United Way Campaign At 21 Percent Of Goal On Oct. 13
The Hopkins County United Way campaign had reached 21 percent of the goal on Oct. 13. At the conclusion of the second campaign workers report meeting, 2020-21 HCUW Campaign Chair Mike Horne reported another $11425.57 had been collected over the last week, increasing the overall pledge to $31,831.57.
“We are well on the way,” Horne said of the campaign’s efforts to collect $150,000 to benefit 19 local agencies.
He offered thanks to the many campaign workers who have already turned in donation packets from local businesses and industries as well as those who are still out delivering packet and collecting donations, and to those who have generously contributed to help HCUW meet the goal to help thousands of county residents of all ages through the 19 agencies that have been allocated funds through the annual campaign.
“Everyone has done a great job. We are so grateful,” HCUW Executive Secretary Susan Berning added.
More than 2 dozen businesses, organizations and elected officials contributed toward this week’s total and were recognized (see video above) for their donations.
Horne also offered appreciation to Craig and Chaney Johnson for the billboard which promotes the HCUW campaign, local media partners and Jay Hodge Chevrolet for loaning someone to provide videos to be distributed on the HCUW social media account to let people know more about HCUW and how it helps the community.
Panda Express at 150 East Shannon Road in Sulphur Springs will also be holding a giveaway on Oct. 20. Those who eat at the business and show a paper or digital copy of the flyer for HCUW Fundraiser Event and those who enter the promo code “317614” from the flyer on online orders at checkout can help 20 percent of event day sales go to HCUW. The business will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Jay Hodge Chevrolet is also holding a giveback event, contributing $100 for every vehicle sold at the dealership this month. The business hopes to be able to contribute $10,000 to HCUW. The business had achieved a quarter of it’s goal as of Oct. 13, Bill Owens reported.
Owens and Horne encourage those who are not in the market for a new car and don’t contribute through a business or organization to consider making a contribution through the “Shop Now” link on the Hopkins County United Way Facebook page. Donations to HCUW may be made by contacting any campaign worker; mailing a check to HCUW Headquarters at PO Box 735, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75483; calling 903-243-4066; or bring the donation to Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Office on Houston Street to turn in during an upcoming weekly campaign workers report meeting, at 9 a.m. Oct. 20 and Oct. 27.
Early Voting Off To Brisk Start In Hopkins County
Paper Ballots, Separate Booth Designated For Voting In Yantis ISD Trustees Election In Hopkins County
Early voting got off to a brisk start in Hopkins County Tuesday with 1,020 ballots cast at The ROC, the early voting center, by the end of the day.
As was the case in many places Tuesday, there were times when voters had to wait in line to cast ballots, according to the County Clerk’s Office. COVID-19 precautions are strongly encouraged and those required are followed.
Hopkins County voters had cast 176 ballots by 9:30 a.m. Oct. 13, 410 by 11:30 a.m., 643 by 1:30 p.m., 885 by 3:30 p.m. and 1,070 voters had cast ballots by the close of the voting center at 5 p.m. Oct. 13. That’s 4.25 percent of the 23,977 registered voters in Hopkins County who cast ballots during the first day of early voting.
The Secretary of State’s Office reported another 254 ballot-by-mail voters. That’s 1,274 cumulative in-person and by mail voters, representing 5.31 percent of registered voters, casting ballots in Hopkins County as of Oct. 13.
Voting went pretty smoothly, with one exception. The Yantis ISD trustees election was left off the ballot for voters who reside in the far southern part of Hopkins County within that school district, Hopkins County and YISD election officials reported.
Yantis ISD Election Voting
Typically, Yantis ISD contracts with Wood County for school district elections. When the election was postponed per the governor from May until November, to be held along with the General Election, that required voting for Hopkins County residents in Hopkins County. Between the many adjustments related to that change, some of the paperwork did not make it to Hopkins County Clerk’s Office and, thus, the election didn’t make it on Hopkins County ballots.
