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TIGER Royalty

TIGER Royalty

TIGER Royalty

The 2021 Mount Pleasant High School Homecoming King and Queen are Tre Emory and Mireya Villarruel. For photos of the court and festivities, see pages 6 and 7. TRIBUNE PHOTO / MIRANDA OGLESBY
Tiger Boys L-R: Sam Sloan, Brady Sisk, George Burrows, Clayton Brison, Micah Tucker, Matthew Tucker, Matthew Peterson, Kade Strickland

Tiger Boys L-R: Sam Sloan, Brady Sisk, George Burrows, Clayton Brison, Micah Tucker, Matthew Tucker, Matthew Peterson, Kade Strickland

Tigers open fall golf season at Paris

The Mount Pleasant Tigers and Lady Tigers began their Fall golf season on Monday with the opening tournament held at Paris Country Club. Both teams performed well with several securing top finishes, an encouraging sign for the rest of the season.
TRIBUNE PHOTO / QUINTEN BOYD

TRIBUNE PHOTO / QUINTEN BOYD

Local volleyball teams continue to serve

A roundup of recent local volleyball action: The Pewitt Lady Brahmas bounced back from a close loss at Redwater to pick up a close home win over Hooks, 3-2 (12-25, 25-19, 20-25, 27-25, 15-9). Makenzie Bottoms finished with seven kills, six aces and a block.
Pewitt’s Deiontray Hill delivers a hit to a Celina receiver as Jack Morris assists on the stop. The Brahmas will take on Hooks to open district play Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO / QUINTEN BOYD

Pewitt’s Deiontray Hill delivers a hit to a Celina receiver as Jack Morris assists on the stop. The Brahmas will take on Hooks to open district play Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO / QUINTEN BOYD

Brahmas open district Friday at Hooks

Every football team wants to start its season undefeated. They’d all love to finish undefeated, as well. Usually, a team will suffer its bumps and bruises along the way. At that point, it’s all in how a team bounces back from its setbacks.
Homecoming Friday

Homecoming Friday

Homecoming Friday

Mount Pleasant High School’s Homecoming is this Friday, Oct. 1. The MP Tigers will play the Whitehouse Wildcats. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m. at Sam Parker Field. TRIBUNE PHOTO / MIRANDA OGLESBY
Rivercrest’s LaBroderick Rosser jumps to make a catch during a recent game. The Rebels defeated Como-PIckton Friday, 31-8. TRIBUNE PHOTO / QUINTEN BOYD

Rivercrest’s LaBroderick Rosser jumps to make a catch during a recent game. The Rebels defeated Como-PIckton Friday, 31-8. TRIBUNE PHOTO / QUINTEN BOYD

Rebels run away from Eagles for Homecoming win

For college sports fans, the “Runnin’ Rebels” reside in Las Vegas. After Friday night, there’s a new set of Runnin’ Rebels. The Rivercrest Rebels ran out to a fast start behind the legs of running back Zane Dees and ran away from Como-Pickton for an emphatic 31-8 Homecoming victory.