Mulberry Street Disturbance Results In Felony Warrant Arrest
New Boston Woman Also Arrested Wednesday On Felony Warrant
A Mulberry Street disturbance resulted in a warrant arrest Wednesday evening. A New Boston woman was also arrested Wednesday on an unrelated felony warrant, according to arrest reports.
Mulberry Street Disturbance
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson was dispatched to the 1000 block of Mulberry Street Wednesday evening, Oct. 28, to what was reported as a physical disturbance. Upon arrival, Robinson reported contacting a 41-year-old Sulphur Springs woman at the location.
While no one was reported to have been arrested in connection with the disturbance, a records check showed the 41-year-old woman to be wanted. Consequently, Kayla Nicole Williams was arrested at 6:22 p.m. Oct. 28 on the surety off bond on a unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon charge, according to arrest reports.
Williams, who is also known by the names Kayla Nicole Cerasuolo, Nicki Cerasuolo, Kayla Sarah and Nikki Michelle Williams, was released from Hopkins County jail Thursday, Oct. 29, on a $10,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.
Felony Warrant Arrest
Jail records show Williams was arrested and jailed in Hopkins County from July 26-July 31 on the firearm charge as well as a drug paraphernalia charge; and was jailed April 17, 2014 on a 5-year prison sentence for manufacture or delivery of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and a 6-month state jail sentence on another manufacture or delivery charge.
Also arrested Wednesday on a felony warrant was Ruthie Darlene Gipson.
The 49-year-old New Boston woman was taken into custody at 10:33 a.m. Oct. 28 by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office<a href="http://<!– wp:paragraph –> <p>Sulphur Springs Police <a href="https://www.ksstradio.com/?s=Officer+Cameron+Robinson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Officer Cameron Robinson</a> was dispatched to the 1000 block of Mulberry Street Wednesday evening, Oct. 28, to what was reported as a physical disturbance. Upon arrival, Robinson reported contacting a 41-year-old Sulphur Springs woman at the location.</p> Sgt. Richard Greer at the Adult Probation Office in Sulphur Springs on a warrant for violation of probation on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
She remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Jail reports show Gipson, who is also known by Ruth Darlene Gipson, Ruthie Darla Collier, Ruthie Darlene Wobley-Gipson, Darla Wooley, Ruthie Darlene Wooley and Ruthie Gipson Woolwy, was arrested Feb. 8, 2018 on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge as well as possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge and possession of a dangerous drug charge. She was released from jail March 2, 2018 on $17,000 bond on the charge.
Gipson’s arrest Oct. 28 marked the second time she has been jailed for violating probation on the charge, according to jail records.
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Wildcats Basketball Team Has First Official Day of Practice Wednesday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta loves basketball practice. So it was no surprise when he described Wednesday’s (October 28) first official day of practice as like Christmas morning. He added he and the team were biting on the bit ready to get started. The 2020-2021 Wildcats will be a mostly young and inexperienced bunch. Three Wildcats got significant minutes last season: senior point guard Lamodrick Johnson, senior guard Boo Wilkerson and junior post Justin Haire. Two players, who can really shoot three pointers, also return: junior Caleb Alexander and senior Jatavian Hall. Bench player senior Malique Cole is also expected to have a much larger role this season. A couple of last year’s sub-varsity sharpshooters may also provide contributions: Jackson Darrow and Branson Lynn. Tall sophomore Kordrick Turner, listed at 6-foot-7 last year, could provide needed height and scoring inside. Coach Cipoletta says this year’s team will do things in a different way. He hopes they continue to win games. Cipoletta, a lover of defense, says this bunch is a very versatile group on defense. He says Johnson and Cole can guard players at almost any position, 1 through 5. Wilkerson thrived as the Wildcats shut down defensive presence last season. Coach Cipoletta says Haire really runs the court very well. He says he hopes this year’s team can be better than past teams at pushing the ball. Coach Cipoletta says he will miss all of the high profile tournaments his past teams have played in. Due to coronavirus concerns, the UIL is not allowing basketball teams to play in tournaments this season. So Coach Cipoletta has filled his schedule with Class 6A schools as well as some highly ranked smaller schools. Dallas Faith Family is preseason ranked #1 in Class 4A and San Antonio Cole is #1 ranked in Class 3A. Also in Class 4A, Dallas Lincoln is ranked #8 and Paris is ranked #25. District rival Mount Pleasant is ranked #15. The Wildcats open the season unranked. Coach Cipoletta says that surprised him but he reminds his players that it’s not where you start that matters, it’s where you finish. The Wildcats first scrimmage will take place at Irving MacArthur on Saturday, November 7, starting at 10 a.m. against the host school as well as Prosper Rock Hill and Southlake Carroll. The Wildcats will open the regular season at home against Class 6A Tyler Legacy on Saturday, November 14 at 4 p.m.