“We are always with Wood County, through them. With all of the changes from May to November and to the General Election, because this is a General Election, we have to have Hopkins County too,” Kristi Beech, Yantis ISD’s Election Officer said.
An order of election was sent by YISD to the County Clerk’s Office in August, but nothing else. A contract for election was also needed for Hopkins County to hold the YISD Election, as is the case for other school districts and local municipalities such as Miller Grove and North Hopkins ISD for trustees elections and the cities of Cumby and Sulphur Springs for council elections, according to Leslie Cannon, a deputy clerk at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office.
After a Yantis ISD voter realized the election was not on the ballot, he contacted officials, who worked with the Secretary of State’s Office to determine the proper procedure for the situation.
It was determined that the best solution for early voting would be for YISD to set up a station inside Hopkins County’s early voting center and provide knowledgeable election workers to man the Yantis school board election booth to conduct voting by paper ballot during early voting. Hopkins County did not have any spare election workers available to help out. By the end of the first day of early voting, YISD had secured workers for a YISD polling booth starting Oct. 14. YISD and Hopkins County will work together for a solution for Election Day voting.
There are only about 70 registered voters in Hopkins County who reside within YISD. Any Hopkins County voter who cast a ballot on Tuesday will be able to return to the early voting location inside the Game Room at The ROC in Sulphur Springs any time during early voting and visit the YISD voting booth to cast a paper ballot in the school board election. The election workers for YISD will have a voter list which will be used to verify voting, according to Beech.
“If they were in yesterday to vote they can go back and vote for the school board part,” Beech said.
On the ballot are 4 candidates for 2 full 3-year at-large seats on the school board. Candidates include: Jennifer Larkin, Teresa Starrett, Jennifer McKeever and Melissa Stephens.
Early Voting Information
All early voting by personal appearance in the Nov. 3 elections in Hopkins County will be conducted in the Game Room at The ROC, First Baptist Church’s Recreational Outreach Building, located on 115 Putman St., about near the downtown square in Sulphur Springs. Voting will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Friday, Oct. 30. Extended voting will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25; and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Thursday, Oct. 29.
The last day an application for a ballot by mail will be accepted is Friday, Oct. 23; that means the application must be received by Oct. 23, not just postmarked. The last day to receive a ballot by mail will be Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.
To qualify for an absentee ballot, the registered voter must be:
- Absent from the county of residence on Election Day and during the early voting period
- Sick or have a disability that prevents the voter from voting in person without assistance
- 65 or older
- Confined to jail serving a misdemeanor sentence; or confined to jail without bail pending trial for a felony or appeal of a felony conviction
The early voting clerk’s address is: Tracy Smith, Hopkins County Clerk, 128 Jefferson St., Suite C, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. She may be contacted at phone weekdays at 903-438-4074, by fax at 903-438-4110 or email at [email protected].
Sample ballots may be viewed on the Voter Information tab on the Hopkins County website. There are 38 different ballots this go round., which the County Clerk has condensed to 12 sample ballots so voters will have an idea what to expect.
Local Health Authority Sounds Alarm
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our Local Health Authority has been working diligently to help combat the virus. With the current spike in cases Hopkins County is currently experiencing, Brynn Smith who serves as the Local Health Authority Nurse for Hopkins and Delta Counties has become very concerned.
She shared her concerns with KSST News, drawing a direct correlation between the public’s lax participation of social distancing and mask wearing to the higher number of positive COVID-19 cases as well as fatalities.
Smith stated in part, “My goal is to mitigate the spread of infection in the counties that we cover and do what I can in an effort to allow life to continue as close to normal. That cannot happen if people within our community are working in opposition to this goal. If one person is determined to be infectious, has not been wearing their mask or following social distancing recommendations it puts those around them in a position to where they must quarantine and could potentially become sick themselves.”
During the past few weeks, Hopkins County has had entire grade levels, sports teams, and workforce at businesses sent home for quarantine because of exposure. This could have been avoided by proper social distancing and the wearing of masks, according to the LHA nurse.
