DCTF Expects Cumby to Finish Second in Football District
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine predicts the Cumby Trojans will finish in second place in their four team District 9-2A in Division II but don’t be surprised if Cumby confounds the experts. The Trojans have a lot going for them. The Trojans, coached again this fall by Tom Dracos, were 5-6 last season including a bi-district loss. They were 3-1 in district play. Texas Football has Muenster first, Cumby second, Era...
Budget Process Ongoing At SSISD, Additional Personnel Raises Still Being Considered
There’s still quite a bit of work to be done before Sulphur Springs Independent School District administrators present a substantially complete general budget for trustees to approve. SSISD Business Manger Sherry McGraw presented trustees with an updated working draft of the 2019-2020 budget during their regular meeting Monday evening. McGraw said the business office had received an updated template, but continue to receive from...
Tyrone Ivery and Derick Dial Tout Free App For Athletes and Recruiters
Two Hopkins County men are touting a free App that gets athletes and sports recruiters together. The App is called The Recruiters Black Book and it was started last April by Tyrone Ivery. Derick Dial soon joined the project with Ivery. Ivery said he discovered the need for the App after hearing stories from his nephew Willie Ivery, who committed to the University of North Texas in football out of Sulphur Springs High School....
DCTF Picks Como-Pickton Football to Finish Fourth in Their District
The Como-Pickton Eagles of Head Football Coach Charles Swann are picked to finish fourth in their five-team District 6-2A, Division I by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine. The Eagles went 4-6 last year including a bi-district loss to Collinsville and they had a 1-3 district record. In District 6-2A, Texas Football predicts Wolfe City to finish first, Bogata Rivercrest second, Honey Grove third and Como-Pickton fourth....
PJC Sulphur Springs News
PJC Sulphur Springs Summer Welding SUMMER WELDING The summer welding class at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center is full. Among the students are Brenteon Zapata, left, in structural welding and Alyssa Hall in advanced welding. To learn more about the program, call 903-885-1232.
SSISD Trustees Approve 14 Personnel Changes
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees Monday evening approved 14 personnel changes. Overall, the seven resignations and seven new hires will impact five campuses. At Barbara Bush Primary, Mary Surber resigned as a transitional first grade teacher while Jessica Takacs was approved to join the faculty as a new special education teachers. Bowie Primary physical education Melissa Aaron’s resignation was...
Student Accident Insurance, Budget, TASB Delegates Top July 8 SSISD Board Meeting
School Health Advisory Committee composition, student accident insurance coverage and conference delegates are among the items Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees will be asked to consider approving during their regular monthly meeting tonight, July 8. The trustees too are scheduled to hold a budget work session during the 6 p.m. meeting. At the regular June meeting, SSISD Business Manager Sherry McGraw...
Academic Honors Go to PJC Athletes
Paris Junior College athletes earned both individual and team academic honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association. Student-athletes from around the nation contributed to a new NJCAA record as 6,656 participants earned a spot on one of the three NJCAA All-Academic teams, having achieved a 3.60 GPA or higher. This year’s record eclipsed the previous mark of 6,329 set in the 2017-18 academic year. Team-wide honors...
Paul Jones Named Region 8 Superintendent Of The Year
Paul Jones has been selected as the Region 8 Superintendent of the Year, which puts him in the running for consideration for Texas Superintendent of the Year honors, according to a Texas Association of School Board press release. Jones has worked at Paris ISD for six years, and prior to that was the superintendent at Saltillo ISD. The annual program is sponsored by TASB to recognized exemplary superintendents for excellence and...
The Edge Next Week Will Be Two Days Only
The next to last week of The Edge conditioning program next week will be an abbreviated one. Instead of the usual Monday through Thursday, The Edge will only take place on Monday, July 8, and Thursday, July 11, next week. The UIL has declared next Tuesday and Wednesday as dead days saying that no athletes are allowed at athletic facilities on those days. On Monday and Thursday next week, The Edge will continue for athletes entering...
