Lady Cats Softball Team Wraps Wylie Tournament Saturday With 1 Win, 1 Loss
On Saturday, March 7, on the third and last day of the Wylie Varsity Softball Tournament, the Lady Cats Softball Team split a pair of games defeating North Mesquite, 9-3 and then losing to Sachse, 11-5. Vs. North Mesquite Against North Mesquite, the Lady Cats built a 8-1 lead after four innings. That included a 5-run bottom of the fourth. North Mesquite scored two more runs late, but the Lady Cats scored one more to make it a 9-3...
Lady Cats Softball Team Evens Season Record With Pair Of Tourney Wins Friday
The Lady Cats Softball Team continued good play in the Wylie High School Varsity Softball Tournament on Friday, March 6. The Lady Cats came from behind to defeat Burleson Centennial 5-2 and, then, won in a rout over Mesquite Horn, 10-1. The Lady Cats are now 3-1 in the tournament. The two wins Friday evened the Lady Cats season record at 7-7. Vs. Burleson Centennial Against Burleson Centennial, the Lady Cats trailed 2-0 going into the...
Lady Cats Softball Team Pounds Out 22 Hits And Splits Pair Of Games In Wylie Tourney Thursday
The Lady Cats Softball Team is beginning to feel more comfortable at the plate. Thursday, March 5, on the first day of the three day Wylie Tournament, the Lady Cats Softball Team got 22 hits while splitting a pair of games. The Lady Cats slugged their way past McKinney Boyd, 13-4 and then lost a slug fest to Allen, 10-7. Against Boyd, the Lady Cats trailed after the first inning, 2-1. The Lady Cats scored 4 runs in the bottom of the...
Tira News — March 4, 2020
By Jan Vaughn The Tira City Council meeting, which was scheduled for March 2, 2020, had to be cancelled, due to several members being unable to attend. It will be rescheduled, but the date has not been determined, yet. Robert Henson, Tira Volunteer firefighter, did routine maintenance on the Tira fire trucks over the weekend. We appreciate the service that the volunteer firefighters provide for our community. City of Tira Linda Ellen...
Election Day Voting In March 3 Primaries To Be Held At 12 Locations In Hopkins County
Voters who did not take advantage of the early voting period to cast ballots in the Democratic and Republican Party Primary Elections will have one last chance to do so Tuesday, March 3. According to early voter totals reported to the Secretary of State’s Office, 2,510 of the 23,190 registered voters in Hopkins County cast ballots either by mail or personal appearance at the conclusion of early voting in the March Party Primary...
Lady Cats Softball Team Has Big Day It Allen Tournament Winning Two Games, Impressively
The Lady Cats Softball Team had quite a day Friday, February 28, at the 21st Annual Allen Varsity Softball Tournament, winning two games by wide margins. The Lady Cats clobbered Dallas W.T. White, 20-5 and then blitzed Hurst L.D. Bell, 9-2. The wins improved the Lady Cats season record to 4-6. The Lady Cats actually started off slowly against Dallas White. The Lady Longhorns jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first. The Lady...
Early Voting Concludes Today
Early voting by personal appearance in the Republican and Democratic Primary Elections ends today. Ballots may be cast by Hopkins County voters until 5 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Justice of the Peace 2 Courtroom located inside Hopkins County Courthouse Annex (the Tax/Justices of the Peace offices). As of Thursday evening, 249 voters had cast ballots in the Democratic Primary and 1,625 in the Republican Primary, according to the total voter...
Lady Cats Softball Team Gets Two Losses On First Day Of Tough Allen Tournament Thursday
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo is a firm believer in getting his team ready for district play with a tough pre-district schedule. A good example was day one of the three day 21st Annual Allen Varsity Softball Tournament Thursday. The Lady Cats faced Wylie East and Class 6A Hebron. Wylie East won 7-2 and Hebron won 10-2. The Lady Cats are now 2-6 for the season. In game one, Wylie East went up 1-0 in the top of the first on a...
Tira News — Feb. 26, 2020
By Jan Vaughn The quarterly Tira City Council Meeting will be held on Monday, March 2, 2020, at the Tira Community Center. The public is always welcome and encouraged to attend. Yvonne Weir met Brenda Allen of Yantis at Plain and Fancy on Monday for a late birthday celebration of Brenda’s January birthday. Our daughter and granddaughter, Tiffany and Jaidyn of Malvern, Arkansas, came for a visit on Friday evening. Our grandson, Kenden...
Lady Cats Softball Team Breaks Drought With A Flood Of Runs Winning 12-2 over Mineola
After a very slow start to the 2020 season for the Lady Cats Softball Team, things changed drastically Tuesday night, February 25, in a 12-2 win over Mineola at Lady Cat Park. The game was moved from Mineola because things were drier at Lady Cat Park. After Mineola took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, the Lady Cats answered with 3 runs of their own. The Lady Cats scored in every inning and pounded out 14 hits. The Lady Cats...
