Lady Cats Soccer Loses Tight One to Mount Pleasant Friday 1-0
Sulphur Springs completed a brutal two-game road stand which pitted Lady Cats soccer up against the top two teams in District 15-5A. Unfortunately for Coach Javier Aguayo’s team, they ended up on the wrong side of a 1-0 victory for Mount Pleasant. Excluding their 11-0 drubbing of Marshall on Tuesday, Feb. 8, women’s soccer played one of their best games since district season began in late January. A win Friday would have...
NETLA Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show 2022 Poultry Contest
The NETLA Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show 2022 Poultry Contest lead Friday’s activities. Youth filled the arena with pens, buckets, boxes and other containers filled with the chickens the students raised. In front of the stands on one end of the Arena, two rows cages of broilers were filled when the poultry show started shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Top honors went to Como-Pickton FFA member Micah...
Wildcats Soccer Goes 0-2 in Two Game Home Stand, Loses to Mount Pleasant 5-1 Friday
Men’s soccer finished their two-game home stand with Mount Pleasant on Friday, Feb. 25 with a 5-1 loss to the Tigers. Coach Alexi Upton and Co. Friday completed a two-game home stand which saw the Wildcats go 0-2 this week. Friday’s loss to Mount Pleasant is the third straight for Sulphur Springs. Edgar Salazar (unassisted) scored the lone goal for the Wildcats. The loss drops Coach Upton’s team’s season record...
Wildcats Basketball Powers Their Way to 65-40 Area Win
Even scoring and a total team effort allowed Sulphur Springs a 65-40 win in the Area round on Friday, Feb. 25 in Forney. Men’s basketball opened their second round match-up with Midlothian with a huge 19-5 first quarter. “We came out and played well defensively,” Coach Brandon haver said Friday night following the Area win. Both teams put up 11 points in the second quarter as the Wildcats went into the locker room...
NETLA Hopkins County Junior Livestock Show 2022 Goat Contest Results
The NETLA Hopkins County Junior Livestock Show 2022 Goat Contest Thursday, Feb. 24, featured more than 65 livestock entries, divided into nine classes. Multiple students showed goats in more than one class. Goat were ranked in each class, then the top goats were judged for over all championship honors. Prior to class judging, those who chose to competed for showmanship recognition. North Hopkins FFA member Laken Callihan’s Class...
Donald Sparks
Donald Sparks of Cumby, Texas has passed away on Wednesday February 23 rd 2022, at the age of 82. No formal services are planned. Donald Ray Sparks was born on September 9, 1939, to Charley Allen and Velma (Barnett) Sparks in the county of Rains, Texas. In his life he came to own his own sawmill, and became a skilled furniture builder. He also worked as a Handyman for various businesses. He was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by...
NETLA Hopkins County Jr. Market Livestock Show 2022 Lamb Competition Results
Siblings Win Lamb Showmanship, Championship Awards When a thin layer of potential ice and a mix of sleet and rain were predicted for Thursday morning, officials with Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show host NETLA determined the annual show and sale of livestock projects would proceed as scheduled since weigh-ins for the first two shows weren’t scheduled until the afternoon. In spite of the frigid temperatures,...
Danny M. Jolley
Graveside services with military honors will be held for Danny M. Jolley, 78 of El Paso, Tx, formerly of Sulphur Springs at 9:30am Monday, February 28, 2022 at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Tx.Mr Jolley passed away February 15th, 2022 at The Hospitals Of Providence in El Paso, Tx. Danny Morris Jolley was born April 13th, 1943 in Fort Worth, Tx to Clyde Morris and Mabel (Johnson) Jolley. He grew up in Sulphur Springs,...
NETLA Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show 2022 Ag Mechanics Contest
The weeklong Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show and Sale conducted by Northeast Texas Livestock Association kicked off Tuesday afternoon with the annual Ag Mechanics Show. Students from all seven Hopkins County school districts built and brought projects, which ranged from students first ever attempts to commissioned projects and those that have already received awards this year at other contests. Some projects took hours,...
Chamber Connection – Fun, Education and Charitable Activities Coming Up in March, April
Calendar Includes Golf Tourney, Sporting Challenge, Blood Drive, Health Seminar By Butch Burney Get your registration in now for the 33rd Annual Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament, coming to Sulphur Springs Country Club on Friday, April 8. Last year, we had 35 teams participate in the fun day of golfing, and we hope to have more this year. The tournament format is a six-person scramble, with the low net team putting their names on...
