Mount Pleasant basketball talent continues to be showcased across East Texas as seniors Autumn Jackson and Zaveion Chism-Okoh have been selected to participate in the Hoops for Autism All-Star Game. The games will be played at Spring Hill High School on Saturday, March 27 with the girls tipping off at 5:30 PM and the boys [...]
Mount Pleasant High School juniors Connelly Cowan and Taylor Hubbs have earned the National Speech and Debate Association’s Academic All-American award. Of the more than 141,000 student members of the Association, fewer than 1,000 students earn the Academic All-American Award every year. To date, only ten team members from MPHS have ever earned this prestigious [...]
The Tiger and Lady Tiger golf teams have ratcheted up tournament play over the past week with both teams competing in tournaments to fine tune their swings for the district meet coming up in a couple of weeks. On March 3, the JV boys competed at the Pine Tree tournament held at Wood Hollow in [...]
Fifteen Mount Pleasant High School Art students entered 18 pieces at the virtual Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) on February 6. Two MPHS students will move on to the state competition which will also be virtual in April. Art pieces were scored as a 4 (Excellent), a 3 (Strong), a 2 (Developing), or a 1 [...]
The Lady Tiger powerlifting team traveled to Whitehouse last Wednesday to compete in the regional powerlifting meet. The Lady Tiger team is comprised of fourteen total members, of which ten qualified for regionals. Out of those ten lifters, three lifters including senior Ashlynn Brooks, senior Jalissa Alvarez, and sophomore Nayeli Jaimes qualified for the state [...]
After finishing the season 27-1 and as high as #3 in the state rankings, the Mount Pleasant Tigers' accolades continue to roll in with the Tigers top scorers earning a tremendous honor. Senior guard Zaveion Chism-Okoh and sophomore guard Payton Chism were selected to the 5A Region 2 All-Region Team as only two of only [...]
Lady Tiger sophomore basketball player Paris Beard was recently named to the 5A All-Region team by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Beard was the leading scorer for the district champion Lady Tigers averaging 18.3 points per game along with 6.4 steals and 5.3 rebounds. Beard led the Lady Tigers two rounds deep in the [...]
After two weekends competing against nineteen other East Texas teams at the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) District Tournament, the Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate came away with overall Team Sweepstakes, Debate Team Sweepstakes, 2nd place Speech Team, and Student of the Year awards, with six team members qualifying for the National [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Theatre department competed in the UIL One Act Play competition on Thursday, March 4. Three members of the production earned individual awards for their performances. Sophomore Pearl Murrillo was named to the All-Star Cast for her portrayal of Woman in Queenly Spanish Garb. Senior Lexie Humber earned Honorable Mention All-Star [...]
