October 5, 2024 – Four former Sulphur Springs Wildcat greats – two All-State players who were integral in the 2008 state football championship, the first NFL player from SSHS and a state tennis qualifier — will be inducted next Friday in the Wildcat Hall of Honor.
Going into the prestigious hall will be 2010 graduate and All-State football player Bryant “Day Day” Jackson, 2011 graduate and two-sport All-Stater Fernando Arellano, 1975 graduate and state tennis qualifier Mark Peugh, and William “Tex” Holcomb, the first Wildcat to play in the National Football League.
The foursome will be inducted in a ceremony at 5:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, in the Hopkins County Civic Center. Fans, family and friends are all invited to the ceremony in which the Hall of Honor recipients will receive a plaque and a commemorative shirt. They will also be recognized before the kickoff of the Wildcats’ game against Celina at Gerald Prim Stadium.