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Harvey: CMFHSS Stands Ready To Serve Community Needs Daily And During Pandemic
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs President and CEO Paul Harvey said the CMFHSS stands ready to serve and meet community needs daily and during the pandemic. Planning, state nurses and additional accommodations made possible through CARES funding are helping to better equip CMFHSS during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital official reported during the regular Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors meeting Tuesday evening.
Harvey said COVID shows no sign of going away anytime soon, with upticks across the state, with El Paso the most heavily impacted at the moment, but CMFHSS stands ready to serve the area.
“We were on a call this weekend where they asked Northeast Texas hospitals with available ICU beds to take additional COVID patients. The thought was they were going to be able to transfer some from El Paso over to here,” Harvey said.
However, because of an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Northeast Texas as well, very few hospitals were able to take a couple of patients.
“Mother Frances said they could take two. We said we could take two. There’s a big difference between size and capacity of our two facilities, for that to show you how this thing is continuing to dominate health care right now,” Harvey said.
Nurse Staffing During Pandemic
The CMFHSS officer said maintaining nursing staffing is somewhat of a worry for most medical facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, as nursing staff is often stretched hard to meet all of the needs.
While CMFHSS has done well maintaining nursing staff, the facility has lost some nurses who opted to become travel nurses. Those nurses willing to travel can potentially make three time more in a 6-day shift in one week than the nurses would working regular shifts for 6 weeks at the hospital, Harvey noted.
“It hasn’t affected us as much in Sulphur Springs, because our hospital has one of the lowest turnover rates for nursing in the state of Texas. That wasn’t that way 3-4 years ago, but we’ve been able to make enough changes where people realized, ‘Hey, I don’t need to go to Greenville to find a good nursing job. I can stay here, for maybe a couple dollars less, save my gas and still have a great place to work.’ That’s been one of our biggest saviors even compared to some of our other CHRISTUS facilities really struggling with nurse openings and so forth,” Harvey said.
In the past, hospitals combatted nursing shortages by relying on help from contract agencies. Currently, some of those agencies are struggling to find nurses as well during this time of COVID-19 because so many nurses are working for state or federal employers, where they can earn the most money, according to Harvey.
To help reduce some of the costs associated with the need for extra and specialized care due to the COVID-19 unit, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs is benefitting from 18 state nurses, mostly ICU and critical care nurses, working inside the hospital.
“Frankly, that represents probably close to 24 FTEs [full time equivalent hours] every payroll period that we’re not paying our nurses for that. State nurses are doing it,” Harvey said. “Ours is small compared to some of the other hospitals, obviously.”
COVID Unit
Harvey said the patient count in The COVID Unit at CMFH-SS has been relatively low this month compared to just 1 1/2 month ago. The high this month until Wednesday had been 10-11, according to information provided to and reported 5 days a week by Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials. That number increased to 13 on Wednesday, HC/SSEM reported Oct. 28.
“We hardly had 10 patients in [unit] in the hospital. Six weeks ago we had 22 patients in the hospital for COVID only,” Harvey said.
CMFHSS has made additional accommodations in readiness for not only the normal patient surge during winter, but to be able to accommodate more COVID-19 patients if necessary, according to Harvey.
“Fortunately, we haven’t had to exercise that option … on what we need to do to be able to take care of our COVID patients,” Harvey said. “Just know that we stand ready to deal with it any day.”
CARES Funding, Medical Records
CMFHSS, like most health care agencies, has been receiving CARES funding, which requires a lot more documentation of accountability for all expenses related to the care of patients with COVID and related to the pandemic. That means in addition to the usual financial reporting, hospitals also has to document and send COVID and pandemic related expenses to the federal government as well.
“Being part of a system helps. We don’t have to try and do that ourselves. We have people in our system office that are trying to take care of that for all the hospitals. Part of that is being on the same financial system. That’s what we as a system are moving towards,” Harvey said.
