SSISD Hires Pine Tree Coach as Wildcats Head Basketball Coach
Meeting Thursday (June 3) at noon, the Sulphur Springs School Board approved the hiring of Brandon Shaver as the new Wildcats Head Basketball Coach. Coach Shaver has been the Head Basketball Coach at Longview Pine Tree for the past 2 seasons. A native of New Diana, Coach Shaver was also a head coach before that at Grand Cane Central High School near Shreveport. Coach Shaver spent 12 years as an assistant coach at several Louisiana...
AD Coach Owens Has Filled All Vacancies On Coaching Staffs For This School Year
Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens has filled all the vacancies on his coaching staffs that cropped up after the abrupt end of the 2019 school year. Steven Moreno, who was working as an At Risk Aide at the Middle School, is now the Assistant Lady Cats Soccer Coach for Head Coach Javier Aguayo. Coach Moreno, a former Wildcats soccer player, is replacing assistant coach Kristov Martinez, who resigned. Coach Owens has retained all of...
Two Wildcats Football Assistant Coaches Submit Resignations
Two New SSHS Coaches Hired At the Monday night meeting, the Sulphur Springs school board accepted the resignations of two Wildcats football assistant coaches. The Sulphur Springs ISD trustees also approved two new coaches, as Athletic Director Greg Owens is shuffling his coaching staff. Wildcats Football Assistant Coach and Assistant Softball Coach Chris Valdovinos is leaving to become the Defensive Coordinator at Mexia for former...
SSHS Athletics Fills Coaching Positions
by Don Julien Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens has once again filled all the slots on his coaching staff. He thought that was done earlier this month until Lady Cats Assistant Basketball Coach Ashton Wells resigned to become the head girls basketball coach at Winona. The Sulphur Springs school board accepted Coach Wells resignation at a July 9th meeting. Monday night (July 23), the Sulphur Springs School Board approved Coach...
New Coaches at SSHS and SSMS
After the Sulphur Springs School Board approved all the coaches he had recommended, Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens provided more information on the new hires Monday afternoon (June 25). The Wildcats new football Defensive Coordinator is Alex Guerra. Coach Owens said he has known Coach Guerra for a long time. He said Coach Guerra comes to the Wildcats from Nevada Community, where he was Defensive Coordinator and Inside...
Meador Joins Wildcats Coaching Staff
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said he has hired former Lindale Head Football Coach Mike Meador to be a part of the Wildcats’ coaching staff. Coach Meador was a coordinator at Lindale when Coach Owens was head coach there. In 2006, when Coach Owens came to Sulphur Springs, Coach Meador was elevated to head coach at Lindale. He just recently resigned at Lindale. Coach Meador will replace Johnny McSheffery, who has moved over...
Wildcats’ Defensive Front Features Lots of Experience in 2020
The Wildcats’ defensive linemen are being coached this season by veteran coach Jason Meskimen. After several seasons of coaching Wildcats’ freshmen, Coach Meskimen was promoted to the Varsity staff during the off season. Meskimen, whose coaching resume spans 25 years, says the 2020 Wildcats D linemen are an experienced bunch. Out of 8 or 9 players, six are seniors. Senior defensive tackle D’Andre Peoples and senior...
Wildcats Freshmen Team Gets Attention This Week With Varsity And JV Idle Until Monday
Wildcats Freshmen Football players are on center stage this week, Aug. 5-9, as they are practicing while the Varsity and JV have to wait until Monday to get going since they had spring practice. After practice Thursday, Freshman Head Football Coach Jason Meskimen said this week has been a very productive one for the ninth graders. He said as a group they don’t have a lot of numbers, but he said they are a great group, adding...
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Wants Defense To Be Good Tacklers, Play Fast, Produce Turnovers
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra is in his third season on the Wildcats’ football staff. Coach Guerra says by the time the Wildcats line up on defense at the Mount Pleasant scrimmage next week, he wants to see a unit that tackles well, plays fast and produces turnovers. Coach Alex Guerra He says the team did not have a good turnover ratio last season and he wants his current group to pick up the pace. He says due to...
SSISD Board Approves CTE Budget Amendment; Hears Stadium Report; Meets Val & Sal; Approves Personnel Changes
Monday night the Sulphur Springs School Board was introduced to the Class of 2017 Valedictorian and Salutatorian, saw two returning members receive the oath of office, heard reports on various projects, and voted to remodel the Ag Shop and purchase welding equipment to upgrade the program. Lydia Burleson was recognized as Valedictorian and Tori Mattison was recognized as Salutatorian of the Class of 2017. They were presented plaques...
