Men’s Soccer Wins Big Over Chapel Hill, at Pittsburg Friday
Sulphur Springs scored early and often in Tuesday’s home win. Wildcats soccer won 6-0 over Chapel Hill at Gerald Prim Stadium.
In only the fifth minute the men’s soccer team drew first blood, leading 1-0 over the Red Devils thanks to an unassisted goal by Jaxon Haire.
Not too long after that, the Wildcats scored again when Alexis Pasion gave a pass to Edgar Salazar who put one in.
Pasion also scored the third goal, then leading 3-0.
Matthew Clarke and Eric Rodriguez scored two more goals in the blowout win, both of which came unassisted.
Salazar secured the brace when he put in his second goal on the night (asst. by Uriel Santacruz) in the 35th minute. Sprinkle in the final goal from Rodriguez, and the Wildcats strolled throughout the second period en route to a huge 6-0 win over Chapel Hill.
Coach Alexi Upton and his squad cruised to a big win on Tuesday, Mar. 7.
“We did good in the first half, and we got six early, and then we just kinda focused on seeing it out,” the men’s soccer coach said Tuesday night following his team’s win.
Sulphur Springs scored six goals, all in the first period of Tuesday’s blowout win. Not only that, but the final four put in the net were all done so by the Wildcats in the final 10 minutes of the first period.
Their 6-0 win over the Red Devils Tuesday night comes following Friday’s PK loss in Paris. It was a particularly tough one as all the Wildcats had to do to secure an outright district championship was win over Paris.
“It was absolutely devastating,” Coach Upton said Tuesday night, “because we had them in our hands. They recorded three or four shots from the second half onward, like from the second period all the way through the second OT. I mean we just dominated them, absolutely dominated them, but we just did not put anything in the back of the net.”
The men’s soccer coach also said his squad missed out on a golden PK opportunity with just eight minutes left in Friday night’s contest.
With the loss though, Coach Upton expects both teams to remain tied even when the district season ends.
As a result, Sulphur Springs must win big in both of their final two 15-4A games Friday and Tuesday if they hope to secure an outright district title.
“We just really wanna be the number one seed so we’re gonna do our best to make sure that we take care of our business over the next two games,” Coach Upton said following Tuesday night’s 6-0 blowout of Chapel Hill.
The two tiebreakers for soccer are as follows:
- Points
- Win — 3
- Tie — 1
- Loss — 0
- Goal differential — points scored vs. surrendered
The latter is for seeding, but the points system more than likely has the Wildcats tying with Paris.
With that, Sulphur Springs must win big Friday and Senior night Tuesday if they hope to secure an outright district championship.
“We’re just gonna try to do our best as much as we can and just finish the fight,” the men’s soccer coach said.
Wildcats soccer wraps up the regular season next Tuesday as North Lamar comes to town for Senior Night, but before that Coach Upton and his squad first must take care of business with the Pirates Friday.
That game kicks off in Pittsburg Friday, Mar. 10 at 7:30 P.M.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Oklahoma Voters Say ‘NO’ To Recreational Marijuana
March 8, 2023- Oklahoma voters said NO to a state question Tuesday to allow for the recreational use of marijuana, after several words of opposition from faith leaders, law enforcement and prosecutors.
Oklahoma would have become the 22nd state to legalize adult use of cannabis had the voters of the state said yes to the question. Several other states have also denied the use of recreational marijuana such as Arkansas and North and South Dakota.
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt and many of the state’s GOP legislators, including nearly every Republican senator, are against the idea. Former Republican Gov. Frank Keating, an ex-FBI agent, and Terri White, the former head of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, led the ‘no’ campaign.
Sulphur Springs City Council Denies Rezoning Of Main Street Property
March 8, 2023- On Tuesday, March 7th the Sulphur Springs City Council discussed Rezoning of Property located at 2119 Main Street, identified as lot Pt 1, 2, BLK:122. The property consists of approximately 10 acres of land, owned by C&C Guardian Inc. The Rezoning of the property would change the property form a light commercial property to a light industrial property. The Planning and Zoning Board recommended the denial of the rezoning to the City Council. The city Council opened the floor to the public to hear their opinions of the matter at hand, several members of the community came to the stand to speak their mind on the rezoning of the property.
The first person to the podium to speak was Ginger Brooks, Brooks discussed her opposition of the potential idea of a light industrial business across the road from the neighborhood “… A couple of our concerns have to do the noise and traffic, there is no shoulder or turning lane and being on the property for the last 20 years there is a lot more traffic than people seem to think…”
Chris Gibbins was next up to the podium to express his opposition on the rezoning of the property. Gibbins also explained he was acting as a representative of another member of the area who was also in opposition of the rezoning. “We stand in opposition but we don’t stand in opposition of growth for the further development of our community.” Gibbins said with as his final statement
Tammy Tanton took the podium next on behalf of her parents who are in opposition of the rezoning. Tammy expressed her concerns for the younger families that have recently moved in to the quiet neighborhood, and how the possible industrial zone could bring unwanted noise.
