PJC Hosts Annual Giving Day Apr. 27
On April 27, 2021 Paris Junior College will join over 195 nonprofit organizations throughout north and east Texas as part of East Texas Giving Day. East Texas Giving Day is an 18-hour online event that provides critical funding for our area. The purpose of an area-wide Giving Day is to bring the region together on one day and as one community, raising money and awareness for local needs. “Thanks to donor assistance, it has become...
Wildcats Baseball Team Climbs Back Into Second Place After Defeating Mount Pleasant Friday
Wildcat Kaden Wallace was a pitching and hitting star Friday (April 9) as the Wildcats Baseball Team rolled over Mount Pleasant, 10-3. Wallace got the pitching win allowing only 1 hit and 1 run over 5 innings while striking out 12 and walking 4. Wallace did not allow a hit until two were out in the fifth inning. Hector Martinez closed out the game going 2 innings allowing 3 hits and only 1 earned run. Wallace also had some big moments...
Weather Impacting Some Friday Sports Contests
With potential storms in the forecast, all games on this game day Friday (April 9) should be considered weather permitting and the threat of bad weather has already led to changes. Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats Softball Team are taking on Mount Pleasant in big district games. The Wildcats meet the Tigers at Wildcat Park. Due to weather worries. The JV game has been canceled. The varsity game has been moved to 4 p.m....
Lady Cats Softball Keeps Rolling, Beating Mt. Pleasant 4-1
The Lady Cats softball team took advantage of a few scoring opportunities throughout the game to win at Mt. Pleasant on Friday, Apr. 9 by a score of 4-1. Coach David Carrillo and his squad were held scoreless through three innings. The only hit that was allowed through three were hits by Parris Pickett in the second and Nylah Lindley in the third. Neither hits turned in to runs. It was not until the fourth inning that the Lady Cats...
Wildcats Baseball Team Falls Out of Second Place Tie With 8-3 Loss at Longview
The Wildcats Baseball Team struggled on the mound and in the batters box in an 8-3 loss at Longview Tuesday night. Longview used two big innings to win the game. The Lobos scored 5 runs in the bottom of the second and 3 more runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Wildcats managed a pair of runs in the top of the fourth and 1 more in the top of the fifth. The Lobos outhit the Wildcats, 10-3. Kaden Wallace was the starting pitcher and he...
Wildcats Tennis Team Gets Ready For District With Wills Point and Tyler Tournaments
Soon District 15-5A interests will gather together to determine all important seedling for next week’s District Tennis Tournament in Texarkana. It takes place next Tuesday and Wednesday, April 13-14. To get ready for district opponents, the Wildcats played in a Wills Point tournament last Thursday (April 1) and in a Tyler tournament Monday. Wildcats senior Harleigh Stegient broke her wrist when she fell in a singles’ match...
Wildcats Golfer Kip Childress Qualifies for Regional Tourney and Team is Fifth at District
At the two-day District 15-5A Golf Tournament at Tempest Golf Course in Gladewater last Monday and Tuesday (March 29-30), Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress, an East Texas Baptist University commit, qualified for the Regional Tournament. The Wildcats finished 5th as a team. Childress followed an opening day 71 with a second day 75 for a two day total of 146. Childress finished 3rd overall in the tournament to qualify. The Regional...
Walks and Errors Combine to Do In the Wildcats Baseball Team in an 8-1 Loss to Hallsville
A district baseball summit battle of the top two teams ended poorly for the Wildcats due to walks and errors in an 8-1 loss to Hallsville at Wildcat Park Thursday night (April 1). Wildcats’ pitchers held the Bobcats to just 5 hits but 11 walks and 5 errors made the hits effective. Meanwhile the Wildcats also struggled with the bats collecting only 4 hits and scoring only 1 run. Wildcats pitcher Hayden Hurst took the loss. He...
Lady Cats Softball Takes Revenge Game Against Hallsville, 3-0
The Lady Cats softball team took advantage of errors committed by Hallsville to win the rematch against the Lady Cats by a score of 3-0. “We took advantage of scoring opportunities,” Coach Carrillo said adding that he thought his team scored at just about every chance they got. The Lady Cats won off of only five hits against Hallsville, but those hits turned in to three runs over the course of the game. Sulphur Springs...
Wildcats Soccer Team Gets Two Overtime Goals to Defeat Red Oak in Area Playoff
The Wildcats Soccer Team scored two early clutch overtime goals and then turned things over to their defense as the Wildcats defeated Red Oak in an Area contest, 4-2 Tuesday night (March 30) at Hanby Stadium in Mesquite. The Wildcats seemed have more energy in overtime and began to put pressure on the Hawks’ defense and goalkeeper. First Edgar Salazar ended up one on one with the keeper and scored a goal at 5:53 in the first...
