Lady Cats Volleyball Team Springs Huge Upset In Bi-District, Wins 3-0 Over Hallsville
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team, playing some of their best volleyball this year, shocked district champion Hallsville, 3-0 in a bi-district match at Tyler Junior College Tuesday night, Nov. 5. With a roster that featured lots of youth and playoff inexperience, the Lady Cats came out of the gate with laser focus and took charge of the match. The result was a stunning set one win, 25-8. Only senior Erika VanBenthem had ever been in a...
Lady Cats Volleyball Bi-District Match Versus Hallsville In Tyler On Tuesday Game Day
After missing out last season, the Lady Cats Volleyball Team returns to the playoffs Tuesday night, Nov. 5, with a bi-district match with Hallsville at the Wagstaff Gym at Tyler Junior College at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Cats are expected to have their hands full. The Lady Cats, as their district’s number 4 playoff seed, are matched up with Hallsville, the champion of District 16-5A. The Lady Cats have a season record of 23-17 after...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner Likes Underdog Role Against Hallsville in Playoff Match Tuesday
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner says she likes being the underdog. The Lady Cats, a district #4 seed, will take on district champ and 30 game winner Hallsville Tuesday (November 5) at 7:30 p.m. at the Wagstaff Gym at Tyler Junior College. Hallsville will come into the contest having won 13 straight district games. The Lady Cats enter the contest having gone 1-4 in the second half of district play including a loss at home to...
Lady Cats Volleyball Warm Up Results
Lady Cats Take Two Out of Three Sets Against Paris in Warm Up Match Friday The Lady Cats Volleyball Team prepared for the playoffs by playing three sets against Paris in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School Friday. Paris took the first set 25-20 and then the Lady Cats won the next two, 25-18 and 25-20. The match was curtailed so Paris’ team could attend their football game. The Lady Cats face former district foe...
Wildcats Football at Kaufman and Lady Cats Volleyball at Home on Game Day Friday
The Wildcats Football Team plays their next to last district game of the season on this game day Friday (November 1) and they are going to a place they may have never been to before, Kaufman’s Lions’ Stadium. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens remembers the stadium from his days playing there as Lindale’s head football coach. A journey back into Wildcats Football records as far as 1956 when Sulphur Springs went into...
Lady Cats Volleyball To Play Old Foe Hallsville In Bi-District Tuesday Night
Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner says the Lady Cats will be playing Hallsville in a bi-district match next Tuesday night, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Tyler Junior College. The Lady Bobcats are on a tear. They have won 13 straight district matches after losing their very first one this season. The Lady Bobcats are 30-12 for the season. The Lady Cats play a warm up game against Paris Friday at 4:30 p.m....
2019 SSHS Hall Of Honor Inductees Honored
Four record-shattering athletes were honored Friday, October 25th, by the Sulphur Springs High School Hall of Honor Committee. Doug Evans emceed the event as family and friends looked on. Past coaches and family members introduced each athlete and described the athletes achievements and records, which some may not ever be bested. Each recipient, truly humbled by the experience, thanked their family and friends, giving credit to that...
PJC Names 2019 Mr. and Miss PJC
Paris Junior College sophomores Cannon Davis and Katie Cullum were named Mr. & Miss PJC 2019 on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Faculty and staff nominate students for this honor. The students must be graduating sophomores taking a minimum of 12 semester hours with at least a 2.75 GPA. Cullum is a 2017 graduate of Hudson High School, a member of the softball team and Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college honor society, and the daughter...
Rayford W. Dodd
Rayford W. Dodd, 68, of Paris, passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at his home while surrounded by loved ones. Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13th at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with James McLeod officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Graveside services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16th at the Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Lufkin....
PJC Receives Clean Audit Report; Approve Sport and Recreation Management Degree; Enrollment Increases
Paris Junior College and the PJC Memorial Foundation received a clean audit report at the January PJC Board of Regents meeting on Monday. “We have a clean opinion,” said Andy Reich of McClanahan Holmes as he presented results of the 2017-2018 audit to the regents. He explained that there was a clean opinion on the federal and state funding audits as well, “there are no findings.” The regents also approved an Associate of Science...
