Sulphur Springs Back Down to 4A-Division I Starting in 2022
UIL reclassification and realignment has put Sulphur Springs and her sports teams back down to 4A-Division I. With the classification of 545 to 1299 for 4A schools, SSHS had an enrollment of 1240 and as a result ended up being in Division I. The new realignment goes in to effect next year and will stand until the next round of realignments in 2024. Sulphur Springs was a 5A classification for eight years starting in 2013-14. The...
Lady Cats Basketball Loses Tough One at Home to New Boston
The Lady Cats basketball team struggled to score in the third and lost to New Boston 56-16 at home on Tuesday, Dec. 7. While the women’s basketball team were able to keep it close thanks to shots not falling early for both teams, trailing 16-10 at halftime, the third was when New Boston cruised by the Lady Cats. Sulphur Springs scored a free throw alone in the third before shots began to fall more frequently in the fourth. Coach...
PTK Induction at the Sulphur Springs Paris Junior College Campus
PTK These students attending the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center were recently inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for two-year colleges. Receiving membership were (left to right): PTK-Sulphur Springs PTK Vice President Nathan Windham, Benjamin Rocha, Robert Steveos, Madyson McMurtry, Rebekah Stanley, Carolina Berg, Michelle Tijerin, Fernando Chimal, Jazmin Florez, and PTK President Celia Hagler. Wyndham and Hagler assisted in...
Both Basketball Teams at Home For Double-Header
It will be a busy day at the SSHS Main Gym. Both Wildcats and Lady Cats basketball teams will be in action at home. The women’s basketball team will be the first up, as they will be hosting New Boston. The Lady Cats are still looking for that elusive first win on the season, but have found ways to score in their losses. Coach Erica Delley’s squad had a couple of tough losses in the Glen Rose tournament as they went 0-3 in...
Sights And Sounds Of The Season Are Focus Of Sulphur Springs ISD Fine Arts Students
Sulphur Springs ISD Fine Arts students over the next two weeks will provide holiday cheers as the program launches its annual Sights And Sounds of the Season tour across district campuses, including a number of night performances so they can share holiday cheer with the community as well. Some, like the Jazz Band, started their season early with a concert during Heritage in the Park. Students also performed during the 15th Annual...
5 SSHS Choir Students Advance To TMEA Area Contest
Middle, High School Choral Music Students To Perform Concert Dec. 7 Sulphur Springs High School Choir students competed at Texas Music Educators Association Pre Area contest on Thursday, December 2, 2021. Five SSHS choir students, two freshmen and three sophomores, advanced to the TMEA Area competition. SSHS Area Choir Qualifiers Celeste McCoy, Axel Garcia, Lausen Ost, Colbie Glenn and Summer Patterson Students advancing from...
Cumby ISD Students Qualify For State TAFE Contest
Over the weekend, Cumby ISD students qualified for the state TAFE (Texas Association of Future Educators) Contest in three different areas. Members of the Cumby chapter of Texas Association of Future Educators at Region 8 Education Service Center. (Cumby ISD photo) The Cumby students participated in the 2021 TAFFE Area 6 Conference, hosted at Region 8 Education Service Center on Dec. 3, 2021. At lease five of those students are state...
Wildcats Basketball Goes 3-2 in Mansfield Tournament
The Wildcats basketball team had a solid outing Mansfield, going 3-2 over three days in the tournament from Thursday through Saturday Dec. 3-5. Sulphur Springs went 1-1 on Thursday, Dec. 3, losing their first game in Mansfield to 6A Atascocita but rebounded by getting a big win over Arlington’s Seguin High School. Friday the team got two more wins, first in a rout of the Wilson Wildcats 80-56 then against College Station’s...
Wildcat Theatre Christmas Show Will Be Performed Dec. 11 In SSHS Auditorium
t’s time for the annual Wildcat Theatre Christmas show. Every year, one of the audience’s favorite shows is selected as the December advanced class production. This year, the SSHS thespians will be performing “The Most Amazing Christmas Play Series in the History of the World,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium. “In this hilarious comedy, seniors Anayeli De...
Sulphur Springs Lit Up In Holiday Merriment During Friday’s Christmas Tree Lighting, Parade
Families and community members gathered downtown Friday night for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting. Over the next hour, people continued to arrive in pairs, trios, groups and singles, to finish packing Celebration Plaza and along the 15th Annual Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade route. Sulphur Springs Christmas Tree Lighting and 15th Annual Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade Visitors to downtown were able to shop at local...
