Wildcats Soccer Blows Out Texas High 6-0
Men’s soccer got a huge blowout win over Texas High 6-0 on Saturday, Feb. 5 at Gerald Prim Stadium.
“We love Gerald Prim [Stadium],” Coach Alexi Upton said after the win Saturday.
The Wildcats scored early and often in their home win over the Tigers.
“We got an early free kick goal in the first five minutes and never looked back,” Coach Upton said. “A lot of players got in on the fun,” the Wildcats coach said.
Five different Sulphur Springs athletes scored, including two more who assisted on goals.
Alex Yanez was the first Wildcat scored, putting it in on a free kick. Yanez also scored the fifth goal and was assisted by Edgar Ramirez.
Osvaldo Arellano and Aubrey Camacho scored the second and third goals and were assisted by Jose Rodriguez and Yanez, respectively.
Rodriguez got one of his own thanks to an assist from Yanez, the player’s second and final assist on goal in the win over Texas High.
The sixth goal proved to be the last as Alan Hernandez (assisted by Angel Andino) put the nail in the coffin in the 6-0 victory over the Tigers at Gerald Prim Stadium.
“Varsity had a very impressive win at home,” Coach Alexi Upton said after the win Saturday. “We love Gerald Prim [Stadium],” the Wildcats coach said.
Saturday’s win over Texas High gives men’s soccer their first win in district play.
The blowout victory gives Sulphur Springs a 2-11-2 record (1-2 district).
Next up, men’s soccer are back on the road Tuesday taking on the Marshall Mavericks and follow that up Friday, Feb. 11 with a showdown hosting Pine Tree.
Tuesday, Feb. 7’s contest kicks off in Marshall at Maverick Stadium at 7:15 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.
Lady Cats Soccer Falls to Texas High 4-0
Women’s soccer gave up a couple of leads early and could not recover, falling to Texas High 4-0 in Texarkana on Saturday, Feb. 5.
The Lady Tigers put in four goals, all in the first half.
The loss is the third straight for Coach Javier’s Aguayo’s team, who fall to 0-3 in district play. The third straight loss to open district drops the Lady Cats soccer team’s season record to 3-9-2.
Next up, Coach Aguayo and women’s soccer are back at Gerald Prim Stadium on Tuesday when they host Marshall.
That game kicks off Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7:15 P.M.
Saturday’s contest was postponed from its original Friday slot due to frozen weather in Texas. The match-up between Texas High and Sulphur Springs featured varsity only.
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.
Discussion in a Paris Junior College Psychology Class
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Psychology Instructor Marla Elliott discusses with students an issue brought up in a recent class.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
Long Range Facilities Planning Presentation, Personnel Policy On Special Feb. 7 SSISD Board Meeting
A special Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees meeting has been called for noon Monday. The SSSISD Board agenda includes only three items, a presentation, policy change and executive session to consider personnel matters.
The board is slated to hear from Dr. Lizzy Johnson, who will present a recommendation from the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee.
Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams is scheduled to present for board consideration a local district update for policy DC (Local), which has to do with employment of contractual personnel.
The board also has an executive session on the agenda during which they can “discuss and consider personnel to be employed, personnel to be reassigned, acknowledge and accept resignations of personnel, other personnel matters as recommended by the Superintendent,” in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, Section (.072), (.074).
A time has also been designated should anyone wish to speak during public forum.
The SSISD board meeting will begin at noon Feb. 7, 2022, in the board room of SSISD Administration Building, 631 Connally St.
Weather-Related Schedule Changes
Oncor Still Working To Restore Power In Some Areas
The sun is beginning to peek out from the clouds, melting some snow and ice, but temperatures remained below freezing late Friday morning. Hopkins County residents, along with those across North Texas, are still cautioned to be remain home if they can to avoid the patches of ice that remain on roadways. With temperatures only expected to be above freezing for a few hours, and overnight lows Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, expected to be in the teens with wind chills potentially making it feel like single digit or below temperature at daybreak, any wet roadways likely will refreeze into sheets of black ice, making travel especially treacherous over night.
Farmers Electric Cooperative Friday morning reported that all known outages had been addressed and power had been restored to the provider’s customers.
Oncor customers were not as fortunate. Oncor personnel, along with out of state utility partners, continued working to restore power for customers affected by the winter storm. Since the arrival of the storm, new outages have occurred due to trees and limbs falling under the weight of remaining ice buildup, wind conditions and hazardous roadways.
A total of 305 outages were reported to affect 7,519 of the 3,835,901 customers in Oncor’s service area at 11 a.m. Friday. Twenty minutes later, that number had increased to 311 outages, with 7,754 customers affected. In Hopkins County, 258 of Oncor’s 13,363 customers were without power at that time.
