Friday Game Day Has Four Teams In District Action
Friday, Jan. 28 is an action packed game day with four squads locked in for district play. Basketball takes on Pine Tree as district play continues for both teams, while soccer begin district play today. Lady Cats basketball are the first team up on Friday, Jan. 28 at Pine Tree. Coach Erica Delley’s squad played a good game Tuesday but could not pull out the win, falling to Marshall 48-41 on Tuesday. Sulphur Springs hopes to stay in...
Brooklynn Burnside Signs Letter To Play at Cisco
Senior Brooklynn Burnside, a four-year member of the Lady Cats varsity volleyball team, signed a letter of intent Friday, Jan. 28 to play on at the next level at Cisco College. Burnside is the daughter of Gohn and Tammy Burnside. The Lady Cats senior made the trip out west to Cisco on December 1, 2021, when she also met the coaching staff. Burnside said she thought Cisco College was the right fit for her thanks to the small town feel,...
Wildcats Soccer Crushes North Lamar 13-0
Men’s soccer got their first win on the season by routing North Lamar 13-0 on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Coach Alexi Upton’s squad early and often in their crushing victory over the Panthers. Eight different Wildcats got in on the scoring. Two players, Edgar Salazar and Osvaldo Arellano ended the game with hat tricks against North Lamar. Two of Salazar’s three goals came unassisted. Uriel Santacruz finished with two goals...
Lady Cats Basketball Drops Close One to Marshall, 48-41
Coach Erica Delley’s squad fought for four quarters to get their third district win, but Marshall completed a huge comeback to get the win at the SSHS Main Gym. For a majority of the contest women’s basketball led the visiting Lady Mavs. Sulphur Springs led 15-8 after one and 27-17 at the half, only for Marshall to outscore the Lady Cats 24-14 en route to a 48-41 win on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The Lady Mavs outscored the women’s...
Four Teams In Action For Tuesday Game Day
Both basketball and soccer squads are in action for Tuesday game day on January 25, 2022. Wildcats soccer are the first team up, in North Lamar taking on the Panthers at 5:30 P.M. Coach Alexi Upton noted schedule changes for the JV1 and JV2 squads, originally taking on North Lamar and Sabine respectively, but those have since been altered: JV1 now hosts a home match at 4 P.M. versus Mount VernonJV2/freshmen play at Mount...
Brandon Faircloth Announced as New Athletic Director and Head Football Coach of Sulphur Springs
During a special board meeting held Monday, Jan. 24 the Sulphur Springs Independent School District approved the motion to hire Brandon Faircloth as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach of SSISD. Faircloth previously served as head coach and athletic director at Port Neches-Groves. He coached the Indians for 13 seasons, going 102-51 (.667) and leading Port Neches-Groves to the playoffs 12 of those 13 years as head coach for the...
Coach From Port Neches-Grove Rumored To Take Over At SSISD
Coach Faircloth confirmed as new head coach. Tonight’s agenda for the SSISD school board includes an agenda item to discuss and possibly approve the position of new athletic director and head football coach. The person rumored to be up for that position is Brian Faircloth from the Port Neches-Grove who is the winningest coach from that program with a record of 102-51. His team has been to the playoffs 12 out of the last 13...
Wildcats Soccer Goes 0-3 in Second Straight Tournament
Men’s soccer competed hard in their third and final tournament of the winter 2021-22 season but could not string together wins, going 0-3 in the Terrell tournament. Wildcats soccer started out the winter classic on Thursday, Jan. 20 and fell to Kilgore 2-0 in Terrell. Friday, Jan. 21 brought a Wildcats showdown between Sulphur Springs and Paris, with the men’s team falling to Paris 1-0 to fall to 0-2 in Terrell....
Friday Game Day Has Both Basketball, Soccer Teams Plus Team Tennis on Deck
Friday, Jan. 21 is a busy one for Sulphur Springs sports. Five teams are on deck today and ready for action. Team Tennis had an early start on Friday, Jan. 21 in Hallsville in the Bobcat tournament. Contests began on this Friday game day at 8 A.M. in Hallsville. Today’s tournament contains the first contests for Coach Tony Martinez’s program in their spring 2022 season. They no doubt hope to get their spring season off on...
Both Soccer Squads Up On Thursday Game Day
Both soccer teams begin their final tournaments of their winter seasons. Wildcats soccer have their first day of action in Terrell for the Winter classic. Thursday, Jan. 20 has Coach Alexi Upton’s squad on the pitch at 9:30 A.M. taking on Kilgore. Men’s soccer has two more games in the winter tournament, on Friday, Jan. 21 versus Paris at 2 P.M. and wrap up against Sunnyvale on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 12:30 P.M. Sulphur...