Brynn also explained how the state’s reporting data is delayed and doesn’t always give an accurate representation of what is actually occurring in our county. Unfortunately, this means that our actual cases are currently worse in Hopkins County than what the state is reporting with their delayed system. Hopkins County has been collecting and reporting positive antigen tests for the past several weeks to help residents have a clearer picture of positive cases.
KSST News also asked about those in leadership roles not adhering to State and CDC guidelines by wearing masks, etc. KSST was present at a recent Hopkins County meeting where the majority of county employees did not wear masks before, during or after the meeting. It is important to note, that the meeting was held in our County Courthouse, and everyone’s temperature is taken as they enter the courthouse.
But, the frustration of the appearance of non-participation was echoed by the Local Health Authority as Brynn Smith has seen relaxed compliance in businesses and other places as well.
“If you are in a role of leadership or mentorship, know that people look at you to see what you’re doing and will follow your direction, if you’re not masking or distancing neither will those that look up to you,” she said. “I’ve encountered many business that have stopped requiring their employees to mask and their main reason why was because those they look up to weren’t either, so why should they?”
KSST certainly agrees with her statement that in times like these we look to our leaders for this leadership. Even though these leaders may have the opportunity for more testing and monitoring than the general public, it is the appearance of their participation in all aspects of prevention that we want to follow.
Personally and professionally, those of us at KSST certainly understand that everyone has become “COVID-weary” from the pandemic. Not only, has the information been confusing but the daily barrage of too much information has made us all start to tune out listening to any information.
This is exactly the wrong time to tune out. The number of new cases is accelerating faster than ever, the number of fatalities continues to climb at the fastest rate that we have seen, and all of this is happening with delayed state data. These numbers are not wrong. These numbers have not been manipulated. Friends, family, co-workers and loved ones have died from COVID-19 in Hopkins County.
The rumors, explanations and reasons given on social media are not helping our situation. This is not a conspiracy theory that somehow every country in the world is making up the severity of this virus. Many people would like to believe that only very old and very sick people will die if infected and, although they are more likely to do so, we would hate for someone in your family who is relatively young and relatively healthy to disprove this for us all.
We all have to do our part, even if you are not 100% certain that masks are effective. I ask you to wear one for your family, friends, and even me, just in case they do prevent the spread.
Smith also reported that: “There is new evidence supporting that the virus is airborne spread during certain activities such as singing, yelling, etc. That is why, if in those situations, masks are very important. This explains why cases have spread so easily in churches, at sporting events, etc.”
She also said that personal responsibility is also key. If you know that you were around someone who has tested positive and fall within the high-risk exposure parameters, quarantine yourself. You don’t have to wait on someone to tell you that you were exposed.
Call, Stop By Chamber Of Commerce Through Oct. 21 To Pre-Order Stew
By Lezley Brown, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce CEO/President
The time has come to pre-order your stew for this year’s Stew Drive-thru! You can make your pre-order NOW by calling or coming by the Chamber, and you can select your favorite cook’s stew until October 21st . If you do
not pre-order, but drive through on Stew day, you will not be able to choose a specific cook’s stew. You will, though, get to choose chicken or beef. All quarts are $10 and will include cheese and crackers. No tickets for park admission will be sold, but the drive-through will be available while supplies last. Stew will be held on Saturday, October 24 … 2020 Stew, We’re Driving Through! Thank goodness something is finally able to happen in 2020!
The Chamber of Commerce is currently selling our 2020 Hopkins County Christmas ornament. This ornament is the third of our series and features our beautiful Dairy Museum. It is dated with the year, made with 24 karat
gold, shatterproof, and VERY limited in number. They are quite beautiful and the perfect addition to a rare collection. They are $40 each and literally flying out the door. If you would like to purchase one, please call the
Chamber at (903) 885-6515, or come by soon.
The 13th Annual Help-A-Child Tractor Pull and Cook-off will be held Saturday, Oct. 17
Help-A-Child will host their 13th Annual Tractor Pull with a Chili and Brisket Cook-off on Saturday, October 17, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. All Help-A-Child proceeds benefit the
Scottish Rite Hospital and the Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center.
