Lady Cat Volleyball in Garland Tournament
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team is playing in its’ first tournament of the young season Friday (August 11). They are in a Garland tournament. The Lady Cats come into the tournament with a 1-1 season record. Last Tuesday the Lady Cats opened the season at home with a 3-0 victory over North Lamar followed by a 3-2 loss to Sherman. Friday the Lady Cats have three matches in pool play, all at Rowlett High School. The Lady Cats...
SSHS Wildcat Football Wait Ends; Practice Begins Monday
As other Sulphur Springs High School sports and extra-curricular activities have started, football has had to wait. UIL rules dictate the start of practice and that beginning date for the Wildcats is Monday, August 14. The Wildcats are starting a week later than some because they had spring football practice. The Wildcats will also be limited to just one scrimmage rather than two. Monday hours for varsity and JV football practice will...
Lady Cats 1-1 Following First Day of Regular Season
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team opened the regular season with a rare win over North Lamar and a five-set loss to Sherman at home Tuesday. The Lady Cats defeated North Lamar, 3-0. It was the Lady Cats first victory over the Pantherettes since October 1, 2005. John McCullough, the current North Lamar superintendent, was then the Lady Cats Head Coach. Tuesday the Lady Cats jumped out to a 5-0 lead against North Lamar in set one....
Lady Cats’ Volleyball Hosts First Two Games of Regular Season Tuesday
One week after they started, the Lady Cats’ volleyball team will open the regular season Tuesday afternoon. (August 8) The Lady Cats will play North Lamar at 1 p.m. and then Sherman at 5 p.m. Both games are at home in Wildcats Gym. North Lamar and Sherman will play at 3 p.m. The Lady Cats have had six scrimmage matches to get ready for the season openers. Last year the Lady Cats also opened the season at home against the...
KSST is Giving Away More Texas Rangers Tickets!
KSST is giving away tickets to the August 12th, 2017 Texas Rangers Game. Winners will be announced during Afternoon Drive 4-6PM on Wednesday August 9th, 2017. The Tickets: 1 pair, and 2 groups of 4 for the Saturday August 12th game, 7:05 first pitch. Rules: The tickets must be picked up from the KSST Studios before 5pm Friday August 11th, 2017. If can’t pick them up before Friday, a Saturday morning pickup can be arranged. 903...
Wildcats’ Team Tennis Opened Practice Monday
The Wildcats’ team tennis squad began practice for this season Monday morning bright and early. The first order of business was using squeegees to get some puddles of water off the courts from overnight and early morning rainfall. At 7:15 a.m., practice was underway. Wildcats Team Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said new players this year were introduced. Coach Martinez said then he told players his expectations for the team this...
Lady Cats Volleyball Open Regular Season Play Tuesday at Home
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness said his team was looking pretty good early. The Lady Cats scrimmaged four opponents Saturday at Wills Point and Coach Maness said his team looked a lot better Saturday than they did Friday at a home scrimmage against Cumby and Commerce. He said Saturday the Lady Cats competed and did well against all four teams they played. The Lady Cats had their entire 12 player roster at Monday morning...
Lady Cats Win First Scrimmage As Season Begins
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team squeezed by a good Cumby team in the Lady Cats’ first scrimmage of the season Friday morning in Wildcats Gym. Three late successful serves by Anden Hammack give the Lady Cats a 65-62 advantage in points scored. The scrimmage marked the varsity debut for N’ysa Dugan, Lexie Whisenhunt and Sadie Stroud. Returning from last year for the scrimmage were Imani Taylor, Anden Hammack, Maggie...
It’s Official: August 3rd HC Sweetees Proclaimed World Champs
By Savannah Owens The Hopkins County Sweetees are back from Alexandria Louisiana with a huge trophy and even bigger smiles. These girls had a 14-0 record, and were undefeated for the entire season. Hopkins County Judge Newsom issued a proclamation at 4:30 pm at the County Courthouse where he dedicated August third to the official Hopkins County Sweetees World Champs. Head Coach Tanner Ragan, and Assistant Coaches Andy Taylor and Geoff...
The Edge Ends for SSHS Athletes
The Edge conditioning program, which ran for a total of six weeks, ended for this summer Thursday morning. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens was busy pouring over attendance figures for The Edge Thursday morning. He said The Edge was good and the kids did great. Coach Owens admitted it was a weird and longer than usual summer that made it necessary to put a two-week hiatus into The Edge’s schedule between week four and week...
