Sulphur Springs XC Returning Home to Host Wildcat Invitational Saturday
Cross country continues to make solid strides as they push on towards their district competition. Friday, Sept. 16 had Wildcats and Lady Cats XC headed to something of a familiar course in Pine Tree’s Mike Darby Invitational. The women’s team cracked the top-5 in fourth, with the Wildcats placing eighth in Longview Friday. Haylee Schultz and Edith Martinez finished neck-and-neck, 13th and 14th, with times of 13:24.5 and...
Volleyball Hosts Final Game Tuesday Prior to District Season
Coach Bailey Dorner’s team picked up another win Friday, Sept. 16. Sulphur Springs travelled to Clarksville Friday hoping to get back in the win column. They did just that, sweeping the Lady Tigers on their home court 3-0. The win Friday on the road gives volleyball a 13-12 season mark. Next up, they return home in their final game prior to beginning their district season. Tuesday, Sept. 20 has Sulphur Springs hosting PTAA in...
Wildcat Football Blows By Van Alstyne, Hosts Homecoming Game Friday
Sulphur Springs Friday picked up their first wire-to-wire win, beating the Panthers by 30 en route to their first road win on the season. The Wildcat defense forced several stops throughout the game, the offense scored early and often, and special teams routinely set up the offense for success with great field position. Flipping the script from their previous game, in Hallsville, the Wildcats jumped out to a commanding 21 point lead...
Team Tennis Starts District Season 1-0, Continues Home Stand Tuesday
Team tennis continues a lengthy home-stand en route to playoff season. In their first home contest of four straight, Coach Martinez and his squad took care of business. On Tuesday, Sept. 13 Sulphur Springs hosted Atlanta to begin district play. Missing two top players in Ian Westland and Trinity Luckett is never ideal for a squad. Even so, Sulphur Springs did not miss a beat, easily handling Atlanta 10-2 to start district play 1-0....
SSHS Volleyball Has Two Games Left Prior To District Season
The real test begins soon for Lady Cats volleyball. Sulphur Springs, including Friday’s road game, plays just two more games before district play gets underway. Coach Bailey Dorner’s team hits the road Friday, taking on Clarksville at 5:30 P.M. and has a Tuesday home-match versus PTAA before Saturday’s date in Paris. On Tuesday Sept. 13, Lady Cat volleyball ended their three-game home-stand with a loss at the hands...
Lady Cats Cross Country Places Second in Two Straight Competitions
Coach Ross Hicks’s teams had another good outing last weekend. Saturday, Sept. 10 had both cross country teams returning to their old district course in Hallsville. The Lady Cats finished second as a team for the second straight competition. Haylee Schultz, fresh off winning the 4A and under division last week in Pittsburg, finished fifth at 13:44.10. Not even 30 seconds later followed Edith Martinez, cracking the top-10 in...
Wildcat Football Continues Two-Game Road-Stand Friday
Sulphur Springs last Friday hit the road for the first time this season, traveling to Hallsville to take on the Bobcats. Friday, Sept. 9 did not go as planned as the Wildcats fell in Hallsville 34-21. Sulphur Springs had a much better second half, much like their first scrimmage at home versus Lindale, but could not overcome a shaky start on both sides of the ball. The Bobcats came screaming out of the gate, reeling off three...
Lady Cats Volleyball Continues Chugging Along to District Play
Coach Bailey Dorner and her squad continue to roll through their fall season, as they have just three games to play before volleyball begins their district season. They play both two home and road games over the next 12 days, alternating between home and the road until Saturday, Sept. 20. But before we can look ahead to district play, Sulphur Springs first finishes a three-game home-stand Tuesday. The Lady Cats host Melissa on...
Team Tennis Starts District Play Tuesday
Wildcat team tennis Coach Tony Martinez is excited to begin district play this week. Sulphur Springs hosts Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Tennis Center. Last week saw team tennis travel to Wills Point, a perennial state contender in tennis. Against stout competition, Coach Martinez’s squad could only manage two wins against a dominant program. Both the mixed doubles team and the #4 player for the Lady Cats, Jessie Lee,...
Chamber Connection: VFW And American Legion Host Sept. 10 Blood Drive At Brookshire’s
By Butch Burney, CEO/President, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] Past cooks have until Friday, Sept. 23, to register for the 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival and retain their site from last year. If you have cooked stew in the past or want to for the first time, now is the time to register for Stew Fest, presented by Alliance Bank. The Stew Festival is Saturday, Oct. 22, with Friday night...
