NETLA Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show 2022 Swine Competition
The NETLA Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show 2022 Swine Competition Friday featured pigs in nine different classes, with showmanship awards presented in three categories based on the age of the exhibitors. Sulphur Springs FFA members took home all of the Showmanship awards while North Hopkins FFA members showed the top overall rated pigs. The Senior Showmanship Award went to Katelyn Pence in the swine competition. Her pig...
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...
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,...
Wildcats Basketball in Area Round Tomorrow, Tickets Must Be Purchased Online
Men’s basketball plays in the second round of playoffs on Friday, Feb. 25 against Midlothian. The Area round of playoffs tips off at Forney High School on Friday at 8 P.M. Tickets for the game must be purchased online. SSISD reports no cash sales at the gate for the Wildcats’ second round game with Midlothian. Tickets must be bought here. Coach Brandon Shaver’s team come into the Area round rematch with the Panthers...
SSHS Well Represented At The 2022 HOSA Area Competition
Kalyssa Johnson and Janiya Gatlin placed fourth and fifth in the job interview competition. at the Area HOSA meet. Sulphur Springs High School was well represented at the HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Area Competition in Dallas on Feb. 18-19. Two students were recognized for placing in the top 5 in their categories at the contest. HOSA competitors were follows: Alex Botello 12th and Katie Henderson 10th, Researched...
Lady Cats Powerlifting Have Good Outing in Commerce
While Lady Cats powerlifting did not have their best outing in Commerce last Friday, finishing in the middle of the pack in a crowded meet of 154 lifters, several lifters are moving on to the Regional meet held next week. Two powerlifters, Machelle Allen and Anna Adair, move on to Regionals and Coach Casey Jeter believes several more will make it as well. “We had more girls pushing than before trying to get in,” Coach...
