24 SSHS Band Members Qualify for State at Regional Solo and Ensemble Contest
The Wildcats’ band had 24 students qualify for State at the Region 4 Solo and Ensemble Band Contest held Thursday (February 7) at First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs. 61 Wildcats band students competed and 40 earned First Division ratings. Students who memorized their music and earned a First Division rating qualified for state. SSHS Band Students qualify for State at Region 4 Solo and Ensemble Band Contest Wildcats soloists...
Wildcat Thornton Qualifies for State Meet
Wildcat cross country runner Landon Thornton qualified for the state meet at the Regional Cross Country Meet in Dallas Monday. Thornton finished 22nd in the race and grabbed the final spot for state. Wildcat Christian Palomino finished 23rd and just missed qualifying. Thornton will compete at the state cross country meet at Old Settlers’ Park in Round Rock on November 3. The Wildcats finished in 8th place out of 26 teams. Cross...
Game Day: Wildcat, Lady Cat Cross Country Teams at Regional Meet
The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ cross country teams are competing at the Region II Class 5A Cross Country Meet on this game day Monday (October 22). The site has changed due to all the rainy weather recently. The site is now at the Jessie Owens Memorial Complex and adjacent Hulcy Fields in Oak Cliff in Dallas on Polk Street. The Wildcats come in as district champions of District 15-5A and the Lady Cats placed third. Wildcats runners...
Wildcat, Lady Cat Cross Country Teams Prepare for Regional Meet October 22
At the District 15-5A Cross Country Meet Monday at Mount Pleasant, the Wildcats won the district championship for the first time in nine years. The Wildcats finished four points ahead of host Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats finished third behind Mount Pleasant and Royse City. Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats will advance to the regional meet on October 22 at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie. Wildcats and Lady Cats Coach Ross Hicks said...
At Arlington Meet Wildcats Cross Country Finishes 6th; Lady Cats Finish 26th
After two straight cross country meets were rained out for the Wildcats and Lady Cats, they were able to compete Thursday (September 27) at a meet at Lynn Creek Park in Arlington. Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks said the Arlington course, the site for the regional cross country meet, had to be altered Thursday due to high water from recent rains. Coach Hicks said he noticed a new pond in an area where athletes used to run. He said the...
Cross Country: Miller Grove; Saltillo; Sulphur Springs
Both the Miller Grove Hornets and Lady Hornets and the Saltillo Lady Lions competed in recent cross country meets. The Saltillo Lady Lions were at the 22nd Tim Menke Invitational at North Hopkins last Thursday (September 6) and the Lady Lions finished 12th as a team. Sienna Collins led the Lady Lions with a 3rd place finish running a time of 13:00. Raegan Spear was 50th in the race. Ofelia Cabrera was 92nd, Danielle Ross finished...
Wildcat, Lady Cats Place at Wylie East Invitational
The Wildcats’ cross country team was fourth and the Lady Cats eighth at a Wylie East Raider Invitational last Saturday (September 1). Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks said it was a good meet with lots of quality competition. He said it was the first 5K race for the teams since their time trial run at Coleman Park back on August 18. Coach Hicks said the Lady Cats were led by Sydney Washburn, who he said is getting better. Senior...
Wildcats First, Lady Cats Fifth at Tiger Invitational
The Wildcats’ cross country team finished first and the Lady Cats were fifth at the Commerce Tiger Invitational Cross Country Meet Saturday (August 25) at Commerce High School. The Wildcats were led by Landon Thornton who won the boys’ 5K race with a time of 16:57. Christian Palomino finished fourth at 18:07. Eli Sellers was seventh with a time of 18:23. Nabian Ramirez was eighteenth at 19:09. Jose Mejia was nineteenth...
SSMS Results from the District 16 5A UIL Academic Meet
2nd place Sweepstakes Overall 2nd place 6th Grade Overall 2nd Place 7th Grade Overall 3rd Place 8th Grade Overall 6th grade Art Jose Flores 1st place Melissa Lopez 6th place Second place team: Jose Flores Melissa Lopez Aleah Sotelo Micah Henderson Chess Bridger Mayhew 1st place Phoenix Capobianco 2nd place First place team: Bridger Mayhew Phoenix Capobianco Trentin McKinney Dictionary Skills Maleah Doss 1st place Allyssa Isonhood 2nd...
SSMS UIL East Texas Elite Junior High Invitational Meet Results
“On Saturday, January 7th, 162 SSMS students competed in the 7th annual East Texas Elite Junior High Invitational Meet. It was held at Hallsville Junior High in Hallsville, Texas. Overall, SSMS received a 2nd place Sweepstakes trophy despite the 14 degree temperature that day. Several of our students earned medals and ribbons for earning top spots in individual and team competitions,” said Kathy Wright, SSMS UIL...
