Wildcat Band Encounters Rain, Lightning at Sunnyvale Contest; March in Mineola Monday
The Wildcats Marching Band had to deal with the weather at their first contest of the season Saturday at Sunnyvale. Wildcats Band Director Spencer Emmert said the weather looked good as the band got ready for their first performance Saturday. He said just before they got started, it began to rain. After about a five minute delay, the band was able to perform. The Wildcats’ band was the only one of the 27 bands at the contest to...
Richard Lee Jenkins
Richard Lee Jenkins tipped his hat one final time on Thursday, October 4, 2018, his wife Paula by his side. God knows, he will be missed. Born November 9, 1944 in Chicago, IL, to Peter Jenkins and Ruth Dragunas Jenkins, Richard was of Catholic faith, a yes ma’am, no sir kind of young man who gave respect and earned it in return. Richard served in the United States Air Force for four years where he learned the skills to start up his...
Wildcats Host Forney Friday: First Year Forney Football Coach Aaron Woods Comments on Game
Forney First Year Head Football Coach Aaron Woods The Wildcats’ football plays Forney Friday night (October 5) at Prim Stadium and Aaron Woods is the Head Football at Forney. The Alvarado native is in the first year at Forney and is a first time head coach this season. Coach Woods came to Forney from Waxahachie where he was Offensive Coordinator for former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, who is now coaching a prep school in Arizona....
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...
Armyworms in Households By Mario Villarino
Armyworm outbreaks are difficult to predict but infestations seem to occur in portions of the state every year especially after early fall rains. Common species of armyworms present in Texas include: the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda; the yellowstriped armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli; the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua; and the true armyworm, Mythimna (=Pseudaletia) unipuncta. The fall armyworm is the insect that causes the...
Wildcats Host Terrell for Homecoming: Parking, History, Terrell Coach
Parking at PrimThe Sulphur Springs ISD has put out an advisory noting that parking at the Homecoming football game Friday (September 14) night at Gerald Prim Stadium might be difficult. They said in addition to the football game there is also a rodeo in town. The Texas High School Rodeo Association is having a Region IV Rodeo at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. The Sulphur Springs ISD said they want to make sure that everyone...
Delorean Biopic “Driven” Closes 2018 Venice Film Festival
By Chad Young Venice, Italy-Closing the Venice Film Festival is the John Delorean biopic “Driven” starring Lee Pace as DeLorean and Jason Sudeikis as Jim Hoffman, an FBI informant that is the undoing of John DeLorean’s career. Throughout the movie, you get the feeling that Delorean himself is his own undoing through his narcissistic and flamboyant demeanor that catapulted him to his meteoric rise through GM in the 60’s and 70’s, but...
Wildcat Football Game Cancelled Due to Lightning
After several lightning strikes continued to delay the start of the Wildcat versus Lucas Lovejoy football game at Prim stadium Friday night, Sulphur Springs Administrators determined to cancel the game. Tickets purchased for the Wildcat vs. Lovejoy game set for Friday night, September 7,may use their tickets for the Friday, September 14th game featuring the Wildcats vs. Terrell. According to Wildcat Head Coach Greg Owens, “Due...
Wildcats Football Hosts Lovejoy Friday For Home Opener at The Prim
For Wildcats’ football, it’s week #2 and the Wildcats have their season opener at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night (September 7). Lucas Lovejoy is coming to town. This is a rematch of a bi-district game played here back on November 17. The Leopards won that one, 45-29. Both teams come in tonight at 1-0. The Wildcats defeated Frisco Wakeland, 37-35 last Friday at Frisco Memorial Stadium. Lovejoy topped Frisco Heritage,...
Tailgating and Picnicking Safely this Football Season By Johanna Hicks
Texans are crazy about football. However, this is also middle school and high school cross country, volleyball, and tennis season. Sports fans are out in full force to support their favorite high school, college, and professional teams. Tailgating is often associated with football season, so don’t let your fun be spoiled by foodborne illness. Foodborne illness, with its stomach cramps, diarrhea,...
