The MPHS Cheerleaders are headed to Fort Worth to compete in the UIL Spirit Championship on January 10th and 11th. They will compete against 118 other 5A high school cheer teams in hopes of making the top 20. The UIL Spirit Championship is a cheer competition patterned after a typical Friday night football game. During [...]
The Mount Pleasant Tigers took the title of champions in the Paris Holiday Tournament with a resounding victory over Paris, 79-71. The game was, of sorts, a revenge game for the Tigers avenging a 5-point loss to the Wildcats earlier in the season. Paris started off the game hot making 8 three pointers in the [...]
Although volleyball season is over, accolades for the Lady Tigers continue to roll in. Seniors Taylor Craig and Krissa Woods have been named, by the Texas Girls Coaches Association, to the Academic All-State Team. To qualify for this award, these two young ladies had to maintain a grade average of 94 or better for their [...]
Eight Mount Pleasant High School Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) have advanced to state-level competition. Andrea Beccera again advanced in Children’s Literature. She placed first in State in the category last year and advanced to the national competition. Beccera teamed up with Madora Jemison to qualify for state in Researching Learning Challenges. Jennifer Mora [...]
Three Mount Pleasant High School Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) have been recognized for exemplary performance in HOSA online testing. Taylor Craig was recognized for Physical Therapy, Hunter Grant for Veterinary Science and Annie Trout for Medical Assisting. They have advanced to the HOSA Area Leadership Conference in Frisco in January. They will join [...]
The Mt. Pleasant High School Cross Examination (CX) Debate Team swept the CX Debate Tournament at Sulphur Springs High School last weekend. MPHS teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Pictured are 2nd place team members Mackenzie Lide and Connelly Cowan, 1st place team Anthony Preciado and Seth Robertson, who was also named Top Speaker at [...]
It’s not only high school athletes who are offered scholarships to play at the college level. After individual auditions before a panel of judges, fourteen Mount Pleasant High School Goin’ Gold Band members were offered scholarships to attend the University of Arkansas at Monticello Music Program. The scholarship total: $396,500. Scholarships were offered to Eryn [...]
The Mount Pleasant Speech and Debate Team competed in Regional Congressional Debate Thursday, November 3 and took three of the six top spots. Junior Dani Bernal finished 3rd, Junior Anthony Preciado finished 4th and Sophomore Maritza Zambrano finished 6th. Sophomore Aslin Barrientos was awarded Top Presiding Officer. By placing 3rd, Bernal earned a trip to [...]
Mount Pleasant High School senior Connor Gage has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Navarro Junior College next year. Connor, the son of Barry and Susan Gage, will be a four year letterman for the Tigers this year and has put up some impressive numbers while playing for the Tigers. During his [...]