President of C&C Guardian Stacy Cody took the podium to express the companies opinion on the matter. Cody started out by explaining the previous plan of the property, which was to have it as a residential area, however this was denied. “we have two buyers and we cant sell in either direction…” stated Cody.
Vice-President of C&C Guardian Wayne Cooper took the podium after Cody to explain more on the companies interest in rezoning the property.
The City Council members voted to approve the rezoning and to overturn the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Board. A super majority vote was necessary for the City Council to approve the rezoning plan for the property, meaning that 80 percent of the council must approve the rezoning. Six Council members were present during the voting, the vote was as follows:
- 1 vote for no
- 1 abstained from voting
- 4 votes for yes
The rezoning planning was denied during first hearing due to the lack of a “super majority” vote.
City Council Annexation of Property West Of Town
March 8, 2023- Sulphur Springs City Council met last night to discuss ordinance 2825, the annexation of 281.644 acres of property west of Stonebriar Neighborhood owned by Oak National Development, LLC, among other items within their agendas. During the meeting members of the council opened up the floor to members of the community to voice their opinion of the matter to the members of the council. However, no members of the community stepped forward to speak out against the annexation. Todd Winters a member of the engineering firm for the project stepped forward to answer any questions that may have been of concern to the council members. The Annexation of the property would lead to the development of single family neighborhood within the property
The Sulphur Springs City Council reached a unanimous vote to approve the annexation of the property on first reading.
SSISD Business Professionals Of America State Competition Results
March 7, 2023- Sulphur Springs ISD Business Professionals of America (BPA) students recently competed at the State BPA Leadership Competition in Dallas. Twenty students competed. The results of that competition are as follows:
Four students advanced to Nationals, which will be on April 26-30 in Anaheim, California. Those students advancing are:
- Kenzie Posey – Administrative Support Research Project – Ind. – 2nd place
- Ashland Hooten – Prepared Speech – 2nd place
- Holden Moss – Fundamental Accounting (Associate) – 2nd place
- Mika Boren – Advanced Office Procedures (Associate) – 1st place
3 students placed as Alternates:
- Jaci Robinson – Administrative Support Research Project – Ind. – 7th
- Ryan Mitchell – PC Configuration & Troubleshooting – 7th
- Jonah Foster – Business Law & Ethics (Associate) – 7th
Front row L-R: Harmony Goodman, Alexis Villarino, Camila Hidalgo, Holden Moss
2nd Row L-R: Ashland Hooten, Jaci Robinson, Macey Williams, Annaston Price, Claire Monk, Matthew Atkinson3rd Row L-R: Ryan Mitchell, Makieya Boren, Jaqueline Diosdado, Grayson Wall, Jack Bain, Jonah Foster, Andres Flores
NOT PICTURED: Katlyn Noe, Kylie Clarke, and Mackenzie Posey
Lady Cats Softball Goes 3-1 Over Four Days
Coach David Carrillo’s team had a very successful four days, going 3-1.
First, in Royse City at their final tournament, Sulphur Springs went a stellar 2-1 over two days and three games.
Friday, playing in two contests, Lady Cats softball first had a rematch with Prairiland.
Last weekend in Mount Pleasant, the Lady Patriots handed Sulphur Springs their first loss on the season, falling 5-0. This time around the Lady Cats flipped the script, winning 5-0 over Prairiland on Friday, Mar. 3.
The softball team put two runs on the board each in the 1st and 3rd innings.
Sandwiched in between those big innings, in the second, Coach Carrillo’s squad put another run up, en route to a 5-0, revenge match win against Prairiland.
Crimson Bryant had a stellar outing in the circle, pitching a complete five inning tournament game and allowing only two hits in the process.
The pitcher gave up no runs, walking one but striking out 12 Lady Patriot batters in the win.
In game two Friday, Sulphur Springs then had to take on Creekview. Coach Carrillo’s squad picked up where they left off, jumping out to a huge 5-0 lead after the first inning.
The game flipped itself on its head shortly thereafter, as the Mustangs scored six over the next two innings en route to a 6-5, come-from-behind win over the Lady Cats.
Adair picked up the loss, pitching four innings but under her watch the Lady Cast surrounded six runs in the loss (only two of which were earned). Adair walked and struck out one batter each as well.
Wrapping up the tourney and tournament play Saturday, Sulphur Springs faced host Royse City in what quickly became a pitcher’s duel.
Coach Carrillo’s team was the only squad to record hits in the Saturday tournament-closer, making contact with the ball in-play just twice. Both came in the 4th inning when Crimson Bryant, leading off the inning, sent a ball to deep left field for a home run. The pitcher’s solo shot put the Lady Cats for good, 1-0.
Bayler Boatman followed up the HR with a single of her own. The aforementioned batters were the only two hits in Saturday’s duel.
