Wildcat Band Begins Contest Season Saturday
Wildcat Band Director Spencer Emmert calls this month Bandtober. During this month, the band will perform at four Friday night football games and then head to contests. Their first contest takes place Saturday (October 5) at Mesquite Memorial Stadium, also the site for this year’s Area contest. Emmert says the Wildcats will take the field at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. He says the band has worked all this school year for these next four...
SSISD Receives 2 Acceptable Bids For Fore Street House Constructed By CTE Students
This ranch-style home constructed on Fore Street by Sulphur Springs High School career and technology students over the course of two years. The 1,550 square foot farm-style house constructed on Fore Street by Sulphur Springs High School students should have a new owner soon. Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday accepted the two bids, in rank order, submitted for the house, according to Sulphur...
Aaron Woods Is Head Football Coach Of Forney, Wildcats’ Opponent Friday
Forney High School Jackrabbits The head football coach for the Forney Jackrabbits is Aaron Woods, in his second year. Forney is his first head coaching gig. Before coming to Forney, Woods spent a year as an assistant coach at Waxahachie under former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, who is now working as a Dallas Cowboys assistant. Woods was at Cedar Hill for 14 years before that as an assistant to Head Coach Joey McGuire, who is now the...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Cross Country Teams Have Final Tune Up Thursday Before District Meet Next Week
The Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Teams have their final competition before next week’s district competition in Lindale on this game day Thursday, Oct. 3. The Wildcats and Lady Cats will be running on a course at the Garden Valley Golf Course. District competition takes place next Wednesday at Mount Pleasant. Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks said the teams recently cut down some on the mileage they...
Sulphur Springs ISD Plans For Early Release Friday
Friday, Oct. 4, is an early release day for Sulphur Spring Independent School District. All students and staff in the Sulphur Springs ISD will be released an hour early on Friday. Buses will also run one hour ahead of their regular schedule Families reminded to adjust their schedules for the early release time.
Follow the SSISD Wildcat Marching Band
Please make plans to follow the SSISD Wildcat Band to the UIL State Marching Band Contest in San Antonio. Let’s cheer them on!!! Contest Dates:Oct 5 – Mesquite; Performance: 4:30Oct 12 – Royce City; Performance: 2:45Oct 15 UIL Region – Mt. Pleasant Performance: 4:15Oct 19 – Commerce; Performance: TBAOct 26 UIL Area – Mesquite; if they qualify The State Marching Band Contest will be held at the...
Chamber Connection for Oct. 3, 2019
By Lezley Brown, CEO/president, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The deadline for entry into the World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest is Friday, October 4th at 5 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 50th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to pick up their stew goody bags on Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce (110 Main Street). Cooks will receive their grocery reimbursement from the Chamber, their...
Drink Provider, Renewal Of Legal Retainer Approved By SSISD Trustees
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees during a special meeting this week approved a beverage provider contract and renewed membership in a legal retainer program. Beverage Agreement Coca-Cola Bottling Company will be the district’s beverage provider. The district-wide contract was up for renewal this year, so bids were sought. Coca-Cola was the only company to submit a bid which is comparable to the...
Lindale Squeezes Past Lady Cats Volleyball Team, 3-1 at SSHS Tuesday Night (Updated With Photos)
Ladycats Volleyball 10 1 19 I In a match that seemed closer than the 3-1 score, the Lindale Lady Eagles won a big district game over the Lady Cats Volleyball Team at Sulphur Springs High School Tuesday (October 1) night. The Lady Cats won the first set, 25-22 only to see the Lady Eagles take the next three, 25-16, 31-29 and 25-23. Perhaps the key set was the seesaw third. Each team survived three set points before Lindale finally was...
Owens Comments on Bye Week, His Wildcats and Forney
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens, at his weekly media gathering Wednesday morning before Friday’s game at Forney, said last week’s bye week was pretty good. He said the team had some good practices, some players were able to rest up and some grade issues got looked at. Actually he said, if given a choice, he would have preferred to get back on the field and play last Friday. Coach Owens said everyone is ready to get a W....
