Wildcats VS Royce City Friday Night
The Wildcats’ football team came out on top in their scrimmage with Royse City Friday night at Prim Stadium but left plenty of items that will need correcting before their regular season opener next Friday against Rockwall Heath. The Wildcats outscored the Bulldogs 2 touchdowns to 0 during the plays portion of the scrimmage and then won the three quarters with a normal clock, 35-21. Quarterback Larry Pryor threw TD passes to Jaylon...
School Starts Tuesday, Drive Careful
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders reminded the driving public Friday that flashing school zone signs would be activated Tuesday, the first day of classes in town. He said police officers would be working them as usual during the school year. They’ll be looking for drivers going too fast or using cell phones. Chief Sanders also said fines are now hefty for failure to stop or for passing school buses with their flashing lights...
Dare To Dream Underway At Douglas
The three-day Dare to Dream Camp got underway Wednesday at Douglas Intermediate School in Sulphur Springs. 120 fifth graders to be at Douglas registered to attend the leadership building camp. Around 100 high school students are serving as mentors. Jeff Harris, the school district Character Curriculum Director, developed the program. It utilizes the movie Remember the Titans. Games are interspersed with speeches. Speakers Wednesday...
Property Tax Rises with Property Values
A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will prove time for public comment regarding a proposed tax increase. Although the council has not increased taxes and the 44-cent per $100 valuation will not increase, the amount paid by those property owners taxed will increase due to the increase in the value of their property, according to City Manager Marc Maxwell. The public hearing/special session of the council will be...
Coach Young Talks About the New Year
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young is working with veteran offensive players and lots of depth. Coach Young says 18 or 19 of his top 22 have played on Friday night. Starting quarterback Larry Pryor returns. He’ll work behind an offensive line that is deep with talent. Seniors Dillon Carpenter and C.J. Stephens lead the receivers. Zach Spigner, Jaylon Hawkins and Tyler Rosamond look to replace the very talented running back...
Stone Groove at Muddy Jakes Backyard 8/09/14
[pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8_mtHdcL3E” type=”yt” w=”640″ h=”480″] By Doug Haston, KSST Videographer
Rogers and Mulberry Streets Reconstruction Next
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Maxwell-on-Rogers-Street.mp3″]Listen to the interview with Marc Maxwell. A city of Sulphur Springs street crew made a first concrete pour as they worked on rebuilding Rogers Street between Connally and Van Sickle Monday. They started at 4 a.m. using portable light to see. That keeps them out of the hot afternoons when concrete dries very rapidly....
Allison Irvin Talks About the Teams Progress
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Lady-Cats-Volleyball.mp3″]Listen to the interview with Allison Irvin. New Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Allison Irvin learned a lot about her team from a pair of scrimmages last Friday and Saturday. Coach Irvin said she learned some strengths of the team and also some areas that needed work. The best scrimmage for the Lady Cats was Friday at home...
Hopkins County Stew Festival and Fall Festival Sing Kumbaya
On Monday at 5 p.m., the boards of the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce and the Fall Festival will celebrate their reuniting with a ribbon cutting on Buford Circle in Buford Park near the Equine Pavilion. For many years, the Stew Contest and Fall Festival activities created a synergy in September. Several years ago, the Stew Contest moved to a cooler October date. Fall Festival will join them this year By Don Julian, KSST News and...
Coach Owens Summarizes 1st Week of Practice
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says after one week of practice his team is nowhere near where they need to be and they know it. He says coaches are throwing a lot at players and the athletes’ retention levels are very good. Still Coach Owens says the first day of pads Friday featured sloppy mechanics and technique. The team has one more week of practice before their first scrimmage action next Friday in Liberty-Eylau. A first...