CHRISTUS as a system is moving toward EPIC, an electronic medical records system. The Sulphur Springs hospital and Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler are already using the system. Good Shepherd hospital is scheduled to “go live” on the system around February and Texarkana will begin utilizing it in the next year and a half, according to the CMFHSS CEO/president.
“What that means is that it will allow us to be able to not only predict some of the health outcomes that happen but be able to report things that are having to be reported individually right now for COVID CARES money and help us with negotiation with manage cares pairs because we are all on the same electronic medical records system. So, I am pleased to announce the system voted to do that,” Harvey told Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors during the board’s regular October meeting Tuesday night.
The hospital is doing OK fiscally, meeting their monthly budget each month since the new budget started on July 1, he reported.
Sports Clinic
The number of patients visiting the sports medicine clinic each Saturday has more than double over the number served last year, due in part to the new orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Chris Meltsakos, and the athletic trainers who engage with youth from 14 schools in the service area.
Due to COVID-19 quarantines and positive COVID-19 results resulting in cancelation and postponement of several football games this season, the majority of injuries haven’t necessarily been for football. About 50 percent of the injuries presented at the sports clinic this season have been volleyball injuries.
“I’m really thankful we’re able to do that, from our community standpoint, and help out those people that it. They come right in and if they need MRI they do it right then, so the student and the family knows within that 2-hour period what the health plan will be for that student to take care of their needs, whether they will need knee surgery or rehab or other things,” Harvey said. “I think this had been really good for our high schools and our school community.”
KSST Video Interns: Wildcat Band and Color Guard Program
KSST is proud to support local students by offering intern opportunities throughout the school year. It’s a tradition that reaches back to the early days of KSST radio in Hopkins County. This semester we have a total of 6 interns working with our stations.
Interns are encouraged to work together to create projects that have a positive impact on our community. On the whole they are allowed to pursue topics they choose. We do give them a nudge every now and then.
They would love to hear feedback on all their work. Feel free to email feedback and/or story ideas to [email protected].
Wood County Sheriff’s Report Oct. 21-27, 2020
Wood County Sheriff’s Office provided the following activity report for Oct. 21-27, 2020:
- Abandoned Vehicle: 4
- Alarm: 9
- Animal Complaint: 4
- Arrest/Warrant: 9
- Assault: 2
- Burglary: 3
- Criminal Trespass: 6
- Disturbances/Disputes: 11
- Fire-Structure: 1
- Fire-Vehicle: 1
- Fraud: 5
- Harassment: 2
- Inquest: 1
- Livestock at Large: 9
- Missing Person: 2
- Motorist Assist: 2
- Noise Complaint: 1
- Reckless Driver: 5
- Shots Fired: 1
- Suspicious Activity: 19
- Theft: 9
- Traffic Hazard: 2
- Traffic Stop Cleared by Arrest: 1
- Welfare Check: 16
Lil 4’s Club Gets Fundraiser at Panda Express October 31, Welcomes Donations Anytime For New Building
The Lil 4’s Club is a local non profit organization which provides a safe haven for at-risk youth in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The club is currently raising money for a new building to be constructed on property already owned, so the club can continue to serve the kids and provide them with a safe and supportive environment. You can help them reach their goal by eating at Panda Express on Halloween 2020 and showing the event flyer, which can be found on Lil 4’s Facebook page, or via your phone. If you cannot help out on Halloween, there are other ways you can help the safe-haven organization at any time.
Director Letitia Conliffe is the President and founder of the organization. She goes over and beyond normal duties by providing love and support to the growing number of children who come to Lil 4’s Club. Having grown from 25 children at first, there are now up to 64 children who regularly attend. You can help the club meet it’s most immediate goal of readying their property as a building site. Donations can be made to Director Letitia Conliffe at any time by calling her at 214-809-1908. You can get more details at facebook.com/Lil 4s Club. And you can donate funds directly using the Emergency GoFundMe link by clicking here: GoFundMe Lil 4s. You can also watch an informational video about the Director, their current building and the kids at the club by clicking this link: Lil 4s Info
Deputies Found 2 Baggies Of Methamphetamine While Serving A Felony Warrant
2 Others Arrested On Felony Warrants
Deputies allegedly found 2 baggies of methamphetamine while serving a felony warrant. Two others were also arrested on unrelated felony warrants as well, according to arrest reports.