Business Highlight
During the year 2020, The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is highlighting a business each week. Please join me in congratulating our Business of the Week for October 15, Help-A-Child. You can read biographical stories at the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page and Instagram page.
40 Years Of Heart Care At Tradition At Advanced Heart Care, CHRISTUS MFH Health System
By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected]
Sulphur Springs, Texas, October 13, 2020– CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ.
Hospital Visitation
For the safety and health of the community and our ministry, CHRISTUS Health is screening all associates and visitors to our hospitals to help lessen the risk of infectious disease transmission among our patients, associates, and guests.
- (1) Entrance to hospital through Emergency Department 24/7
- (1) Visitor per patient
- Visitors must be between the ages of 16 years-old and 65-years old
- All visitors are screened at the door, including a temperature taken
- All associates are screened at each shift, including a temperature taken
- Visiting hours are 7 a.m. to 7p.m. (subject to change)
- ALL hospital visitors are required to wear a mask. Visitors should bring their own mask; homemade cloth masks are acceptable.
Local Services
Dermatology
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery Center is now practicing in Sulphur Springs and accepting patients under the care of Roxanne Swafford, FNP. She is seeing patients at 1228 Church St. Suite D. To schedule your appointment, call 972.390.9002 and select “Option 1”. You may also schedule online at www.mdbarrows.com.
Cardiology
Advanced Heart Care and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Health System have delivered heart care in Northeast Texas for over 40 years. Together, we will continue providing leading-edge heart care to the communities in which we serve. Available right here in Sulphur Springs hospital is our team of heart specialists at Advanced Heart Care made up of Cardiologists and Electrophysiologists, our state-of-the-art Cath lab, Pulmonary Medicine, Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and Heart Attack Care 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. We look forward to helping you take an active role in your heart health with our team approach for your care. For more information on the Cardiology group, and their capabilities to see patients in person or via telemedicine, go to www.advancedheartcare.com.
COVID-19
Experiencing Symptoms? If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, cough, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, chills, muscle pain or headache, or diarrhea, please call your provider for either a face-to-face appointment or a telemedicine consultation. If your provider determines you need to have a COVID-19 test, they will send you to the appropriate outpatient location for testing.
If you are experiencing an emergency, please present to the Emergency Room. At this time, we are preserving our Emergency Room COVID-19 tests for those who are experiencing an emergency. Otherwise, we would ask that you follow the steps above.
If you do not have a healthcare provider, CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic welcomes new patients. Please call 903.885.3181 to talk to one of our associates about setting up an appointment.
Don’t Delay Care: We want to be perfectly clear – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances remains a safe place for all to receive quality care. Go to the Emergency Department or call 9-1-1 if you are urgently ill. While COVID-19 is new, our processes and procedures in place for infection prevention and preventing the spread of illness are not. To learn more about COVID-19, go to ChristusTMF.org or www.cdc.gov.
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System includes CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospitals – Tyler, South Tyler, Jacksonville, Winnsboro and Sulphur Springs, the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital – Tyler, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital a partner of Encompass Health, Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, a long-term acute care facility, and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is the area’s preferred multi-specialty medical group, with more than 400 Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers representing 36 specialties in 34 locations serving Northeast Texas across 41 counties. For more information on services available through CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, visit christustmf.org
Bed count – 402 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler
Bed count – 8 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – South Tyler
Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Jacksonville
Bed Count – 96 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro
Bed count – 94 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital
Bed count – 96 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart – Tyler
Bed count – 51 – Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital
Wildcats Tennis Team Has Tough Day Against Hallsville in 17-2 Loss Tuesday
The Wildcats have not had a match in two weeks. Entering today’s contest against Hallsville they were 2-2 in district play and 3-2 overall this season.
When the Wildcats won at Pine Tree back on September 29, Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said the win assured the Wildcats of a playoff spot.
Since that match, the Wildcats canceled non-district matches at Van on October 3 and at Pleasant Grove on October 6.
Today was an opportunity to get back on the flats, but the rust showed as Team Tennis lost to Hallsville, 17-2.
