The Wildcats Basketball Team Defeats Royse City On The Road, 69-43 Tuesday Night
The Wildcats Basketball Team, ranked #9 in Class 5A, steadily built a lead throughout their game Tuesday night, January 28, at Royse City winning 69-43. The Wildcats led 18-13 after one quarter buoyed by four three-point baskets by sharpshooting senior Grayson McClure. Senior Day Day Hall took over in the second quarter scoring 10 points as the Wildcats increased their lead at the half, 37-24. Senior Cameron Kahn joined Hall and...
Lady Cats Soccer Team Sees Defensive Mistakes Turn Into Goals In 5-2 Loss At Pleasant Grove
Often in soccer, defensive miscues result in goals for the opposition. That was the case for the Lady Cats Soccer Team Tuesday night, January 28, as Pleasant Grove took advantage of Lady Cats defensive mistakes to take a 5-2 win at home. Lady Cats Coach Javier Aguayo said the Lady Cats made two defensive mistakes in the first half. The Lady Hawks quickly scored two more goals to start the second half. Then, the Lady Cats looked like...
Record number of acres treated with prescribed fire in Texas
Texans are using prescribed fire more than ever to manage land and mitigate wildfires. Now there is data to support this. A recent statewide survey found that 402,017 acres were treated with prescribed fire in Texas during 2018. Texas A&M Forest Service That’s up by nearly 50,000 acres from the previous year for two reasons – Texans are using prescribed fire to manage their land in one of the most successful and...
SSHS Band Director Spencer Emmert Comments on All-Region Concert and Winter Guard Competition
Wildcat Band Director Spencer Emmert said Sulphur Springs was one of two schools that sent so many students to the All-Region Band Clinic and Concert over the weekend (January 17-18) that they had to use a bus to get students to Mount Pleasant. 19 Wildcat Band members qualified for All-Region Band in competition back in December. Emmert said clinicians at the Mount Pleasant event were Phillip L. Clements, Director of Bands and...
Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center: Criminal Justice Course
CRIMINAL JUSTICEStudents Jeff Carson and Ken Chapin, (l-r), listen to some important details from Instructor Howard Day in the criminal justice course at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. For information about this course or others offered at the campus, call 903-885-1232.
A&M-Commerce Meat Judging Team Named Grand Champion at National Contest
COMMERCE, TX— The Meat Judging team at Texas A&M University-Commerce took home the Grand Champion prize from the National Western Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest held in Denver, Colorado on January 19-20 in its first year of competition. A&M-Commerce beat nine other teams that included Cisco College, Western Texas College and the Australian National Team. Zamarano University, a private institution in Honduras, also...
SSISD Wildcat Football Banquet Including Student Athletic Trainers Takes Place At SSCC
Sulphur Springs Wildcats The 2019 Sulphur Springs Wildcats Football Team had their football banquet at the Sulphur Springs Country Club Thursday night, January 23. The Student Athletic Trainers were also part of the event. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens selected his entire senior class as football MVP. Each football position group coach introduced his players and talked about them. Coach Owens also explained what the evening...
Game Day Friday Features Basketball And Soccer
The Sulphur Springs Wildcats and Lady Cats Basketball Teams continue district play on this game day Friday, January 24, in Texarkana against Texas High. The Lady Cats play the Lady Tigers at 6:15 p.m. The Wildcats meet the Tigers at 7:30 p.m. It’s the third district game for the Wildcats. They are ranked #9 in Class 5A in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Poll. The Wildcats are 1-1 in district play after a victory over...
Paul Pewitt Football Coach Triston Abron Named Fort Worth Coach Of The Year
Former Wildcat player, assistant coach and defensive coordinator Triston Abron, now the head coach of the Paul Pewitt Brahmas, has been named Fort Worth Coach of the Year. Coach Abron took his Brahmas to the Class 3A, Division II State Final Game won by Gunter in late December. Coach Abron said he was still in shock and awe and was humbled to even be considered yet alone chosen. Former Wildcat player, assistant coach and defensive...
Dr. Fred Fuentes to Shine a Light on LAMP at Harvard Presentation
COMMERCE, TX— Dr. Fred Fuentes, executive director for enrollment management at A&M-Commerce, will present “Borders, Bridges and Bad Hombres: The stereotypes and realities of being LatinX in 2020” at the National Diversity in Leadership Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His presentation will be held at the prestigious Harvard University, where Fuentes says he will hope to open some eyes about what it means to be LatinX...
