It’s Take Two as Lady Cats and Hallsville Have Playoff Seeding Game Monday at Mount Pleasant
After a rain out Friday (April 23), the Lady Cats Softball Team will try again Monday as they have a seeding game with Hallsville at 6 p.m. at Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats and Lady Bobcats tied for first place in district play with 11-1 records and both teams won their district game against the other at home. The winner between the two co-district champs will be the district’s #1 seed and the other will be #2. The Lady Cats are...
Claire Bybee Wins Pole Vault and Qualifies For State Track Meet at Regional Track Meet Saturday
Lady Cat pole vaulter Claire Bybee is going to the State Track Meet. Bybee took first place at the Region II Track Meet Saturday (April 24) at UT-Arlington. Bybee’s winning mark was 12′ 9”. Bybee will compete at the Class 5A State Track Meet May 7-8 at UT Austin. Three other Lady Cats and two Wildcats also competed at the Regional Track Meet. Lady Cat Bre’ Asia took 5th in the region in the 100-meter dash on...
Celebrate Every Kid Healthy Week At Home Or At School
By Johanna Hicks, Family & Community Health Extension Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] “Every Kid Healthy Week” is an annual observance created in 2013 to celebrate school health and wellness achievements. It is observed the last full week of April each year (April 26-30, 2021). Each day of the week shines a spotlight ontThe great actions schools and families are taking to improve the health and wellness of their kids...
Former Wildcat Ryan Humphries and His Sam Houston State Bearcats Enter Playoffs Saturday
Sulphur Springs’ sports fan Tory Humphries passes along some news concerning the Sam Houston State Bearcats’ football team. Humphries son, Ryan, plays for the Bearcats. He says the Bearcats just finished their football season with a 6-0 record and they are the champions of the Southland Conference. The Bearcats enter the NCAA FCS Division I Playoffs as the #2 seed nationally. Sam Houston opens the playoffs Saturday (April...
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge Commends Golfer Kip Childress For Making It to Regional Tourney
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge said senior Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress finished in the top 30 in a field of 94 golfers at the two-day Region II Golf Tournament held Wednesday and Thursday (April 21-22) at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. Coach DeLorge noted that Childress, an East Texas Baptist University signee, has been an outstanding golfer over all of his four years at SSHS. The coach said he thanks Childress for his...
Lady Cats Softball Team to Take on Hallsville in Playoff Seeding Game Postponed to Monday Evening
The Lady Cats Softball Team had a seeding game with Hallsville scheduled for Friday evening (April 23) at 6 p.m. at Mount Pleasant weather permitting. The game was rained out, so plan B is now in effect, calling for playing the game Monday at 6 P.M. at Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats and Lady Bobcats tied for first place in district play with 11-1 records. Both teams won their game at home. The winner between the two co-district champs...
Wildcats and Lady Cats Athletes Compete at Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday at UTA
Four Lady Cats and two Wildcats are scheduled to compete at the Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday (April 23-24) at UT-Arlington. Preliminaries are scheduled for Friday with finals on Saturday. For the Wildcats, Korderrian “Bull” Turner will compete in the long jump and triple jump. Jermaine Cleveland will compete in triple jump. For the Lady Cats, Bre-Asia Ivery is in the 100-meter dash and the long jump. Claire Bybee is in the...
Discussing Projects at PJC-Sulphur Springs
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding instructor John Plemons, right, discusses the next project with students (from left) Jordan Cummings, Angel Cedillo, Ty Nichols and Adrian Banuelos. Social distancing is being practiced in ways shown, but not limited to, the photo shown above. For information about enrollment and scholarship opportunities at the PJC Center, call 903-885-1232. Click here for more articles about Paris Junior College...
Two Former Wildcats Players Have Selected New Basketball Homes
Former Wildcats’ basketball standouts have transferred to new programs. Keaston Willis is headed for Louisiana Tech and Sadaidriene “Day Day” Hall has signed with Stephen F. Austin. Willis, a 6-3 guard, has played the past two seasons at Incarnate Word in San Antonio, where he averaged 19 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2 assists. In mid-March, Willis announced he was entering the transfer portal. After drawing interest from several...
Burnett, Snyder Win Top Honors In SkillsUSA Texas Automotive Service Technology Contest
Sulphur Springs High School Auto Technology students Jessica Snyder and Jackson Burnett competed in the state level after earning top honors in the District SkillsUSA Texas competition. Snyder and Burnett earlier in the spring semester won first and second place honors in the SkillsUSA Texas District 5 Automotive Service Technology contest, for which they received awards from Gulf States Toyota, according to SSHS auto tech instructor...