Sulphur Springs with the 1-0 win over Royse City wraps up tournament play for the Lady Cats, going 12-2 over three tourneys:
- First, hosting their own invitational, the softball team went a perfect 6-0
- Last weekend in Mount Pleasant the Lady Cats go 4-1
- And lastly this past weekend’s efforts in Royse City
Coach Carrillo’s team were originally slated to travel to Mabank Tuesday, but that game had to be pushed forward to Monday.
It made little difference for Sulphur Springs, as the Lady Cats shutout the Lady Panthers 1-0.
The lone run in the game came in the 6th when Reese Ragan singled, followed by a Bryant triple sending the former Lady Cat home, as Coach Carrillo’s squad took care of business from there, winning 1-0 on Monday, Mar. 6.
Bryant had another stellar outing in the circle, pitching a complete seven inning game and only giving up one hit in the win. The senior pitcher walked one but struck out 16 Lady Panther batters in the win.
Going 3-1 over four days brings Lady Cats softball’s season record to 14-3. This past weekend also marks the conclusion of tournament play for Sulphur Springs.
Next up, the Lady Cats head to New Diana Friday, Mar. 10. Friday and Tuesday mark the lone non-district contests prior to the start of district play next Saturday, Mar. 18.
Before they can shift their focus to the real test, they must first play in their second-to-last non-district game, scheduled to tee off Friday in New Diana at 6 P.M.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Marijuana Legalization On Oklahoma Ballot Measure
March 7, 2023- Oklahoma has proposed a new ballot measure -State Question 820- that could allow marijuana to be grown and used recreationally within state lines. Currently Oklahoma allows the use of medical marijuana, allowing those with prescriptions the ability to purchase marijuana.
Just like alcohol, recreational marijuana will only be available to be purchased by a individual over the age of 21 years of age, up to one ounce, plus concentrates and marijuana-infused products. People would also be legally allowed to grow up to 12 plants of marijuana at one time, for personal use only. The measure would allow sales to residents out-of-state.
Sulphur Springs Corvette Club Announces 2023 Show
March 7, 2023 – The annual Sulphur Springs Corvette Club show is scheduled for October 28, 2023 on Celebration Plaza in downtown Sulphur Springs. This year’s show date will coincide with the World Champion Hopkins County Stew Cook-Off that will be held in Buford Park giving participants in either event more options of things to do while in Sulphur Springs. The local Corvette Club will be hosting a Friday night event for participating Corvette owners at Clarion Pointe hotel. All car enthusiasts are invited to attend the Corvette Show Saturday morning on Celebration Plaza as entered cars will be judged and compete for prizes.
All Corvettes of any year are invited to attend this judged show. Prospective attendees can find more information on the flyer below about entering this year’s show.
Lady Cats Basketball Players Earn All-District Honors
The fourth seeded Lady Cats basketball team fared very well on the All-District list released recently by Lady Cats basketball coach Bryan Jones.
Seniors Kenzie Willis and Addisyn Wall were chosen to the All-District First team. Sophomores Trinity Jefferson as well as Kyra and Kaylee Carter all made the All-District Second Team.
Another one, Codee Roland, was voted by her peers as 15-4A Sixth Man of the Year.
Freshman Rainey Johnson was selected for the Newcomer of the Year award. Aaliyah Cheatum was chosen as Honorable Mention All-District.
Four Lady Cats made the All-District Academic Team: Wall, Willis, Johnson, as well as team manager Tatum Thompson.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Sulphur Springs ISD Early Retirement, Resignations, and Position change
March 7, 2023- Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees met Monday March 6th. During their regular monthly meeting several personnel changes were announced. A total of 7 employees announced early of their intentions to retire at the end of the school year. Another 7 employees are resigning from the district, as well as two job changes were announced. The full list approved by the Board of Trustees is as follows.
Early Retirement:
- Baxley, Carla – English Teacher SSHS
- Cowley, Carol – Counselor SSHS
- Meador, Mindy – Librarian SSHS
- McCrary, Angie – Read 180 Teacher SSMS
- Mejia, Lidia – DLE Kinder Teacher Travis
- Miller, Peggy – Food Service
- Arledge, Jenny – CTE Director SSHS
Resignations:
- Farrar Walters, Jennifer – Math/Science Teacher SSES
- Price, Lauren – Reading/SS Teacher SSES
- Rodgers, Nancy – Resource Teacher SSMS
- Mata, Yesenia – SPED Aide Barbara Bush Primary
- Salas, Cinthia – SPED Aide Barbara Bush Primary
- Early, Bailey – Aide Douglass
- Orozco, Nadia – Educational Aide SSMS
Position Changes:
- Geeslin, Laura (Former Position) Title 1 Aide/Bowie (New Position) SPED Aide/Bowie
- Giguere, Bryan (Former Position) SPED Aide/Bowie (New Position) Title 1 Aide/Bowie
