Sulphur Springs Cross Country Athletes Prepare For Fall Season
The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ cross country teams, including middle school athletes, continue to prepare for the upcoming season by getting a lot of running in early most mornings. The athletes, under Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks, are currently running from 7:15 a.m. until 8:30 a.m., at least right now. Coach Hicks will be involved in teacher in-service beginning Thursday, August 6. He says he will move up the...
Don Julian's Top 16 SSHS Sports Stories For 2019 Continues With #13-15
By Don Julian A review of the sports files recently produced a list of 16 top stories involving Wildcats and Lady Cats teams during 2019. The list began running Monday, Dec. 23, and will continue through the first day of the New Year, with additional . On January 2, a story will provide the entire list of 16 #15 Sulphur Springs High School Sports Story For 2019: Wildcats Team Tennis Makes PlayoffsMy #15 highlight for SSHS Sports in...
Five to be Inducted into SSHS Wildcat Hall of Honor
Five former Sulphur Springs High School athletic greats will be honored Friday, October 5, with induction into the SSHS Wildcat Hall of Honor. The honorees include Jack Sickles, Class of 1933; John Holloway, Class of 1991; Mark Sevier, Class of 1992; Jay Paul Gordon, Class of 1995; and Melissa McSheffery Knezevic, Class of 2004. The public is invited to the reception and induction ceremony, which...
Special Sports Day for SSISD, Rains ISD, and Como-Pickton CISD at SSHS Gym Friday
About one hundred special needs kids attended the annual Special Sports Day in the Sulphur Springs High School Main Gym Friday. Rains ISD and the Como-Pickton CISD sent students. There were also SSISD, students participating from Lamar Primary, Sulphur Springs Elementary, Douglas Intermediate, the Middle School and the High School. During opening ceremonies, there was a parade of athletes, singing of the National Anthem, pledges to...
SSHS Coaching Changes Set
Coaching changes tend to increase during the spring. This time of year, Wildcats Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens is almost always busy filling coaching vacancies at middle school and high school. Coach Owens gave the latest news to media members Wednesday morning. Longtime Soccer and Cross Country Coach Andy Holt is heading to Frisco Wakeland to be head soccer coach. Coach Owens promoted Wildcats Assistant Coach Nicky...
Cameron Fighting Heart Awards Presented to Outstanding Student Athletes
James Cameron Fighting Heart Awards were presented to Wildcat and Lady Cats student athletes Thursday night at the annual All-Sports Banquet. James Cameron Fighting Heart Award for Tanner Ramirez: Outgoing Wildcats Cross Country and Soccer Coach Andy Holt wondered where Tanner Ramirez found the time to excel in three sports and still rank #9 academically in his senior class. Ramirez not only ran cross country and played soccer but was...
Friday Game Day Schedule for SSHS Teams
Friday is game day for four SSHS teams and district implications are evident in all four games. Friday night at Eagle Stadium, 7 p.m. Wildcats baseball hosts Mt Pleasant. The Wildcasts lost their district opener at Texas High but hope to rebound with a win against the Tigers. Lady Cats softball will be in Mt Pleasant with varsity start at 6 p.m. The Lady Cats are 3-0 and plan to continue their march toward a district championship. Big...
Wildcat Weekly Recap
WILDCATS BASEBALL The Wildcats’ baseball team played five games Friday and Saturday at Lindale and Tyler. The Wildcats defeated Groesbeck but lost to Spring Hill Friday, then downed Van, lost to Tyler Lee in Tyler and then lost to Edgewood Saturday. The Wildcats are now 3-5. Coach Jerrod Hammack said the team needs to be more consistent. The Wildcats play at a Texas High tournament Thursday through Saturday. LADY CATS SOFTBALL...
Game Day Follow Up
WILDCATS SOCCER The Wildcats’ soccer team lost another close district game Friday night as Texas High got a late goal in a second overtime period to defeat the Wildcats, 2-1 at Prim Stadium. I talked with Wildcats Soccer Coach Andy Holt after the game. LADY CATS BASKETBALL The Lady Cats’ basketball team meets John Tyler in a bi-district game at Lindale Monday night at 7 p.m. The Lady Cats won three games in a row to close...
Game Day 02/15/15
After Longview defeated the Wildcats’ basketball team 68-52 Friday night, the Lobo’s coach paid the Wildcats a compliment. He said the Wildcats were one of the hardest teams his team had to face because the Wildcats play so hard. He added they couldn’t guard Cain Cody. The Wildcats end the season Tuesday at home against Marshall on Senior Night. Here are Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman’s keys to...
