Wildcat Weekly Palestine Independent School District September 27, 2019 Volume 8: Issue 6 TACS Today Article 2-3 Athletics 4 Campus Happenings 5-10 ACE 11 Looking Forward 12 Inside this issue: DISTRICT EVENTS Friday, September 27 End 1 st Six Weeks HOMECOMING 2:55p HOMECOMING Pep Rally 4:30p V/JV/JVB Volleyball vs Fairfield (Home) 7:00p King & Queen Announcement 7:30p V Football vs Crandall (Home) Saturday, September 28 7-2pm Homecoming Golf Tournament @ Wildcat Golf Course JH Volleyball @ Leon Tournament 3:00p Dogwood Marching Classic @ Wildcat Stadium Monday, September 30 Begin 2 nd Six Weeks Tuesday, October 1 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volleyball @ Madisonville Thursday, October 3 Student Holiday/Staff Development Region XXI Jazz Band Auditions @ Bullard HS 8:30a JV/V Boys Cross Country @ Garden Valley Golf Club/Lindale Friday, October 4 Student & Staff Holiday Football Open Week from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall GO WILDCATS! PISD FEATURED IN TACS TODAY MAGAZINE FOR 4-H PROGRAM The Palestine ISD 4-H program that began last year as past of the district’s ACE program was featured in the September, 2019 issue of TACS Today magazine. The article explains how PISD Texas ACE and 4-H programs have joined forces to provide new opportunities for students. Shanna Marshall, PISD ACE Project Director, a former 4-H member herself, is excited to see Palestine ISD students enjoying 4-H activities. Find out more about PISD 4-H by reading the TACS Today article written by Larissa Loveless, PISD Director of Public Relations, on page 2 and 3 of this edition of Wildcat Weekly. Students interested in joining their campus 4-H program may contact their campus ACE Site Coordinator at the email listed below: Northside - Tammy Conner: [email protected]Southside - Brandy Taylor: [email protected]Story - Angela Johnson: [email protected]PJH - Robin Chapman: [email protected]PHS - Damon Hooe: [email protected]Shanna Marshall, PISD ACE Project Director Homecoming Week 2019 Homecoming Football Game Wildcats vs Crandall Pirates Friday, September 27th 2:55 pm Pep Rally 7:00 pm King & Queen Announcement 7:30 pm Kick-Off Palestine Education Foundation Homecoming Golf Tournament Wildcat Golf Course Saturday, September 28th 8:30 am Tee-Off Student Holidays Classes will resume Mon, Oct 7 Thurs, Oct 3 & Fri, Oct 4
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Wildcat Weekly
Palestine Independent School District September 27, 2019 Volume 8: Issue 6
TACS Today Article 2-3
Athletics 4
Campus Happenings 5-10
ACE 11
Looking Forward 12
Inside this issue:
DISTRICT EVENTS
Friday, September 27 End 1st Six Weeks
HOMECOMING
2:55p HOMECOMING Pep Rally
4:30p V/JV/JVB Volleyball vs Fairfield (Home)
7:00p King & Queen Announcement
7:30p V Football vs Crandall (Home)
Saturday, September 28 7-2pm Homecoming Golf Tournament
@ Wildcat Golf Course
JH Volleyball @ Leon Tournament
3:00p Dogwood Marching Classic @ Wildcat Stadium
Monday, September 30
Begin 2nd Six Weeks
Tuesday, October 1 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volleyball
@ Madisonville
Thursday, October 3
Student Holiday/Staff Development
Region XXI Jazz Band Auditions @ Bullard HS
8:30a JV/V Boys Cross Country
@ Garden Valley Golf Club/Lindale
Friday, October 4 Student & Staff Holiday
Football Open Week
from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall
GO WILDCATS!
PISD FEATURED IN TACS TODAY MAGAZINE FOR 4-H PROGRAM
The Palestine ISD 4-H program that began last year as past of the district’s ACE program
was featured in the September, 2019 issue of TACS Today magazine. The article explains
how PISD Texas ACE and 4-H programs have joined forces to provide new opportunities for
students. Shanna Marshall, PISD ACE Project Director, a former 4-H member herself, is
excited to see Palestine ISD students enjoying 4-H activities.
Find out more about PISD 4-H by reading the TACS Today article written by Larissa Loveless,
PISD Director of Public Relations, on page 2 and 3 of this edition of Wildcat Weekly.
Students interested in joining their campus 4-H program may contact their campus
Welcome back, Wildcat fans! We are excited to kick off the new school year with a full athletic calendar. Our student
athletes have worked hard in preparation for the new season. Cross Country is ready for their first meet in Union
Grove on Saturday, Volleyball is in full swing with the varsity team competing in the Groesbeck tournament today and
tomorrow, Team Tennis hosted their first home match of the season on Thursday, and varsity football will kick off
their season on September 1st versus Mabank. We encourage our fans to come out and support all our fall sports.