Methamphetamine Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tanner Steward and Deputies M. Poindexter and Bobby Osornio went to a South Moore Street residence Tuesday night, Oct. 27, 2020 in an attempt to locate a wanted woman.
Steward contacted the homeowner, who reportedly admitted the 36-year-old Sulphur Springs woman they sought was inside the home. The homeowner walked the sheriff’s deputies into the abode, where Steward reported seeing a woman who was later confirmed to be the wanted person walking out of a bedroom.
Carissa Ann Jenkins was taken into custody at 8:58 p.m. Oct. 27 on the tampering with or fabricating physical evidence warrant. The woman asked the homeowner to retrieve her cell phone from her bedroom. The deputy stepped into the room with the homeowner and alleged seeing a glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke methamphetamine within arms reach near the bed, two small baggies containing a crystal-like substance which field-tested positive for methamphetamine and a black plate with more meth. The contraband was collected as evidence and Jenkins was transported to jail.
Jenkins, in addition to the felony warrant, was also charged with possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
The 36-year-old Sulphur Springs woman remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday, Oct. 28. Bond was set at $10,000 on the tampering with evidence charge and at $5,000 on the controlled substance charge.
The arrest marked the third time in less than 4 months that Jenkins was been jailed. She spent July 2-13, 2020, in the county jail on another possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge and from July 21 to Aug. 2, 2020, in jail on a warrant for violating probation, which she was on for a possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana charge. Jenkins was jailed from July 27 to July 30, 2018 in jail on a possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana charge.
Parole Warrant
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Shea Shaw took 38-year-old Bradley Shawn McQueen of Winfield into custody at 10:55 a.m. Oct. 27, in Hopkins County Court to serve a commitment on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge as well as a warrant for violation of parole.
Jail reports show McQueen was arrested June 28, 20109 on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge as well as a misdemeanor resisting arrest, search or transport charge, after allegedly trying to hide methamphetamine in his pants to conceal it from a state trooper during a traffic stop, then tried to run from the trooper when he was being arrested. He was released from Hopkins County jail the next day on a $5,000 bond on the controlled substance charge and a $2,000 bond on the resisting arrest charge.
McQueen remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday, Oct. 28, on the parole violation warrant and commitment on the controlled substance charge.
Arkansas Warrant Arrest
HCSO Sgt. Shea Shaw also took 32-year-old Vincent Maurice Finks of North Little Rock, Arkansas into custody at 11:10 a.m. Oct. 27 in the district courtroom on a Hopkins County felony warrant and two Arkansas warrants.
Finks was booked into Hopkins County jail for bond forfeiture on a possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, as well as outstanding Pulaski County, Arkansas charges for possession of drug paraphernalia and bond forfeiture on a possession of controlled substance charge.
Jail records also show Finks was also jailed in Hopkins County on March 17 on possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana charges. He was released from jail on April 27, 2019 on a $30,000 bond on the controlled substance charge, $2,000 bond on the weapon charge and $1,000 bond on the marijuana charge.
Finks remained in Hopkins County jail Oct. 28, 2020 on the bond forfeiture and Arkansas charges. No bond was set on the Arkansas charges. The new bond on the Hopkins County charge was set at $60,000.
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The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Sulphur Springs Middle School Football Coach Eddie Flores Reports 1-1 Record Tuesday Night
Sulphur Springs Middle School Football Coach Eddie Flores reported the results of one loss and one win Tuesday night.
8th Grade B Team
Flores reports the 8th Grade B Team Wildcats lost to the Hallsville Bobcats, 16-6. The Wildcat B-Team is 1-3 for the season.
Offense
QB- Wyatt Watson completed 2 passes for 40 yards, and threw for a 35 yard Touchdown pass. WR- Max Williamson had a 35 yard TD reception.
Defense
“Great Team effort from the Defense. All 11 guys swarmed to the Football and gang tackled Hallsville offense,” Flores said.
8th Grade A Team
Flores reports the 8th Grade A Team Wildcats beat the Hallsville Bobcats, 14-6. The Wildcat A team is 4-0 for the season.
Offense
RB- Billy Boughton ran the ball hard all night rushing for 40 yards and 1 rushing TD. RB- Billy Vaughn also ran the ball hard, rushing for 60 yards and 1 rushing TD. QB- Kaden Mitchell did a great job of managing the offense. WR- Ty Bybee had 1 reception for 40 yards, setting up a Wildcat scoring drive. WR- Jackson Haire, played a great game, rushing for 50 yards and 30 yards receiving. Offensive Line- Ty Holt, Tucker Welch, Luke Womack, Payton Turner and Andres Cerda did a great job executing the blocking scheme.
