The Mount Pleasant High School Bass Fishing Team opened their season at the Texas High School Bass Association (THSBA) tournament on Lake Fork on Saturday, September 30. The team of Clayton Miller and Rolston Morton placed 57th out of 151 boats with five fish weighing 3.41 lbs.

The Pewitt Brahmas have been a team in search of consistency – showing flashes of what could be, but running into a wall of late when it comes to gaining and maintaining momentum. Friday, it was the Redwater Dragons who maintained momentum, spoiling Pewitt’s Homecoming by picking up a 56-30 win.

CHAAMP (Christian Homeschool Athletics Association Mt. Pleasant) junior varsity volleyball team won the 2023 NTAA Tournament at La Tourneau University in Longview, Texas. The two-day tournament began Friday with two pools of six teams each. The pools played next to each other in the university’s second gym with two courts. Pool play consisted of two games to 25 with bracket seeding determined by overall record. Due to time constraints at the end of Friday, the last pool games were reduced to 15 points each.

The first game of district play in District 17-2A pitted two teams with similar stories against each other. The Harts Bluff Lady Bulldogs and Rivercrest Lady Rebels finished third and second, respectively in district play last season. Both teams fell to ranked foes in the area round -- Harts Bluff against Beckville and Rivercrest against San Augustine. Both teams brought back most of their squad from those playoff runs.

Last Friday, representatives from MPHS cheerleading, Tiger Dolls, Tiger football and Lady Tiger Volleyball presented “Tigers on Tour,” a traveling pep rally that visited our littlest Tigers at Child Development Center, E.C. Brice, Frances Corprew, Vivian Fowler, and Annie Sims Elementary Schools.

The Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo team headed to the first National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Southern Region Rodeo hosted by Panola College September 22-23, and the Men’s Team returned to campus as Champions of the Rodeo.