 p.m., a JV contest at 6:15 p.m. with the varsity game scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. The two teams played in Sulphur Springs back on January 9 and the Lobos won the game with a buzzer beating three.
The Lady Cats Basketball Team, despite having just one game left to play, could end up tied for first or as low as a tie for third, depending their outcome at home against Longview Friday night on Senior Night. The Lady Cats have three seniors: Nylah Lindley, Bre’Asia Ivery and Dalanee Myles. The Lady Cats come in with a district record of 8-3 after defeating first place Hallsville on the road Tuesday evening. Hallsville is 9-2 in district and has a game left with 7-3 Mount Pleasant. The Texas High Lady Tigers are at 7-4. The Lady Cats Senior Night opponent, the Longview Lady Lobos, are rebuilding this year and they are 1-10 for the season. The Lady Cats JV will face the Lady Lobos JV at 5 p.m. The varsity game should start at around 6:15 p.m. Both games will be in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School. KSST Radio will bring you you Longview and the Lady Cats in a broadcast featuring live video and audio streaming. The game will also be recorded for replay at a later date on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.
The Wildcats Soccer Team opens district play against Longview at Gerald Prim Stadium. The Wildcats are 9-4-1 for the season. They defeated Pleasant Grove at home Tuesday night and they have won their last four matches. There will be a JV 2 game at 4 p.m., a JV 1 contest at 5:30 p.m. with the varsity match scheduled at 7:15 p.m. Max Preps has the Lobos at 5-5 for the season. Longview was preseason ranked #8 in the region by the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches Poll.
The Lady Cats Soccer Team faces quite a challenge as they take on the Longview Lady Lobos on the road. There will be a JV contest at 5:30 p.m. with the varsity match to follow at around 7:15 p.m. The Lady Cats season record is 6-4-3. They have a 3-0-1 record lately including a Monday night win at home against Longview Spring Hill. The Lady Lobos have a 7-3-1 record so far and they have won many of their matches by large margins.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Man In Jail On Controlled Substance Charges Served With An Indictment
A 32-year-old man in jail on controlled substance charges was served with an indictment for another charge, according to jail reports.
Joshua Lewis White was serve with an indictment for failure to comply with sex offender duty to register, just before 12:15 p.m. Jan. 28, 2021, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Todd Evans noted in arrest reports.
Jail records show White was arrested Jan. 16, 2007 on an indecency with a child by sexual contact charge. He returned to jail on Feb. 24, 2010 for violation of probation on that charge. On Feb. 16, 2010, White was booked into Hopkins County jail to serve an 8-year commitment on one sex offender failure in duty to register charge and a 12-year commitment on another, according to jail reports.
White was jailed on two occasions in 2020: on July 30 and Oct. 23 on possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, and also served with a warrant for violation of parole in October. He has remained in jail since the Oct. 23, 2020 arrest, according to jail reports.
Cumby Coffee With Cops Planned January 30
The Cumby community is invited Saturday morning to Coffee With Cops. The informal meet and greet will be offered from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan. 30 in the Cumby City Council Chambers.
Community members are invited to enjoy a cup of coffee and a donut, while supplies last, while getting to know the new Cumby Police Chief Jeff Hundley, appointed by Cumby City Council to serve as interim chief for the 6 months starting Jan. 12, when the council announced Paul Robertson would be moving from chief to lieutenant.
“This is a great way for you to meet your new Chief,” Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Lackey posted on the City of Cumby Facebook page, where the event was announced.
Questions, comments, concerns and issued involving the department may be presented during the Coffee With Cops reception.
