Lady Cats Open 2016 Season with Scrimmage Wins
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team opened their 2016 season by scrimmaging Commerce and Cumby at home Friday. The Lady Cats managed to squeak by Commerce by a couple of points and then topped Cumby by 13 thanks to a late flourish. The Lady Cats got contributions from all ten varsity players. Kaylee Jefferson and Autumn Tanton had especially big games at the net. Solid results also came from Mieke VanBenthem and Sheretta Hill. Also...
Few Season Tickets Remain as Friday Deadline Looms
Wildcats football season tickets went on sale to the general public Thursday morning and Season Ticket Coordinator Lynette King said a long line had formed by the time doors at the high school library opened at 8:45 a.m. As of 11 a.m. Thursday, just less than 60 seats remained for purchase. Quite a few of these are on rows 1 and 2. Two tickets did remain on row 4 in Section B. The rest were scattered single seats. Hours of operation...
SSHS Cross Country Teams Preparing for 2016 Season
New Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks designated Monday, August 1 as the day to begin the process of preparing for the upcoming season. Team members have been showing up this week starting at 7:15 a.m. for group runs. As former Coach Andy Holt always did, Coach Hicks runs with his athletes. He says he also plans for them to spent a couple of days a week in the weight room. Coach Hicks says lots of the athletes have...
Lady Cats Volleyball Scrimmage Friday
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team will play in their first scrimmage Friday at home against Cumby and Commerce. Freshmen and JV games will take place in the Auxiliary Gym while the Varsity will play in Wildcats Gym. Games will be played at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and at noon. New Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness says he’s looking forward to the scrimmage action. He says Cumby and Commerce will provide a good test for his...
Season Ticket Sales Continue
Current Wildcats’ football season ticket holders, who have not yet renewed their seats, have until 5 p.m. Tuesday to renew. Season tickets not renewed by the deadline will be available for others. Lots of the current season ticket holders renewed on Monday. Lynette King, who coordinates the season ticket activity, said that about 67% of the current season ticket holders renewed their seats Monday. She said traffic on Tuesday had...
SSHS Team Tennis Set to Travel Next Week
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez had to content with several players who were unable to show up for the first day of team tennis practice Monday morning. They missed a dual session. It started bright and early Monday morning at 7:30 a.m. with running at the high school track. Later the players in attendance had challenge matches to determine seeding for early matches. The Wildcats play two road matches on Tuesday, August 9. They...
Six Varsity Lady Cats Return for Volleyball this Season
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team opened their fall campaign with two practices Monday. First came early morning conditioning. Later the nearly 40 hopefuls were involved in tryouts as new Head Coach Justin Maness decides who be end up on the varsity, JV and freshmen teams. He says there should be a lof ot competition. Last year’s varsity team was 28-14 and got to the second round of the playoffs. Six of the nine varsity...
Season Tickets Week
One of the biggest weeks for Wildcats’ football fans takes place next week as it’s Season Tickets Week. The cost for a season ticket packet of five home games is $50. The first two days, Monday and Tuesday, will be for current season ticket holders to renew their seats. Tickets not renewed those two days will be available to others. Wednesday is a day for renewing season ticket holders to seek upgrades. Those season...
“Updated” Hopkins County Angels and Ponytails Win First Games in World Series Play
Both the 9 and 10 year old Hopkins County Angels and the 11 and 12 year old Hopkins County Pony Tails won their 9 a.m. Saturday games at the World Series tournament in Alexandria, Louisiana Saturday morning. The Angels defeated North Carolina 5-1. The Pony Tails hammered Georgia 9-1. Both teams play again Sunday. The Angels will play Mississippi at 11 a.m. The Ponytails take on Tennessee at 1 p.m.
Volleyball and Team Tennis to Start
Sports activity for the fall semester at Sulphur Springs High School will begin Monday as the Lady Cats’ volleyball team and the Wildcats’ team tennis squad will have practice. The Lady Cats’ volleyball team will have sessions Monday from 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. and then from 9:45 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The new Lady Cats volleyball coach is Justin Maness, who was the Head Volleyball Coach at Paris Junior College for...