In hardest hit areas, Oncor reported Friday morning, workers maneuver treacherous roads, use chainsaws and heavy equipment to remove ice-covered trees and debris on powerlines, and work in sub-freezing temperatures to rebuild infrastructure and make repairs.
Hopkins County residents who encounter trees on county roads are encouraged to contact their county commissioner of the county dispatch so a road crew can be alerted to assist in removing the debris from the roadway.
The following weather-related closures, delays and schedule changes have been reported to KSST for the weekend of Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (To report a schedule change to KSST, send an email to [email protected].)
Friday, Feb. 4, 2022
- Alliance Bank locations will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4.
- City National Bank drive-thrus opened at 8 a.m. on Friday. All locations will close at 5 p.m.
- Saltillo ISD will have a 10 a.m. delayed start Friday, Feb. 4. In order to meet mandatory minutes required by TEA, Presidents Day will no longer be a school holiday. Saltillo ISD will have school Monday, Feb. 21. Saltillo ISD Class of 2002 will not be honored at Saltillo ISD Homecoming due to the weather and cancellation tonight; they will be honored with the Class of 2003.
- No trash trucks will run today because the landfill is closed. Trash truck will run commercial routes in Sulphur Springs Saturday and residential routes will resume on Monday.
- CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs cancelled this week’s COVID vaccine clinic that was schedule for Friday, Feb. 4, from 9 to 11 a.m. Clinics will resume as usual on Friday, Feb. 11, from 9 to 11 a.m.
- City of Sulphur Springs offices remains closed on Friday due to weather, according to the city manager. This includes City Hall (including the Municipal Court), City Utilities Office, Sulphur Springs Public Library, Municipal Airport and Senior Citizens Center closed Feb. 4, 2022. Sulphur Springs Fire Department and Police Department, utilities and public works personnel will still report for work Friday according to schedule.
- BINGO and Learning with Libby are cancelled on Friday, along with the Senior Citizens Center.
- All Hopkins County school districts and Yantis, Paris Junior College and Texas A&M University-Commerce and Dallas sites are closed on Friday, Feb. 4.
- Como-Pickton CISD varsity games will be rescheduled for make-up. Junior High and JV games will not. CPCISD will not have to make up Feb. 3-4. Classes will resume at normal time on Monday, Feb. 7.
- Although Hopkins County offices remain closed Friday due to the weather and road conditions, the on-duty sheriff’s office, fire department and road crews continue to work as assigned. All county offices are to re-open on Monday.
- Precinct 4 Commissioner Joe Price urges county residents who are aware of trees down on county roads to contact him, their precinct commissioner or county dispatchers so a road crews can be dispatched to cut it up (if necessary) and get it taken care of today (Feb. 4). Trees felled by wind and/or the weight of ice were mainly in the Cumby area on Thursday.
- Meal A Day will not be cooking or delivering lunches on Friday. Meal A Day driver delivered cans of soup and stew to all of the seniors citizens on the Meal A Day routes Wednesday to provide them with something they can eat the rest of the week.
- The NETX Public Health District will NOT be providing pediatric or adult COVID vaccines Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Sulphur Springs.
Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
- Sulphur Bluff Basketball has been rescheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m.
- Trash trucks will run commercial routes in Sulphur Springs Saturday.
Monday, Feb. 7
Saltillo ISD Basketball games vs. Avinger have been rescheduled for February 7. Senior night for the Lady Lions will start at 5:25 p.m. The Lady Lions game starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Lions. Homecoming queen coronation will follow the Varsity Boys game.
Trash trucks will resume residential routes on Monday.
The Miller Grove basketball games originally scheduled against Savoy for Feb. 4 have been rescheduled for Monday, February 7 at 6 p.m., with Senior night for the girls occurring directly before their game and the boys following the girls game.
Tuesday, Feb. 8
North Hopkins ISD will resume classes Tuesday, February 8, as Monday is a scheduled non-school day for NHISD
Wednesday, Feb. 9
- North Hopkins ISD has rescheduled games and homecoming activities for Wednesday, Feb. 9.
For Additional Information
Those who have can are encouraged to stay home off the roads as the winter weather continues, with snow and sleet over a sheet of ice on roads, making some streets and highways slick as snot. At least one section of I-30 just east of Cumby was shut down as truckers had difficulties making it over the slick hill.
At 7:16 a.m. Thursday, HCSO reported road conditions had started to deteriorate, with trees and power lines down on the west side of Hopkins County. At 8:26 a.m., a tree had fallen across FM 275, North of Miller Grove.
Those who must be out on the roads can check current road conditions online at Texas Department of Transportation. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is also started posting updates Thursday morning on the department’s Facebook account of storm-related road issues.
Stay tuned to KSST Radio 1230 AM for updates on local weather conditions, or go online to the National Weather Service website.
Wildcats and Lady Cats New 4A Districts Announced
On Thursday, Feb. 3 the UIL announced the new districts for Texas.
