Wiley College cross country athletes Christian Brookins and De Lisha Paul were honored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for their academic achievement as they were named Daktronics Scholar-Athletes Thursday. Brookins and Paul earned the honor by maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 while competing inContinue Reading
The Wiley College men’s basketball team will play against two schools from its former conference Friday and Saturday in the 2022 Texas A&M University-Texarkana Classic. At 3 p.m. Friday, the Wildcats will resume the Highway 80 rivalry against Jarvis Christian University. They will face the host Eagles at 6 p.m.Continue Reading
The Jefferson Bulldogs exited the Texas High School Football playoffs early after a 31-13 week one loss to Mineola last week in the bi-district round. Continue Reading
The Jefferson High Junior 8th grade Bullpups beat Sabine 32-8 last week. They ended the year back-to-back District Champs. They went 8-0 on the year and are 16-0 over the past two seasons.Continue Reading
The Jefferson High Junior 7th grade Bulldpups ended their season with a 22-18 loss to Sabine last week. Continue Reading
Wiley College men’s basketball player Kameron Fitzpatrick hits a jumper with 30 seconds left to help the Wildcats to a 74-73 victory over Central Baptist College Thursday at Alumni Gymnasium. Trailing 70-67 with two minutes left in the game, Maurice Harvey tied it with a corner 3-pointer. After both teamsContinue Reading
Both the 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams soundly defeated Waskom last night. Jefferson Bullpups 7th grade boys ended the night with a 44-4 win over the Waskom Wildcats. Scorers for the night were: The 8th grade boys team also saw a sounding win of 53-21 against the Wildcats.Continue Reading
The Wiley College men’s basketball team took the lead late in the first half and pulled away in the second of a 71-64 victory over Texas College Tuesday at Alumni Gymnasium. The win is the second straight for the Wildcats and third consecutive over the Steers. They trailed by asContinue Reading
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson Bulldog football team has spent the past two years proving folks wrong. Last year’s pre-season polls had them ranked dead last in the district. They ended up earning a playoff berth and exiting the post season early after a week one loss to Mount Vernon. Continue Reading
The Jefferson Junior High Lady Bulldog Basketball program went 1-1 on last night against Hallsville. The seventh grade Lady Bulldogs dominated with a 47-9 win over Hallsville. They were led in scoring by Janaa Goynes with 28 points. Jade Mallory offered six points. Jasiah Williams and Ta’Nazia Alexander scored four pointsContinue Reading
Panic buttons, locked doors for Texas schools Texas public schools would have to install panic buttons in classrooms and ensure all doors and windows are locked and monitored under new proposed safety standards released last week by the Texas Education Agency. The proposal is the latest effort to strengthen school safetyContinue Reading
NEW ORLEANS – The Wiley College volleyball team’s 2022 season ends making its seventh straight appearance in the conference semifinals. It was defeated in three sets by the regular season champion Dillard University (25-18, 25-21, 26-24). The Lady Wildcats (11-19) bested the Bleu Devils on the serve – putting downContinue Reading
Before Saturday’s Homecoming game, the Women’s Basketball team paid tribute to their coach Tiffany Jackson. They honored her afterwards with her first career victory, 68-64 over Arkansas Baptist College at Alumni Gymnasium. The Lady Wildcats (2-0) open with consecutive victories for the first time since 2016-17. They win their HomecomingContinue Reading
Playing in front of a capacity crowd, the Wiley College men’s basketball team went to the wire to pull out a 73-70 Homecoming victory over Arkansas Baptist College Saturday at Alumni Gymnasium. The victory was Joseph Flegler’s first as head coach of the Wildcats. It was Wiley College’s 16th straightContinue Reading
The Jefferson Bulldogs will open the Texas High School Football playoffs Friday, Nov. 11 against Mineola. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Spring Hill High School, 3101 Spring Hill Road, Longview. Gates will open at 6 p.m. Tickets will be $5 for adults and $3 for students. DistrictContinue Reading
The Wiley College men’s basketball team will play its 2022 Homecoming game against Arkansas Baptist College at 4 p.m. Saturday in Alumni Gymnasium. Live statistics will be available. Wiley College students can get in at no charge. Admission for everyone else is $10. This will be the Wildcats first homeContinue Reading
The Wiley College women’s basketball team opens its 2022-23 home schedule with its Homecoming game against Arkansas Baptist College at 2 p.m. Saturday in Alumni Gymnasium. Doors will open at 1 p.m. Admission is free for Wiley College students and $10 for everyone else. Live statistics will be available. TheContinue Reading
CONWAY, Ark. – The Wiley College men’s basketball team had a field goal drought at the inopportune time as it fell 78-62 to Central Baptist College Monday at A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse. The Wildcats (0-1) drop their season opener for the second straight season. They were outshot 47-40.3 percent. Wiley CollegeContinue Reading
The Wiley College volleyball team heads to New Orleans to compete for its first Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship beginning with a first round matchup against Rust College at 7 p.m. Friday in Dillard University’s Dent Hall. The games will be broadcast on HBCU League Plus which is free toContinue Reading
After leading the Wiley College women’s basketball team to its first season-opening victory since 2018, Kaitlyn Davis was voted Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for October 24-30. Davis scored a career-high 26 points to help the Lady Wildcats to a 75-60 victory over Jarvis Christian University. It’sContinue Reading