SSHS Band Headed to State Competition
October 23, 2023 – “Man of Man That Wildcat Band” will head to the Alamodome in San Antonio on Wednesday, November 1st to perform in the UIL State competion after placing 2nd in Area competion in Lindale on Saturday. The award-winning Wildcat Band is slated to start their performance at 9:45am.
SSHS Wildcat Band Has Great Week Of Competition
the Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band have had a great week of competition, scoring well at both the Royse City competition Oct. 9 and UIL Contest on Oct. 11. The band started out on Saturday winning Best In Class 5A and finishing 2nd Overall in the finals at the Royse City Contest against a “stout lineup of great bands.” According to school staff, “these students have proven that hard work pays off.”...
SSHS Wildcat Band Kicks Off Competition Season On High Note At Mesquite, Sunnyvale Marching Contests
The Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band kicked off the competition season on a high note Saturday at the Mesquite and Sunnyvale marching contests. “This was the first time in many years the band attended two contests in one day,” SSISD Director of Bands Spencer Emmert noted. Sulphur Springs High School Band at Mesquite (Photos submitted by SSHS Band)Trombonist solo by Tyler BurnettSSHS Drum Major Joel Villarino...
SSHS Wildcat Band Competition Season Kicked Off On High Note
Reveal And Dedication Ceremony For New Trailer, Performance Slated Tonight At Prim The Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Marching Band’s competition season kicked off on a high note over the weekend. The SSHS band is preparing for three events over the next 2 weeks. The band have what Director of Bands Spencer Emmert called a “great performance” Nov. 7, which resulted in straight first division ratings from all...
SSHS Band Director Spencer Emmert Comments on All-Region Concert and Winter Guard Competition
Wildcat Band Director Spencer Emmert said Sulphur Springs was one of two schools that sent so many students to the All-Region Band Clinic and Concert over the weekend (January 17-18) that they had to use a bus to get students to Mount Pleasant. 19 Wildcat Band members qualified for All-Region Band in competition back in December. Emmert said clinicians at the Mount Pleasant event were Phillip L. Clements, Director of Bands and...
Seven SSHS Band Members Qualify for State Competition Following Regional Solo and Ensemble Contest
Nineteen Wildcats Band soloists and a trio ensemble earned a first division rating at the UIL Region Solo and Ensemble Contest held Friday at First Baptist Church Sulphur Springs. State qualifiers included soloists senior Celeste Leeds-Laliberte on piccolo and flute, Elizabeth Lopez on flute, senior Natalie Cruz on bass clarinet, sophomore Blaine Mitchell on percussion and the ensemble clarinet trio of Kate Flores, Elizabeth Vega and...
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 Wildcat Band Member Levi Caton Selected As All-State Musician On Trumpet
Levi Caton, a member of the Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band, will perform with the Texas All-State Symphonic Band on trumpet in San Antonio, Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Henry B. González Convention Center, as part of the 2023 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. Levi is the 9th student in school history to be named to the All-State Band. The first All-State band member from Sulphur Springs was Kelley...
SSHS Lady Cats Cross Country Team Recognized
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees during the regular December school board meeting recognized the Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats Cross Country Team, including coaches, for the runners’ accomplishments in State UIL competition this semester. Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees, Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cat Cross Country Team and Coaches. First, SSISD Board President Craig Roberts...
SSHS Wildcat Band Recognized For Achievement At State Marching Contest
Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band members gathered around the courthouse steps this week to receive special recognition from Hopkins County Commissioners Court. Then, later that night, band leadership was also recognized by Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees for the Wildcat Band’s achievement at the state marching competition. Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band gather for the reading of a proclamation recognizing...
