Lady Cats Soccer Loses Last Pre district Game Friday
The Lady Cats’ soccer team lost 3-1 at Paris Friday night. It was the Lady Cats’ last match before the start of district play at Marshall Tuesday night. The Lady Cats are 1-5-2 this season. Lady Cats Coach Jesus DeLeon said his team had another slow start on Friday falling behind 2-0 due to a defensive mistake and trouble with a Paris set piece. Faith Singleton scored the Lady Cats goal getting an assist from Esmeralda...
SSHS Powerlifting Meet Last Saturday
About 300 athletes, both boys and girls, competed in Saturday’s Sulphur Springs Powerlifting Meet. The Wildcats finished in 11th place. Wildcats Powerlifting Coach Jeremy Offutt said two Wildcats qualified for medals, Jonathan Alvarez, a freshman, finished second in the 123-pound class and Alex Gamez was fifth in the 220-pound class. Coach Offutt said several other Wildcats lifters just missed placing by just a few pounds. He noted...
Wildcat Soccer Lose Just Before District Begins
The Wildcats’ soccer team lost their last non-district game at Pittsburg, 3-1 Tuesday night, with multiple players benched due to injuries. Scott Galarza and Adrian Lopez both were injured after running into each other, hitting their heads only 20 minutes into the game. Lopez was taken to the hospital because a cut on his head as a result of the collision, and Galarza suffered a minor concussion. Their one goal came from Israel Lopez...
Ladycats Lose Against Lobos Tuesday
The Lady Cats’ basketball team had a tough night on the road Tuesday night at Longview as the Lady Lobos won 64-35. Daieyshia Pruitt led the Lady Cats with 15 points, including two-three pointers. The Lady Cats are now 3-5 in district play. The Ladycats will practice against the Wildcats boys on Thursday to better prepare themselves for Friday against Marshall here at Sulphur Springs Stadium. I talked with Lady Cats Basketball...
Wildcats Lose After Leading Three Quarters
For three quarters, the Wildcats’ basketball team played some of their finest ball in one of the closest games of the season. They saw exceptional athleticism from Cain Cody with 24 points total and taking five charges throughout the game. They led Longview 46-40 after three quarters at Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. The fourth quarter was a different story as the Lobos outscored the Wildcats 32-12. The Lobos scored many of their shots...
This Year’s UIL Outlook
Sulphur Springs High School began the Spring UIL season on January 10 in Pine Tree. Recent Rumors had been heard that this year’s collection of UIL teams was looking to be one of the most impressive seen yet. “We were actually concerned at first, because we had an excellent year last year, and we lost some of our seniors so we weren’t sure how it was going to shape up,” SSHS UIL Coordinator Gina Wilder said....
“Updated with Video” North Hopkins Breaks Ground for New School
North Hopkins Independent School District broke ground for a new Elementary School this Monday morning at 9:30. In a bond election May 10 of this year, district voters supported a $5 million bond issue for the new school to be built. “This is a great big day for us,” superintendent Donna George said. “It took us about a year to plan all of this. We’re very excited to get in there.” As a result of...
Betty Block as Interim Associate Provost for A&M Commerce
Texas A&M University Commerce has given a new title to one of their academic staff members. Betty Block was named Interim Associate Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, a title which hasn’t been seen before in the campus life of Commerce. According to Mrs Block, the job of Interim Associate Provost is to deal with the academic affairs of the university as well as mediating student and faculty issues. She also...
High School Leadership Class Needs Sponsor’s
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President Meredith Caddell is in charge of the High School Leadership Class. This year’s class has just been selected with students from high schools all over the county. Ms. Caddell is seeking sponsorships to help defray some of the costs of the program since the students don’t have to pay tuition to be involved. I talked with Ms. Caddell Thursday morning. Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce...
National Blue Ribbon Honors Saltillo School
The Saltillo School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday. It was selected as an Exemplary High Performing School. Saltillo was one of 25 schools selected in Texas and one of 337 nationwide. Kevin Woolley is the Saltillo School Superintendent. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 337 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 based on their overall...