A number of matches were close, with many of them going to 10-point tiebreakers.
It was not without effort, though, for a few matches went to 10-point tiebreakers.
The last game for the Wildcats, a 14-5 win over Pine Tree, had 7 matches go to tiebreakers, with 4 of those going their way.
The story was not the same today, though, as 3 tiebreakers occurred in the loss Tuesday, with only one going the way of the Wildcats.
One of the tiebreakers in question, a doubles win for Kaylle Schumacher and Ella Ray, was won easily in the first set, 6-0, then Hallsville fought back, winning the second set, 4-6. But Schumacher and Ray showed tenacity, by plowing through the third set to take the match point for the Wildcats.
The victory would not last long, though.
By the time Shane Hinton lost in singles, the Hallsville Bobcats had already gained the “10th point,” as the Wildcats Team Tennis coaching staff likes to call it, when a team gets their 10th point of the match, they win the game, so the defeat was already at hand for the Wildcats.
Had it not been for a late victory by Trinity Luckett, a tightly contested match that ended second to last, the Wildcats would have left the Tennis Center at Sulphur Springs High School 18-1.
Instead Luckett pulled through, giving the Wildcats a tough, but perhaps more respectable 17-2 loss to Hallsville.
Next up, the Wildcats Team Tennis (2-2 district, 3-3 overall) will travel to Marshall on Tuesday, Oct. 20 to play the Mavericks in another hotly contested district match-up that will be the final match of the regular season for the Wildcats.
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.
Winnsboro Police Department Report For Oct. 5-11, 2020
The Winnsboro Police Department media report for the week of Oct. 5-11, 2020, included the following activity:
Arrests
No arrests
Calls for Service
The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 140 calls for
service during this reporting period.
Citations
The Winnsboro Police Department issued 22 citations and 36 warnings
during this reporting period.
Oct. 13 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 28 Recoveries, 9 New Cases
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported more Hopkins County people recovered from COVID-19 than the number of people who received positive COVID-19 test results on Tuesday. The 28 recoveries reported Tuesday in the HC/SSEM Oct. 13 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update. was good news, but wasn’t enough to balance or offset the number of new positive cases reported over the last 2 days.
A whooping 32 new cases, the most ever reported at one time by the HC/SSEM, were reported on Monday and 9 nine additional cases were reported Tuesday. The 28 recoveries Tuesday and 2 on Monday, reduced the overall active case count from 119 to 100, according to the Oct. 13 Hopkins County COVID-19 update.
The 41 new cases reported so far this week bring the total number of Hopkins County residents who have tested positive so far this month to 92. That’s more new cases during the first 13 days of October than during the whole month of July, when 89 total cases were reported, and more than August, when 91 people tested positive for COVID-19. That’s about 2.5 times more cases reported Oct. 1-13 than Sept. 1-13.
The 30 recoveries reported this week, combined with those already posted this month amount to 70 recoveries so far. That’s also more than 4 times as many recoveries reported so far this month than during the first 13 days of September.
Cumulatively, there have been 453 Hopkins County residents test positive for COVID-19 since March, including 353 who have recovered from the virus. HC/SSEM reported in the Oct. 13 Hopkins County COVID-19 update.
HC/SSEM in their Oct. 13 Hopkins County COVID-19 update reported 132 were performed at the free testing site on Monday, Oct. 12. That’s 323 tests conducted over the last week at the testing site and a total of 1,078 tests performed since testing was first offered at at 128-A Jefferson St. on Sept. 25.
Free testing for COVID-19 will continue to be offered for anyone. Symptoms are not required. The test is a mouth swab molecular test, according to information provided by Texas Department of Emergency Management and local officials. Register online at GoGetTested.com. Simply log on, scroll down to “Sulphur Springs — Red Cross/Old Fidelity Express — Texas Emergency Management” location, click the green “BOOK NOW” button in the right corner and follow the prompts.
