The 2nd annual Titus Regional Medical Center Tiger Town Tournament will be held this weekend at Willie Williams Gym on the campus of Mount Pleasant High School. The tournament will feature 15 teams and over 40 games over the course of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Teams in this year’s tournament include several from around the [...]
The 2019 MPHS Christmas King and Queen are seniors Jamarion Brown and Diana Sandoval. Photo by John Whitten
Students in the Mount Pleasant High School Cosmetology program recently entered the Student Fall/Holiday Style Contest sponsored by RDA beauty supply in Longview. Students had to create a style/updo using only styling products sold at RDA and their own creativity, then submit photos of their creation to RDA. Four MPHS students, Erica Garcia, Leslie Patino, [...]
The MPHS Speech and Debate team hosted a Texas Forensics Association Individual Qualifying tournament on Saturday, November 16. The tournament featured competitors from fourteen schools including some 6A programs from the Dallas area. Several 8th and 9th grade members of MPJH and MPHS Speech and Debate competed in the Novice division and three earned medals [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Math and Science teams competed at Daingerfield High School on Saturday, November 16. Overall the teams brought back four team trophies and forty-six individual medals. Results are as follows: Number Sense (2nd place team) 9th grade: Jose Trejo & Param Poudel 3rd(tie), Devin Castaneda 5th, Isaac Hernandez 6th 10th [...]
Mount Pleasant High School senior Maggie Lilly signed a letter of intent on Monday, November 18th in the MPHS Field House surrounded by family and friends. Lilly will play softball at The University of Arkansas—Rich Mountain. She will be a member of the university’s very first softball team. She is the daughter of Stephen and [...]
The members of the National Honor Society (NHS) at Mount Pleasant High School held a food drive in conjunction with its induction ceremony. Admission to the induction ceremony was free, but attendees were asked to bring a food staple such as canned goods or boxed items. In addition to the items collected that night, NHS [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate team competed in the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) Individual Qualifying Tournament at Athens High School on Friday, November 22. Two team members earned their state qualifications bringing the team total to four. Senior Caroline Rose won the tournament championship in Lincoln Douglas (LD) debate outlasting a field [...]
From an applicant pool of thousands of high school scholar-athletes graduating with the class of 2020, more than 3,600 have been named School Winners in the Heisman Trophy Trust’s scholarship competition. Seniors Virginia Fuentes and Colby Hunnicutt have been chosen as School Winners from Mount Pleasant High School. Fuentes, daughter of Angelica Fuentes and Jose [...]
