10 Sulphur Springs ISD Employees Retiring, 4 Resigning
Ten Sulphur Springs ISD employees tendered notices of retirement and four letters of resignation, all except two are effective at the end of the school year or contract term. The 14 personnel leaving will impact staffing at seven different SSISD campuses, according to information provided by SSISD superintendent’s office. SSISD logo SSES will be losing four employees to retirement. Tag Williams, a behavior interventionist at...
SSHS FFA Cash Vititow’s Red Brahman Heifer Wins Best in Breed at Houston Livestock Show!
Cash Vititow with his entry TO 68, named Overall Grand Champion Red Brahman Female at Houston From a March 22 press release from John Holland, SSHS Ag Instructor/FFA Advisor, during this past month 8 students on the livestock show team traveled to the Houston Livestock Show. Cash Vititow, Maurie Flecker, Savannah Allen, Jace Mayers, and Jose Flores all took Breeding Beef Heifers, and all showed extremely well in very large...
Hopkins County 4H Archery Shooters Compete in Houston
Bella Vaculik In March, two Hopkins County 4H archery shooters traveled to the Houston Livestock Show to compete in an NASP meet. Taydon Horton and Bella Vaculik got a good measure of experience from the competition. According to County 4-H Archery coach Stephanie Stewart, “Taydon Horton is a 5th grader from SSES and Bella Vaculik is a 6th grader from Miller Grove ISD. This is the first time for both of them competing at this...
Wildcats Baseball Team Gets First District Loss, 6-1 Friday at Texas High
The Wildcats Baseball Team struggled with hitting, pitching and defense as they suffered their first loss in district play dropping a 6-1 game at Texas High Friday (March 19) night. The Wildcats managed to get only 2 hits and 1 run on offense, their defense made 4 errors and Wildcats’ pitchers walked seven batters. Texas High was also hot with a bats early scoring 3 first inning runs and another in the second to go up 4-0. After...
Wildcats Track Team Finishes Third and Lady Cats are Second at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday
The Wildcats Track Team scored 125 points and finished third and the Lady Cats Track Team tallied 186 points and finished in second place at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday (March 19). For the Wildcats, Kaden Eaton was third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.756 and Malachi Roland was fourth at 11.806. In the 200-meter dash, Weston Fields was third with time of 23.446 and C.J. Williams placed sixth with a 24.080. In the...
Wildcats Soccer Team to Face Whitehouse in Bi-District Playoff Match
Friday night (March 19), Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton announced that the Wildcats will face District 16-5A Champion Whitehouse in a Bi-District match next Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Whitehouse. He said Whitehouse won their last district game Friday to wrap up first place. The Wildcats are the #4 seed from District 15-5A. They were 6-6 in district play and one of the wins was a shootout. The Wildcats season record is 15-10-1....
Lady Cats Softball Cruises Past Texas High, 9-1
The Lady Cats Softball team started off strong and never looked back, soundly beating district foe Texas High in Texarkana 9-1 on Friday, Mar. 19 The bats came alive early and often for Coach David Carrillo’s softball team, as the Lady Cats quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead at the beginning of the first. After the leadoff hitter, Jayden Harper was able to single, Grace Magnuson was able to notch another hit against Texas High...
Friday Game Day Includes Baseball, Softball, Track and Tennis
The Wildcats Baseball Team continues district play on this game day Friday (March 19) at a place where they have had a relatively hard time winning, Texas High in Texarkana. There will be a JV game at 4 p.m. The varsity game is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Wildcats are 2-0 in district play with a home win against Longview and a road win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday night, 15-6. The Wildcats are 5-10 for the season but it’s the district...
Wildcats and Lady Cats Sports Competitors are Pointing Toward Some Big Dates Ahead
The Wildcats Soccer Team already has a date in mind for their bi-district game. The match is expected to be played a week from Friday on March 26. They just don’t know who they will be facing yet. That is expected to be determined Friday after District 16-5A completes district play. The Wildcats, as the #4 seed in District 15-5A, will be facing the champion and #1 seed from District 16-5A. Right now Whitehouse and Lufkin are...
Tira News: Find Out Who Won A State Champion, Who Visited Florida And Oklahoma
By Jan Vaughn, Tira News correspondent Kevin and Dee Melton were at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Wednesday, March 10, to watch their niece, Dodd City Junior Kylee Graves, in the 1A State Basketball finals. Tira sign Dee reports, “The Dodd City Lady Hornets took their first ever State Championship on Wednesday giving Coach Alex Stephenson his first state championship trophy as a birthday present! Their team motto for the year was...
