Wildcats Football Opens District Play At Terrell On This Game Day Friday
SSISD Varsity Football Team 2019 The Wildcats Football Team travels to Terrell to play the Tigers as district play begins Friday night, Sept. 13, in District 8-5A in Division II. Both teams come in hungry for a win with 0-2 records. The Wildcats lost at home to Frisco Wakeland and on the road to Lovejoy. Terrell lost to Hallsville at home and to Paris on the road. The Wildcats won last year’s game at The Prim, 42-27. Going back...
New Terrell Coach Has History of Rebuilding Football Programs
The Wildcats Football Team opens district play Friday night (September 13) at Terrell. The Tigers have a new football coach. Former Tigers Coach Mike Shields went to McGregor, near Waco. Arriving in early May was Marvin Sedberry, Junior. If that name sounds familiar it may be because his father, Marvin Sedberry Senior, is a longtime, well regarded football coach who had three separate stops in Greenville. Sedberry Junior also has an...
Student Preparing to Enter Fall Semester at PJC Sulphur Springs
PJC Sulphur Springs Marin Annabel Marin of Sulphur Springs, left, is pleased to complete her paperwork with Educational Advisor Tonya Yeager, center, of the Educational Opportunity Center so she could begin the fall semester at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. Her mom, Patricia Marin was there to lend support.
Harden: Teacher Turnover Rate at SSISD Comparable To Most Recent State Averages
Sulphur Springs ISD Assistant Superintendent Rusty Harden While it may seem like Sulphur Springs Independent School District administrators are doing a lot more hiring each year, a six year study shows the district’s teacher turnover rate has remained pretty close to the state teacher turnover rate, according to SSISD Assistant Superintendent Rusty Harden. That’s an average of 86.83 new employees hired annually for a total...
Wildcats Team Tennis 15-4 District Win at Greenville was a Team Effort According to Coach Martinez
Wildcats Team Tennis had a team full of success stories in a 15-4 district win at Greenville Tuesday. The Wildcats won 5 of 7 doubles matches, 5 of 6 boys singles matches and 5 of 6 girls singles matches. Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez called it a team effort. Due to the state of the district, the win puts the Wildcats into position for a third place finish and a playoff spot. Royse City does not have a team and Mount...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner Comments to Lady Cats Win Over Rains Tuesday
After the Lady Cats Volleyball Team got by Emory Rains, 3-1 Tuesday (September 10), Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner said her team had some good moments, some great moments and some not so good moments. The Lady Cats up and down play had the 23-year old Dorner worrying about gray hair. She said Rains is a good team. She said several times she thought the Lady Cats had put the ball down only to see Rains return it. After winning the first...
Coach Owens Discusses Terrell and Wildcats as District Play Starts Friday
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens discussed Tigers and Wildcats as Sulphur Springs opens district play Friday night (September 13) at Terrell. Both teams are 0-2. Coach Owens continued to say he’s frustrated due to the team not taking advantage of opportunities and killing themselves with mistakes. He said good teams like Frisco Wakeland and Lovejoy make you pay when you make mistakes. Coach Owens said he is stressing urgency...
Tira News For Sept. 11, 2019
By Jan Vaughn Last week, I received the following note from Terry Sampite: “It is with great sorrow that I inform you of the death of our mother, Joyce Allayne Callaway-Schwartz, on March 11, 2019. Mom often spoke fondly of growing up there. My brother and I were pleased to visit Tira in 2015 and pause briefly at the Callaway headstone behind the church. The experience adds to our memories of her.” You can read the obituary at...
Wildcats Team Tennis Slams Greenville
Wildcats Team Tennis Gets Big District Win Over Greenville, 15-4 Wildcats Team Tennis won a district match they probably had to have to make the playoffs as they defeated Greenville, 15-4 at Greenville Tuesday (September 10). The Wildcats led after doubles matches, 5-2. Jeauxleigh Cantu and Jonah Kirkpatrick won their mixed doubles match, 8-0. In boys doubles, Logan Schumacher and Aaron Lucas won 8-2. Carlos Lopez and Alex Ramiro won...
Lady Cats Volleyball Defeat Emory Rains
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Gets By Scrappy Emory Rains Team, 3-1 Tuesday at Home The Lady Cats Volleyball Team defeated a scrappy Emory Rains team, 3-1 Tuesday (September 10) evening at the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School. Despite the score, the Lady Cats narrowly avoided being forced into a fifth set. The Lady Cats got off to a good start winning the first two sets, 25-19 and 25-20. In set two, the Lady Cats fell behind 4-0...