The COVID Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs had 6 patients, one more patient on Tuesday than on Monday, Oct. 12, when the fewest number of patients was reported so far this month. The most patients in the COVID Unit so far in October has been 9, which is still only half of the 3-month high of 17 posted on Sept. 28. In fact, the COVID unit remained in double digits from Sept. 21-30, a time span when 9 Hopkins County residents were reported by the state to have died from COVID-19.
The were no new reports of COVID-19 deaths for Hopkins County on either Oct. 12 or Oct. 13. But, 20 Hopkins County residents have died from COVID-19 over the last 3 1/2 months. Two deaths were reported in July, 6 in August, 9 in September and 3 So far this month, according to Texas Department of State Health Services, which receives notification when COVID-19 is listed as officials cause of death on death certificates.
Texas Health and Human Services’ Oct. 13 report showed no change in nursing home COVID-19 case counts in Hopkins County. There continued to be 27 active resident cases at Carriage House Manor as of Sept. 29, according to HHS. The facility had 16 employees and test positive, but those cases were no longer active on Sept. 29; there had been total of 45 resident cases, including 13 recoveries and 4 deaths as of Sept. 29, according to the HHS report.
There continued to be 1 active COVID-19 case among Wesley House employees on Sept. 29, according to the Oct. 13 HHS assisted living facility report. The facility has had 7 residents test positive for COVID-19, but all 7 had recovered by Sept. 29.
There were no active COVID-19 cases at any of the licensed child care centers, school-age programs or before and after school programs in in Hopkins County on Oct. 12, according to the Oct. 13 HHS report.
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner Discusses Three-Win Week on Coach’s Show Saturday
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner talked about a big week last week for her team on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday, Oct. 10, Morning Coach’s Show.
Playing three matches at home, the Lady Cats came from behind to defeat Marshall on Tuesday and then won a pair of matches Friday against Pine Tree and Mount Pleasant. Coach Dorner said the three home wins were especially important after her team’s loss on the road to start district play at Texas High on Oct. 2.
After the Texas High loss, Coach Dorner told her team they had the chance to improve to 3-1 in district play or fall to 0-4. She said they could either lay down or fight. Coach Dorner’s plans seemed to be in trouble Tuesday as the Lady Cats fell behind Marshall 2-0 at home. But, the Lady Cats rallied winning the last three sets to win the match. The 5-set win removed a monkey from the backs of the team and Coach Dorner. The Lady Cats last won a 5-set match early last season.
On the Coach’s Show, Coach Dorner agreed that her team played some of their best volleyball of the season Friday in 3-0 wins against Pine Tree and in the make up match against Mount Pleasant. She said no one on the team had a bad game. Coach Dorner noted that the Lady Cats hardly let the ball hit the floor in their Pine Tree win. She attributed that to fantastic effort to get to balls.
Earlier last week, Coach Dorner and her staff worried about the difficulty of playing back-to-back matches. Fortunately, the Lady Cats took out Pine Tree in three sets. Still Coach Dorner said her team was a little bit tired at the start of the Mount Pleasant match but they were able to overcome that.
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.
Game Day: Wildcats Team Tennis Hosts Hallsville, Lady Cats Volleyball Team Gets Night Off
There is Wildcats Team Tennis on this Tuesday, October 13, game day. The Wildcats have a district match with Hallsville at the Wildcat Tennis Complex beginning at 2:30 p.m.
The Wildcats have not had a match for two weeks. They are currently 2-2 in district play and 3-2 overall this season. When the Wildcats won at Pine Tree back on September 29, Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said the win assured the Wildcats of a playoff spot. Since that match, the Wildcats canceled non-district matches at Van on October 3 and at Pleasant Grove on October 6.
Today’s match against Hallsville may shape up as a battle for third place in the district. The Wildcats complete district play next Tuesday at Marshall.
Meanwhile the Lady Cats Volleyball Team has in bye in district play on this game day Tuesday.
The Lady Cats are 3-1 in district play and 6-6 for the season. The Lady Cats resume district play on Friday as they play host to Hallsville at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School. The varsity match gets things started Friday at 4:30 p.m.
