During Chapel Hill’s Homecoming festivities Friday, Meli Pennington and Vincent Rodriguez were named Homecoming Queen and King. Pennington is the daughter of Shane and Toni Pennington and Rodriguez is the son of Aristeo and Gina Rodriguez.

Few teams subscribe to the Ric Flair “To be the man, you have to beat the man” theory quite like Chapel Hill. Looking for an opponent for their annual Homecoming game, the Red Devils and Lady Devils eventually settled on Timpson, another East Texas team almost always in the mix during the state playoffs.

Mount Pleasant fans have become accustomed to hard fought matches with rival Sulphur Springs as the Tigers and Wildcats have won the past five district championships. Tuesday night at Willie Williams Gym did not disappoint as Mount Pleasant clawed their way back from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the #21 stateranked Sulphur Springs.

The Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders competed in the UIL Spirit State Championships held on January 13 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Competing in the Coed division for the first time in school history, MPHS Cheer finished in 13th place in the entire state of Texas.

The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers didn’t need long to take control in what could be their final district game against Sulphur Springs for at least two years. With redistricting likely to separate the two teams in a matter of weeks, the Lady Tigers jumped out to a 21-4 first quarter lead and held the Lady Cats scoreless in the third quarter as Mount Pleasant maintained its hold on first place in the district with a 69-18 victory over Sulphur Springs.

The CHAAMP Hawks traveled to Paris on Tuesday and defeated Trinity Christian Academy by a comfortable margin of 58-21. The outcome of the game was never in doubt, as the Hawks led 11-1 at the end of the first quarter, and 25-8 at halftime. Due to the nature of the contest, 15 different players played in the game for CHAAMP and 12 of them scored.

After dropping their first two district games at Winnsboro and against Mount Vernon, the Chapel Hill Lady Devils looked to bounce back with wins as they kicked off the second half of district play last week.

The Mount Pleasant Tigers improved their district record to 3-1 on Friday with a victory over the visiting Pine Tree Pirates to move into a tie for second place. A dominant second half defensive showing by the Tigers limited Pine Tree to just 8 points and pushed the Tigers to an easy win.

The Pewitt Brahmas and Lady Brahmas both returned to the court Monday after a pause due to Covid, with the squads traveling to Bowie County to take on Hooks. In the girls’ game, Pewitt kept the action close for a quarter before the Lady Hornets shooting warmed up a cold night as Hooks won over the Lady Brahmas, 63-41.

With a number of area schools forced to close last week due to rising Covid numbers, teams looked to shuffle their schedules with a number of teams in the thick of the district title race. Harts Bluff was scheduled to hold Homecoming festivities Tuesday evening during their game against Yantis, but Homecoming has been postponed until Feb.