Softball Uses Big 5th Inning to Win Game 1 of Bi-District, 3-0
Lady Cats softball capitalized on a few timely hits to win game one of the Bi-District series with Whitehouse, 3-0. Coach David Carrillo’s team scored three runs off four hits in the 5th inning. Parris Pickett led off the bottom frame of the inning with a single. Followed immediately by a single from Kinz Smallwood, and an error allowing Nicole Higgins to reach base, and Sulphur Springs loaded the bases with no outs. C Anahi...
SSHS Blue Blazes Spring Show, Blue & Gold Review, Will Be April 29-30
The Sulphur Springs High School Blue Blazes will perform the annual Spring Show at 7 p.m. nightly, Friday and Saturday, April 29-30, in the SSHS Auditorium. “We are having our Blue And Gold Review, as it was called in the past. We are bringing history back. We are repeating the last 60 years of the Blazes or as it was called then, the Blue And Gold Review. It’s our spring show that we do every single year,” said...
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel Program Will Be About “Dolly Parton Imagination Library”
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel will meet Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 10 a.m. at The ROC, 115 Putman St., Sulphur Springs. All retired school employees in the area are invited and encouraged to attend. Lyn Baldwin will present a program on “Dolly Parton Imagination Library Comes to Rains County!” Lyn Baldwin to present “Dolly Parton Imagination Library Comes to Rains County” during May 10, 2022,...
SSHS Principal Derek Driver Named Finalist For Position In Celina
After serving seven years as principal at Sulphur Springs High School, Derek Driver will soon be taking on the challenge of leading at high school in a district he’s told is the fastest growing district in the United States. Principal Derek Driver plans to leave SSHS to lead another school. He will remain at SSHS to see this group of seniors graduate, and complete the school year. His contract at Celina doesn’t begin until...
Lady Cats Softball Opens Postseason at Home on Wednesday Gameday
Coach David Carrillo’s squad begins their postseason on Wednesday, Apr. 27 hosting Whitehouse for game one of Bi-District. The best of three series has Sulphur Springs hosting games one and three, traveling to Whitehouse Friday for game two. Softball hopes for an even better run than last year, one which saw Sulphur Springs make it to the fourth round for the first time in Coach Carrillo’s tenure as softball coach for the...
Wildcats Baseball Falls to Hallsville on Senior Night
Senior Night did not go as planned for Wildcats baseball. Hallsville cruised past Sulphur Springs 14-1 on Tuesday, Apr. 26. Coach Jerrod Hammack’s squad fell behind early to the Bobcats and could not recover, coughing up eight runs through the first two innings. Hallsville tacked on two more through the next two innings to lead big over Sulphur Springs 10-0. Another big inning in the 5th saw the Bobcats pour on four more. The...
Child Find
Child Find is part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or federal special education law. The purpose of the law is to serve the education needs of kids with disabilities. Each state and its public schools must have policies and procedures for finding these kids. They must also develop practical methods to identify which kids qualify for special education and related services.
CPHS Student Kara Tifft Named Junior Intern For Texas FFA Foundation Summer Leadership Team
Como-Pickton High School FFA Chapter Vice President Kara Tifft has been named a junior intern for the Texas FFA Foundation Leadership Team. Tifft and Texas A&M University students Nathan Barrett, who will be a senior intern, will assist the foundation’s leadership team in executing programs, activities, and providing service to Texas FFA members, advisors, sponsors, special guests and other stakeholders during the annual FFA...
Wildcats Baseball Hosts Hallsville for Senior Night
Coach Jerrod Hammack’s team hosts Hallsville on Tuesday, Apr. 26, the lone team in action on this Tuesday game day. Sulphur Springs looks to extend their win streak to three with an upset of Hallsville. The Bobcats look to close out their season with a win as tonight’s contest in Sulphur Springs is their regular season finale. Hallsville (10-1, first in 15-5A) entering tonight’s contest is a full three games ahead of...
First Phase Of Kids Kingdom Restoration Project A Great Success
Community Helps Commemorate Playground’s 25th Anniversary With Giving The first phase of the Kids Kingdom restoration project, undertaken by the Sulphur Springs Leadership Class of 2021-22 last weekend, was a great success, according to the class. The first phase included staining, painting, spreading mulch and undertaking some of the construction-type restoration to the park on its 25th anniversary. The Leadership Class was...
