Lady Cats Volleyball Working on Fundamentals in August
After The Edge ended in late July, Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner gave her players a two week break. Sessions of skills and strength resumed August 10. Coach Dorner says she has had a consistent 36 players each day. She says they are working hard and are excited. Coach Dorner says she has split her team into hitters, passers and setters for individual work. There is a heavy emphasis on fundamentals. Coach Dorner says her...
Extra Summer Work Benefits Cross Country Athletes
This has been a longer than normal year for summer before-school running for Wildcats and Lady Cats’ middle school and high school cross country athletes. Sulphur Springs Coach Ross Hicks notes that normally, by now, his teams would have already had some meets. Still, Coach Hicks says he feels the extra running time has been beneficial for his teams. Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks He says his summer numbers have...
Coach Owens Says Wildcats Are Now Ahead Of Where They Usually Are In August
Monday, August 10, the Wildcats’ football team began skills practices with continued strength work. The UIL is allowing this after the Wildcats, and other Class 5A and Class 6A teams, had their first practice date moved back to September 8. Sulphur Springs Wildcats Coach Owens likes the way the practices have started. He says the sessions are in the evening due to teacher in-service going on during the day. Coach Owens says...
SSISD Announces Plan For 2020 Wildcat Football Ticket Sales
Sulphur Springs ISD Superintendent Michael Lamb emailed what he called a bittersweet letter Wednesday morning to all Wildcats football fans concerning season tickets for home games this season, during the COVID-19 pandemic. With venue seating capacity limited to 50 percent per UIL, the district will not be able to offer Wildcat football season tickets for fall 2020. Sulphur Springs Wildcats Lamb reports usual season ticket holders...
Saturday Sports Clinic Offered Beginning Aug. 22 At CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Orthopedic Office
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News for Aug. 11, 2020 By Holly Ragan, MS, Senior Market Development. CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 11, 2020 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Are you going through the checklist of things to take...
Cumby ISD Athletics Canceled Until Aug. 24 Due To COVID-19
School Still Slated To Start As Scheduled Aug. 13 Cumby ISD COVID-19 protocols went into effect this week after some students reported virus symptoms, then, one confirmed COVID-19 case was reported, according to school officials. School athletic activities have been temporarily canceled, but classes are slated to begin as scheduled this Thursday. Monday afternoon Cumby ISD officials announced the decision to cancel athletic practices...
North Hopkins ISD’s New Athletic Director Announced
Superintendent Darin Jolly today announced the selection of Kelley Clark as North Hopkins ISD’s new athletic director. “He is replacing the legendary Coach Jeff Bell, who he assisted for the past three years in the boys basketball program at North Hopkins ISD. Coach Bell resigned in July to be closer to family in the Weatherford area and will be coaching Basketball in Graford ISD. Coach Clark is a positive, focused, and...
CHRISTUS Welcomes A New Orthopedic Surgeon
By Holly Ragan, MS, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 4, 2020 — CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Anticipating the arrival of Chris Meltsakos, MD, Orthopedic Surgery | Sports Medicine Dr. Christopher Meltsakos CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-...
Sulphur Springs Cross Country Athletes Prepare For Fall Season
The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ cross country teams, including middle school athletes, continue to prepare for the upcoming season by getting a lot of running in early most mornings. The athletes, under Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks, are currently running from 7:15 a.m. until 8:30 a.m., at least right now. Coach Hicks will be involved in teacher in-service beginning Thursday, August 6. He says he will move up the...
Hopkins County Football Notes For Monday
Football practice gets underway Monday, Aug. 3, for all the teams below Class 5A and 6A. In Hopkins County, that mean’s Cumby and Como-Pickton. Cumby Trojans The Cumby Trojans are coached by Sulphur Springs’ native Charles Boles, who is in his first year as Trojans’ head coach. Cumby’s two-a-day practices are scheduled this week Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The Trojans are coming off of an...
