Mount Pleasant

TEXARKANA -- The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers remained perfect in District 16-5A with a 61-56 win at Texas High on Tuesday. Shakyra Hutchings led Mount Pleasant (17-8, 5-0) with 17 points and 16 rebounds, while Sakaria Grant knocked down five 3-pointers and finished with 16 points...

Emory Rains entered the 2016 season with big expectations. It didn't disappoint. The Ladycats went undefeated in District 13-4A play and clinched the league title with ease. They advanced on to the Region II tournament semifinal round before calling it a year.

All District 16-5A Football Team Most Valuable Player — Cam Haller, Sr., RB, Marshall Co-Offensive MVPs — Quan Hampton, Sr., WR, Texas High; Cade Pearson, Sr., QB, Texas High Defensive MVP — Xzavier Hopkins, Sr., LB, Texas High Offensive Newcomer of the Year — Keshon Williams, Soph ... Read More ...

WHITEHOUSE -- The Whitehouse Wildcats picked up a 63-53 non-district win over Mount Pleasant, Friday at Wildcat Arena. Whitehouse (11-5) was led by Javier Neal, who finished with 14 points. McKade Marquis added 12 points, while Jackson Mahomes and Kaleb Ford-Dement had nine and eight points, respectively...

FRISCO -- Mount Pleasant's first playoff game in four years took place in one of the new jewels in Texas, the Dallas Cowboys' multi-million dollar indoor training facility -- the Ford Center at The Star. Unfortunately for Tigers fans, the game most likely won't be as memorable...

Corey Homer knows what it's like to make the playoffs wearing the Mount Pleasant black and gold. He did it as a player twice under Marc McDaniel during one of the Tigers' most successful periods in school history.

TEXARKANA -- Texas High scored 27 unanswered points and cruised past Mount Pleasant by a final score of 27-7 Friday inside Tiger Stadium at Grimm Park. Mount Pleasant got on the board first, and owned a 7-3 lead after the first quarter, thanks to a 10-yard run by Je'kerris Lee less than halfway through the period. But it was all Texas High after that.

MARSHALL -- Cameron Haller ran for 212 yards and three touchdowns to surpass the 1,000-yard mark this season in Marshall's 48-21 win over Mount Pleasant on Friday night in District 16-5A action.

HALLSVILLE -- Clint Lapic's 9-yard touchdown run in overtime sent the Hallsville Bobcats to their first win of the season, a 24-20 defeat of Mount Pleasant on Friday night. Hallsville (1-4, 1-0 in District 16-5A) sent the game to overtime when Peyton McGarvey threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Ty Meissner with 32 seconds remaining...

With Longview out of the picture and in Class 6A now, it appears as if District 16-5A will be a two-horse between Marshall and Texas High, which each grabbed a piece of the league title in 2015. Marshall returns 12 starters from last year's 11-2 regional semifinalist squad, while Texas High brings back one of the top quarterback in the region in senior Cade Pearson, who is committed to North Texas