Paris Junior College Students Get Hands on Training in Various Areas of Study
LAB WORK Students Laney Hurst and Maicey Burkes work on patient care duties as part of their laboratory work during a recent certified nurse aide class at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Hurst
26 Graduates Ranked In Top 10% of SSHS Senior Class of 2023 Recognized at Honors Breakfast
The top 10% of Sulphur Springs High School Senior Class of 2023 was recognized Tuesday morning, May 16, 2023, at a special honors breakfast at 7 A.M. at Hopkins County Civic Center. The invocation was given before the breakfast prepared by the SSHS Culinary Arts Department, served by SSHS staff. Former Superintendent Michael Lamb offered thanks to Alliance Bank, long time sponsor of the event which has become a...
SSHS 2023 Senior Awards
Sulphur Springs High School 2023 Seniors received scholarship offers and military awards during the annual Senior Awards Ceremony. Scholarship offers totaled at least $1.5 million, excluding athletic scholarships as those are still being calculated by the school district. The SSHS Senior Class of 2023 honor graduates, valedictorian and salutatorian, UIL Scholars, National Merit Scholar, and senior state Academic UIL qualifiers and...
Lady Cats Track & Field sending five plus a relay team to Area meet
Coach Ross Hicks and his team had a solid outing Tuesday and Wednesday, Apr. 11-12 at Liberty Eylau’s Harris Field for the 15-4A District meet, as Sulphur Springs sends five athletes and a relay team to the next level. “Overall, it was a good day,” the track and field coach said Thursday morning. One of two Lady Cats to qualify for an event at the Area meet is Jaicee Jasmer. Her efforts in the 200 M dash got her...
Lady Cats track gets third, at 15-4A meet Tuesday
Coach Ross Hicks’s squad came up big again, getting a second straight top-3 finish as a team on Thursday. Doing so came at their home invitational on Thursday, Apr. 6. It is a quick turnaround though as both track squads head to Texarkana for the 15-4A district championships this week. It begins Tuesday, Apr. 11 at Liberty-Eylau’s Harris Field at 4 P.M. Running Events The 200 M dash was the first event in which Sulphur...
Lady Cats Track and Field comes up big in 2nd
It has been a long time coming for Sulphur Springs track & field. The two teams were last in action Thursday, Mar. 3 in Mount Pleasant, but their last two competitions were rained out. With that, in only the third competition for Sulphur Springs, the women’s team got a season high finish in Winona in second. Running Events Vanessa Wayne in the 100 M dash got fifth, a quick two points for the Lady Cats. In the 200 M dash though,...
Women’s Powerlifting Sending Three Lady Cats to State
Coach Casey Jeter and Lady Cats powerlifting had themselves a great day at the Regional meet. Three athletes from Sulphur Springs move on to the state 4A powerlifting meet. Starting in the lowest category of 105, Haylee Schultz won her weight group, squatting 275, benching 165 and deadlifting 315 Saturday. The middle and latter stats are Regional records for the 105 weight class. Schultz with her record-setting efforts send the Lady...
Both Track Teams Come Up Fifth in Season-Opening Meet
Track and field held their season-opener in Lindale on Thursday, Feb. 23. Both teams finished fifth Thursday in the Blackberry Relays. Lady Cats Track & Field Running Events Vanessa Wayne got second in the 100 M dash, coming in at 13.411. Wayne, finishing second, got eight points for Sulphur Springs. In the 400 M dash, Laney Hurst picked up four more points for the Lady Cats, crossing the line at 1:06.743. Two more Sulphur Springs...
Lady Cats Powerlifting Finishes Third, in Commerce Friday
Coach Casey Jeter and Lady Cats powerlifting continue to roll in their spring season, picking up a top-3 finish Saturday in Mount Pleasant. The women’s team placed third in a crowded meet of talented lifters. Sulphur Springs has steadily risen in each meet, placing fifth in their first competition before getting fourth last in Paris. Haylee Schultz won the 105 weight group after lifting 740 total pounds. The 114 weight group was...
Lady Cats Powerlifting Finishes 5th in Lindale
Coach Casey Jeter and his Lady Cats had a solid showing at their first competition in Lindale. Women’s powerlifting placed fifth. Haylee Schultz (114) won her weight class, squatting 250, benching 140 with dead lifts of 315. Two more Lady Cats occupy the 114 weight class; Laney Hurst and Madison Jeter, finishing third and sixth, respectively. In the 123 weight class, Dylan McKinney placed eighth. A step up, in 132, Amy Hurtado...
