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Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Feels The Edge Is Beneficial For His Teams This Summer
Jul15

Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Feels The Edge Is Beneficial For His Teams This Summer

Sulphur Springs Cross Country is another sport that became part of The Edge this summer. Cross Country Coach Wildcats and Lady Cats Head Coach Ross Hicks is beginning his 5th year in Sulphur Springs. In past summers, Coach Hicks would encourage runners to do some work during the summer on their own. Coach Hicks says The Edge has been an enhancement for his program. After months of staying home, Coach Hicks says, The Edge has given his...

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Track & Field sending five individuals, relay team to Regional meet Friday
Apr27

Track & Field sending five individuals, relay team to Regional meet Friday

Sulphur Springs had a big outing at the end of last week in Paris at their Area competition on Thursday, Apr. 20. Five individuals plus a relay team move on to the Regional meet held at Texas A&M Commerce on Friday, Apr. 28. “It was a solid day,” Coach Ross Hicks said on his team’s outing at the Area competition. Sulphur Springs tried their best to beat the rain and weather at the end of last week, but a...

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Both Track Teams Have Solid Outings in Mount Pleasant
Mar03

Both Track Teams Have Solid Outings in Mount Pleasant

Both track squads were originally slated to be in Mount Pleasant Thursday, Mar. 2 but the Tiger Invitational had to be moved forward due to poor weather coming in Thursday. As a result, Thursday’s meet in Mount Pleasant got moved forward to Wednesday, with both track teams showing improvements over last week’s season-opener. Where both squads finished 5th in Lindale last week, the Lady Cats came up 4th in Mount Pleasant,...

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Lady Cat Cross Country Continues Making History, Qualifying For State Meet For First Time in School History
Oct26

Lady Cat Cross Country Continues Making History, Qualifying For State Meet For First Time in School History

Coach Ross Hicks and his team continue to make history. For the first time in school history, Lady Cat cross country has qualified for the state meet. The team was led by Haylee Schultz, who won an individual district championship at the 15-4A meet. At the Regional meet though, the junior placed 12th with a time of 12:19.08. Coach Hicks said that Schultz gave it her all and ran the best cross country race of her life, tying the school...

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Lady Cat XC Narrowly Misses Out on First Place Finish
Oct03

Lady Cat XC Narrowly Misses Out on First Place Finish

Cross country Coach Ross Hicks and his teams headed to Grand Prairie Thursday, Sept. 29 to participate in the Ken Gaston Invitational. In their second-to-last meet prior to the district championship, Lady Cats XC again led the way at second with the men placing 10th Thursday. “We went in to it wanting to win, but when we learned we got second we were still very very excited,” Coach Ross Hicks said Friday. Getting second...

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Lady Cats Cross Country Places Second in Two Straight Competitions
Sep14

Lady Cats Cross Country Places Second in Two Straight Competitions

Coach Ross Hicks’s teams had another good outing last weekend. Saturday, Sept. 10 had both cross country teams returning to their old district course in Hallsville. The Lady Cats finished second as a team for the second straight competition. Haylee Schultz, fresh off winning the 4A and under division last week in Pittsburg, finished fifth at 13:44.10. Not even 30 seconds later followed Edith Martinez, cracking the top-10 in...

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Friday Game Day Has Three Teams on Deck, All in Big Contests
Apr29

Friday Game Day Has Three Teams on Deck, All in Big Contests

Friday, Apr. 29 has baseball, softball, and track and field all competing in big competitions. Track and field competes today in the 5A Region-II championship relays held at UT Arlington. Track and field sends seven athletes; four Lady Cats and three Wildcats representing Sulphur Springs at the 5A Region II championship. Coach Ross Hicks has Claire Bybee and Jaycee Jasmer competing in pole vault. Another field event, discuss, has...

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Both Track and Field Teams Place Top-4 in Paris
Mar26

Both Track and Field Teams Place Top-4 in Paris

Track and field had another great outing Thursday, Mar. 24 in Paris. Wildcat track & field finished 2nd at the Deon Minor Wildcat Relays with the Lady Cats getting 4th place Thursday. Wildcats Track & Field The men improved upon their efforts in their last meet, going from 5th in Gilmer to 2nd place Thursday in Paris. Field Events Sulphur Springs compiled 32 points in field events, enough to put them ahead of last place...

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Thursday Game Day Has Four Squads on Deck
Mar10

Thursday Game Day Has Four Squads on Deck

Thursday, Mar. 10 is a busy one with four teams in action. Team tennis gets an action-packed Thursday gameday underway in Longview for one of their final competitions of the spring season. Coach Tony Martinez and his squads participate in the Longview tournament at 8 A.M. That invitational is the second-to-last for team tennis, as their final contest prior to the district tournament takes place during SSISD’s Spring Break next...

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Seven Teams in Action on Friday, Mar. 4
Mar04

Seven Teams in Action on Friday, Mar. 4

Friday, Mar. 4 is an action-packed game day, with seven different teams playing. Not only is this Friday game day full of different squads from Sulphur Springs competing home and abroad, but several teams already have the conclusion of their regular season approaching. Team tennis hosts a tournament at the Tennis Center today. Several talented schools are participating in the Sulphur Springs tourney, such as Texas High and seven...

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