Defense
Defensive Line- Nathan Andrews, Dallin Horton and Giovanni Solis, did a great job all night, putting pressure on Hallsville Offense. Middle Line Backers- Lane Kerns and Drake White, did a great job of swarming to the Football causing Hallsville offense loss of yardage.
Flores reports “All 11 Wildcats played well; flying around and making plays.”
Upcoming Games
The Wildcats will travel to Marshall next Tuesday, Nov. 3, to face the Marshall Mavericks. The B team will play at 5 p.m. and the A team will start at 6 p.m.
Oct. 28 COVID-19 Update: 37 New Cases, 2 Fatalities, 236 Active Cases
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials in the Oct. 28 COVID-19 update reported that 37 additional Hopkins County residents received positive lab-confirmed COVID-19 results in the last 24 hours and 2 additional COVID-19 fatalities were assigned to Hopkins County by Texas Department of State Health Services on Oct. 28 as well.
October has officially surpassed September as the worst month this year in Hopkins County for COVID-19 based on new and active case counts and fatalities.
HC/SSEMS Reports
The 37 new positive cases reported by HC/SSEM in the Oct. 28 COVID-19 update increases the active case count among Hopkins County residents from 199 on Tuesday to 236 active cases on Wednesday. That’s more Hopkins County residents who currently have COVID-19 than the combined total number of new cases reported in both August (91) and September (118). The last time the active case count was below 100 was Oct. 10, when only 89 Hopkins County were reported to still have COVID-19.
So far this month, 302 Hopkins County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, including 63 county residents who have received positive results this week. That’s more people testing positive for COVID-19 on molecular tests in October than the combined total of all cases reported in the 3 prior months (298).
The 37 new COVID-19 cases reported Oct. 28 increases the cumulative case count to 663 Hopkins County residents who have tested positive for novel coronavirus 2019 since March, according to the HC/SSEM Oct. 28 COVID-19 update. That means almost half of all Hopkins County residents who have received positive molecular COVID-19 results have tested positive in October.
One the other hand, there have been on new recoveries in the last 2 days. A total of 144 Hopkins County residents have recovered from the virus this month, including 61 reported on Oct. 19. Cumulatively, 427 Hopkins County residents have recovered from COVID-19 since March, according to the Oct. 28 COVID-19 update.
As is often the case, as the active case counts rise so too does the number of patients in the COVID Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. Thirteen patients were in the COVID Unit on Wednesday, 2 more than HC/SSEM reported on Tuesday, Oct. 27. That’s the highest patient count so far this month, but still 3 fewer than on Sept. 23, a day in which the overall new case count was 2, the active case count was 85 and the cumulative case count was 248.
Free COVID-19 Testing
Staff at the free testing site at 128-A Jefferson St. performed 63 additional tests on Tuesday. That’s 48 less than on Monday and half the number of tests performed at the site on Saturday. Since Saturday, 300 free tests have been performed. A total of 1,908 tests have been performed at the free testing location Oct. 1-28. Since the Jefferson Street testing location opened on Sept. 25, a total of 2,192 tests have been performed.
With the new and active case number continuing to rise, officials first extended the free testing period through Oct. 31 and Tuesday announced the site is now expected to remain open through the end of November.
Free testing is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays to anyone, regardless of age, county of residence or other factors. Children may be tested provided they are accompanied by a parent or guardian. Symptoms and high-risk exposure are not required for testing. Register online for the free oral, swap molecular testing at www.GoGetTested.com. Scroll down to find the Sulphur Springs location, click the green Book Now option and follow the prompts.
DSHS Reports
Texas Department of State Health Services on the Oct. 28 Case Counts dashboard reported Hopkins County now has 29 confirmed COVID-19 fatalities. That means 2 of the 105 newly reported fatalities in Texas Oct. 28 were from Hopkins County.
The 2 newest deaths are reported to have occurred on Oct. 22 and Oct. 24. That makes 11 Hopkins County residents who have died this month from COVID-19: 3 on Oct. 5; 2 on Oct. 9; and 1 each on Oct. 8, Oct. 10, Oct. 13, Oct. 18, Oct. 22 and Oct. 24, according to the DSHS County Trends and Fatalities over Time by County reports.
