Wildcat Football: Varsity Safeties and Cornerbacks
Last Friday I talked with Kurt McCain, who coaches safeties, and Cameron Warren, who coaches cornerbacks, for the Wildcats varsity football team. Coach McCain is in his twelfth year in Sulphur Springs. He’s in his seventh year as safeties coach. He has six safeties this year and five are seniors. He characterizes them this way. Austin Dodd is athletic, intelligent and a playmaker. Landry Tyson is tall, very intelligent and a...
Wildcat Football Wraps Up First Week of Practice; Scrimmage Set for Thursday
The Wildcats’ football team wrapped up their first week of practice with a two hour morning session Saturday (August 18) from 8 a.m. Until 10 a.m. It marked the first day for contact between players in pads. Varsity and JV players got into some offense versus defense scrimmaging for the last hour Saturday. Reviewing the week, Football Coach Greg Owens said he liked the first day Monday (August 13) and the last day of the week of...
PJC-Sulphur Springs: Registration Underway for Dual Credit Classes
Kennedy Lee, right, a student at Sulphur Springs High School, discusses her options for college dual credit classes at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center with campus secretary Iris Gutierrez. She also has great support from her mom, LaSandra Lee, left, and grandmother Bessie Lee. Registration for the fall semester at the PJC-Sulphur Springs campus continues. For more information call 903-885-1232 or visit the campus located at 1137 Loop...
Commissioners Court Passes on Burn Ban; Passed Resolution Supporting Highway Widening in Lamar, Red River Counties
No burn ban but Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court along with County Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Endsley continue to monitor fire hazard conditions. The Court passed on a burn ban Monday morning during their regular session. Endsley told KSST News that several counties in the area are removing their burn bans and there has been just enough rainfall to motivate the commissioners to wait. The court called for a...
Monday Forecast
High: 93 with heat index as high as 97; Low: 70; Wind: Southwest 10-15 mph, gusting to 20 mph
Sunday Forecast
20% chance of showers and thunderstorms increasing to 50% tonight; High: 95 with heat index as high as 101; Low: 76; Wind: South, southwest 5-10 mph
Lady Cats Win Six, Claim Championship at Wills Point Tournament
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team captured the championship at the 2018 Hardman/ Watson Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday with three straight wins in the championship bracket. The Lady Cats opened the day with a 2-0 win over host Wills Point, 26-24 and 26-19. Then came a showdown with district rival Texas High that the Lady Cats won, 2-0 by the score of 25-16 and 25-23. The Lady Cats won the championship game Saturday...
Charles Bruce Fielden
Funeral Services for Charles Bruce Fielden, age 86, of Sulphur Bluff will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Sulphur Bluff High School with Bro. Robert Newsome officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Richard Fielden, Fred Fielden, Bill Henderson, Scott Henderson, Gerald Fielden, Jr., and Mark Phillips serving as pallbearers. Honorary pall bearers will be Vaden Richey, Harold Petrea, Leroy Cox,...
