CPCISD Students Selected To Serve On State Committee
Como-Pickton CISD Superintendent Greg Bower this week announced that several of students have been chosen to serve on the Texas Transition Regional Student Advisory Committee. Dr. Bower said CP is “proud of their representation and efforts.” CPCISD students will provide feedback on the Student-Centered Transitions Network, which collaborates with Texas Education Agency to support students as they move from high school to...
Lady Cats Volleyball Hopes to Keep Momentum Versus Rains Tonight
The Lady Cats volleyball team will be playing something of a familiar foe later today when they travel to Rains, TX. Yesterday, on Thursday, Aug. 19, Coach Bailey Dorner’s squad took part in the Wills Point tournament that saw them face and defeat three separate teams in day one of tourney action; first Kaufman, then Caddo Mills, and finally, the team Sulphur Springs will be playing again tonight: the Rains Lady Cats. The battle...
Pleasant Grove Tops Sulphur Springs in Final Scrimmage Before Fall 2021 Season
The Wildcats football team showed a lot of fight in their second and final scrimmage before the fall 2021 season, but fell to the visiting Pleasant Grove Hawks 21-7 on Aug. 19, 2021 at Gerald Prim Stadium. Things did not start as Coach Greg Owens would have liked, as the Hawks got the ball to start the scrimmage and proceeded to go an an eight play, 71 yard drive that ended with a 1-yard rushing touchdown to put Pleasant Grove ahead...
Lady Cats Volleyball Sweeps Competition in Day One of Wills Point Tournament
Thursday turned out to not only be a busy day for the Lady Cats volleyball team, but a winning one too. The Lady Cats, coached by Bailey Dorner, were set for an action-packed day on Thursday, Aug. 19 when they took part in the Wills Point tournament. The volleyball team played three games on Thursday, with two being back-to-back; first against Kaufman, followed immediately by Caddo Mills, and lastly Rains at 1 P.M. Getting the action...
Preparing for Fall Semester at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus
GETTING READY Student Advisor Stephanie Pinckard, left, of the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center observes as Arianna Runion of Emory prepares for testing so she can be ready for the fall semester which begins August 30. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Steph and Runion student preparing for fall semester at the PJC
Wildcats XC Prepped For First Invitational Of Season On Saturday
Coach Ross Hicks and his Wildcats cross country team are more than ready for their first invitational of the fall 2021 season. Last Saturday SSHS hosted an intra-squad meet for Wildcats XC to best get his team warmed up for meet-time action. Seven student-athletes make the varsity squad, both on the girls and boys cross country team, and Coach Hicks calls cross country one of the most fair sports one can find, due to the nature of...
TAMUC Alum Designs Cranial Prosthesis With Cornell University Team
COMMERCE, TX—In the two years since graduating from Texas A&M University-Commerce, Karli Thornton has been busy changing the world. She has worked internationally, earned her master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Cornell University in New York and designed a patent-pending cranial prosthesis device that can potentially help millions of patients. None of her success would be possible, she says, without the foundation she...
Thursday Game day Features Wildcats Football and Lady Cats Volleyball
While most game days during the school year are Tuesday and Friday, this week features a Thursday game day. The first team in action on this Thursday game day on Aug. 19 is Lady Cats volleyball. Coach Bailey Dorner’s Lady Cats will be participating in their second tournament of their fall 2021 season. Last weekend the volleyball team travelled out to the DFW metroplex to participate in the Garland tournament, whereas this...
A Few Changes To Note As SSISD Begins The 2021-2022 School Year Today
Sulphur Springs ISD Administrators went over a few changes this year that students, parents and staff will want to make note of, particularly those regarding school meals, corporal punishment, absences, one dress code change, School Health Advisory Council operations, final exams, leave for SSISD police officer and return to school plan basics. School Meals SSISD Child Nutrition Deparmtent, like those in most school districts this...
Wildcats Team Tennis Emerges Victorious Yesterday at Tyler High Before Rain Forced Early End to Match
It has been a busy two weeks for Wildcats team tennis. Even though school started today, Aug. 18, the squad led by Coach Tony Martinez yesterday participated in their fourth contest since Aug. 9. Wildcats team tennis went 4-3 in doubles versus Tyler High yesterday before being rained out, giving Coach Martinez’s squad the win. Last Monday, on Aug. 9, the team travelled to the DFW metroplex to take on Mesquite Poteet HS. Wildcats...