HHS Reports
The COVID-19 cases at Carriage House Manor continued to decline on Oct. 14, the most recent data available from Texas Health and Human Services on nursing facilities. Three additional residents had recovered from COVID-19, reducing the active case count from 9 to 6 and increasing the number of resident recoveries to 32 at Carriage House Manor. Two employees of Carriage House were also reported to still have COVID-19, the same as first reported on Oct. 12. Cumulatively from March through Oct. 14, CHM had reported 40 employees who tested positive for COVID-19 and 57 residents, including 19 residents who died as a result of COVID-19, according to the HHS Oct. 28 nursing facility report.
Sulphur Springs Health and Rehabilitation continued to have three active employee cases, 5 cumulative employee cases, 16 cumulative resident cases, including 2 resident deaths on Oct. 14, according to the Oct. 28 HHS report.
Sunny Springs Nursing & Rehab has reported no change in patient cases from Oct. 12 to Oct. 14; the facility had 16 active and 20 cumulative employee COVID-19 cases, and three residents who have recovered from the virus, according to the Oct. 28 HHS report.
There were no active COVID-19 cases reported at either Wesley House or Hopkins Place on Oct. 14. Wesley House has had 5 employee and 7 resident cases since March. There had been no COVID-19 cases reported at Hopkins Place as of Oct. 14, according to the Oct. 28 HHS assisted living report.
There were no active COVID-19 cases reported in either employees or students at the 6 licensed child care centers, school-age programs and before and after school programs in Hopkins County on Oct. 27. Sulphur Springs Christian Preschool, His Kids Learning Center, Annekes Preschool, Water Oak Preschool and Little Acorn School have each had 1 employee test positive for COVID-19 since March. Little Texans Learning Center has reported 2 employee cases since March. Sulphur Springs Christian Preschool also reported 1 students case since March, according to the Oct. 28 HHS child care center report.
Wildcats Football Head Coach Discusses Upcoming North Forney
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said his team felt really good after a week of practicing. The team was able to come in Friday and Saturday of last week and work on techniques and overall team improvement.
The last time the Wildcats played a game was on Friday, Oct. 2, in a home loss to Lovejoy. The week before, the Wildcats lost to Frisco Wakeland at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, where FC Dallas plays, in the team’s season opener.
As such, the Wildcats now sit at 0-2, with this Friday’s game versus North Forney being the first game in a new implementation by the district of “zoning.”
Luckily for the Wildcats, though, with the introduction of zones, as one student pointed out to the coaching staff, that the team was 0-0, giving the team a, more-or-less, fresh start.
Coach Owens said the team will still be playing and reacting week-to-week, thanks to so many changes, postponements, and cancellations caused by the coronavirus, which is part of the reason why Coach Owens believes his team’s energy the last week has been so high, perhaps due to the fact that the team has a game scheduled and, as of now, are still scheduled to do so.
Coach Owens did say his team will have their hands full, both defensively and offensively. The coach noted Defensive lineman #99 for North Forney, and his ability to disrupt plays and as a result the opposing offense.
Coach Owens said his team will have to take advantage of situational football and do their best to capitalize in big moments, something the team has struggled with thus far.
Coach Owens will go to battle this Friday versus a familiar face in Randy Jackson, who according to Coach Owens, attempts to instill identities where ever he is. The North Forney Falcons have been dubbed “Goonville.”
Coach Owens says the team is comprised of goons that is not meant to be derogatory, in that on both offense and defense will attack you at every position and try to disrupt any opponent’s momentum.
The Wildcats will have to continue making improvements and get big stops on defense if they hope to defeat the North Forney Falcons as they come to town Friday to play the Wildcats at Gerald Prim Stadium at 7:30 P.M.
Last week, North Forney had a bye, but entering this Friday’s match-up with Sulphur Springs, the Falcons average 43.5 points/game. The defense will definitely have their hands full as they have struggled to contain the deep ball.
Luckily for the Wildcats, though, North Forney is not as proficient at the deep ball as previous opponents for Sulphur Springs, and as long as the defense can keep the Falcons offense in front of them, Coach Owens says, they will stand a much better chance against such a talented offense.
The game against North Forney (1-0 district, 4-0 overall) Friday will be the second-straight home game for the Wildcats (0-0, 0-2 overall) as the Sulphur Springs squad will be looking to avoid a 0-3 start.
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