As a reminder, please don’t forget Meet the Wildcats, Monday, August 28th, 7:00 p.m., Wildcat Gym! We look forward
to introducing our football, cross country, fall tennis, and volleyball teams, as well as student trainers, band
members, cheerleaders and Kik Kats. Representatives from the PISD Athletic Booster Club will be available, also, to
answer any questions you may have about memberships and volunteer opportunities.
For up to date information, schedules, and upcoming events, please visit the Athletic webpage at
www.palestineschools.org, Departments, Athletics.
WE WILL PUT FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE INFO HERE….COACH ROBINSON IS WORKING ON THAT…..
In Volleyball action:
The Ladycats played Pittsburg at home last Friday night in their first home game of the season. JVB lost a tough
match in 3 ( 25-13, 18-25, 11-15). JVA defeated Pittsburg (25-22, 22-25, 25-23)! The Varsity girls lost in three (20-25, 17-
25, 17-25). Faith Newman picked up 22 digs. McKenzie King had 22 assists. Destiny Mathews had 10 kills while Shayla
Arthur added 8 kills. The Ladycats will resume play in the Eustace tournament playing at 9 am vs. Mabank in the
Championship bracket.
The Ladycats hosted Alba-Golden Tuesday night. The JVB team fought hard in a 3 game match, but came up short (25
-20, 21-25, 23-25). Our JVA team won in exciting fashion coming from behind in the 3rd set to win (15-25, 25-16, 25-20)!
Our varsity girls showed heart and fight in their 5 game match with Alba-Golden. We came up short, but very proud of
the effort the girls gave (26-24, 15-25, 25-23, 22-25, 12-15). We will be playing in the Groesbeck tournament this Friday
and Saturday!
Go Wildcats Athletic Director: Lance Angel
Palestine Athletics
Volleyball:
The Ladycats traveled to Athens on Friday, September 20th and came back with a win (25-21, 25-22, 25-20). Ka’Zem Wood led the offense with 8 kills, Shayla Arthur added 6 kills and Ay’Lasia Fantroy has 4 kills. Ay’Lasia Fantroy had a huge night at the net with 5 stuff blocks! Raina Hanzik has 11 digs while Ka’Zem Wood added 10 digs. Katie Litynesky has a team high 7 assists on the night. The Ladycats will begin district play with Fairfield at home today (Sept 27) at 4:30 pm.. Our JV Volleyball Team lost a tough one in 3, and our JVB defeated Athens in 2 sets.
Cross Country:
The Girls Cross Country Team earned another team championship at the Elkhart Invitational this week. The Ladycats were led by Helena Lara, who finished in 10th place, followed by Cristell Francia in 12th place, Samantha Chaidez 13th place, Karina Gutierrez 15th and Kacie Danchak in 18th. Our JV Cross Country Team was led by Izabel Simien, who finished in 1st place, followed by Laura Cabrera in 2nd, Yari Garcia in 3rd, Celeste Lara in 4th, and Amy Rangel in 5th place to complete the perfect score of 15 points total. Boys Cross Country Teams (Varsity, JV and JH) competed in their home meet on Saturday, September 21st and the teams also competed in the Elkhart Invitational this week where they came away with a clean sweep of the 1st place Trophies in all of divisions. All three teams completely dominated the competition at both meets. Luis Rangel (Varsity) and Jalbert Sando (JH) came away with two first place medals, along with Lizardo Lemus and Oben Reyes collecting the JV 1st place medals. Upcoming Meets: Thursday, October 3rd: JV/V Boys @ Garden Valley Golf Club/Lindale Saturday, October 5th: Pre-District Meet in Fairfield
Football:
The Wildcat Football Team picked up their second-straight victory
with a, 56-35, win over the Fairfield Eagles on Friday, September 20th.
The Wildcats will take on the Crandall Pirates at the Homecoming game
tonight (Friday, September 27) at Wildcat Stadium.
State Representative Cody Harris flipped the coin for the Wildcats vs Fairfield Eagles game on Friday, September 20th.
Cody Harris (center) pictured with Jason Adams (Left), Fairfield ISD Superintendent; and Jason Marshall (Right), Palestine ISD Superintendent.
Congratulations to CBTX..Commercial Bank of Texas' Player of the Game Jeremiah Davis. Jeremiah had 28 rushes for 208 yards and 3 TOUCHDOWNS against the Rusk Eagles. For the season, he has a total of 520 yards and 8 TOUCH-DOWNS for three games.