Wildcats football now play in District 8-4A of Division I and play Anna, Mabank, Nevada Community, Paris and Kaufman.
The new district for football has Sulphur Springs play two schools from East Texas (Paris, Mabank) and three more from the outskirts of the DFW metroplex in Anna, Kaufman and Nevada Community.
For non-football sports such as basketball, the Wildcats and Lady Cats are now in District 15 of 4A and play a few familiar foes in:
- Paris
- Paris’s North Lamar
- Pittsburg
- Texarkana’s Liberty Eylau
- Texarkana’s Pleasant Grove
While Sulphur Springs plays three nearby teams, two of which are from Paris, two of the other schools in the non-football district are out east in Texarkana.
Even so, for Wildcats and Lady Cats fans drive times decrease by an average of almost 30 minutes.
In current District 15-5A, the total driving to each of the six schools Sulphur Springs currently plays is 537 minutes, or just shy of nine hours for an average drive time of 90 minutes.
In the newly announced district, it drops to 340 for an average of just over an hour.
The news dropped early December that Sulphur Springs dropped down to 4A in the new realignment.
Next round of realignments come after the 2023-2024 school year.
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.
16 SSHS Students To Attend BPA State Leadership Conference
Sixteen top students from Sulphur Springs High School will be attending the Business Professionals of America 2022 State Leadership Conference, in Fort Worth, Texas, March 2-5, 2022.
Twelve qualified outright and two others were named as alternates to state based on their performance at the Regional Leadership Conference . Alternate Mackenzie Posey, however, had been bumped up as a qualifier in the administrative support category when the SSHS team received their results.
Students from the Texas Association’s Regional Leadership Conference have qualified to participate at the state level conference. The conference emphasizes business workforce education and training which members of the local chapter of Business Professionals of America at Sulphur Springs High School have received.
The following students will be advancing to State competition:
| Admin Support Research Project (260-S) | 2 | Q | Emily | Atkinson |
| Basic Office Systems & Procedures (220-S) | 1 | Q | Matthew | Atkinson |
| Device Configuration & Troubleshooting (305-S) | 1 | Q | Jacob | Beggs |
| Advanced Office Systems & Procedures (225-S) | 1 | Q | Mika | Boren |
| Fundamental Word Processing (200-S) | 1 | Q | Kylie | Clarke |
| JAVA Programming (340-S) | 3 | Q | Andres | Flores |
| Prepared Speech (545-S) | 2 | Q | Ashland | Hooten |
| Human Resource Management (535-A) | 1 | Q | Foster | Jonah |
| Computer Network Technology (300-S) | 1 | Q | Ryan | Mitchell |
| Admin Support Research Project (260-S) | 3 | A | Mackenzie | Posey |
| Intermediate Word Processing Skills (205-S) | 1 | Q | Annaston | Price |
| Admin Support Research Project (260-S) | 1 | Q | Jaci | Robinson |
| Advanced Word Processing (210-S) | 1 | Q | Jacob | Semler |
| Fundamental Word Processing (200-S) | 4 | Q | Brooklyn | Shelton |
| Banking & Finance (145-S) | 5 | A | Macey | Williams |
| Advanced Office Systems & Procedures (225-S) | 2 | Q | Peyton | Willis |
Local chapter advisors are: Heath Robinson, Lynn Smith, and Jordan Owens.
SSHS BPA chapter members will join over 3,400 other conference delegates from across the state to participate in state level business skill competitions, general sessions, and the state officer candidate campaigns and elections. Besides having the opportunity to excel, they’ll experience Fort Worth as they visit the city’s exciting sites.
Business Professionals of America is a national organization for middle school, high school, and college students preparing for careers in business and office occupations. The organization’s activities and programs complement classroom instruction by giving students practical experience through application of the skills learned at school. Business Professionals of America acts as a cohesive agent in the nationwide networking of education and business and industry and is contributing to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills.
Oncor Working To Restore Power To 24,500 Customers, Including 507 In Hopkins County
Oncor damage assessment, vegetation management and power restoration personnel have been working since the winter storm’s arrival. Out-of-state utility partners are also supporting restoration efforts.
Freezing temperatures and hazardous road conditions are challenging crews, but work will continue 24 hours a day as long as weather conditions allow. Increased ice and wind impacts are expected to continue Thursday.
As of 12:20 p.m. Feb. 3, a total of 625 active power outages were reported, affecting 24,495 of the 3,835,901 customers in the Oncor service area. Approximately 507 of the 13,363 Hopkins County customers were reported to be affected by power outages in Oncor’s service area. Some locations showed an estimated restoration time of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 3, while some weren’t expected to have power restored until 5:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 4, 2022.
To report a power outage or check the status of an outage, use one of Oncor’s customer engagement options for the latest updates:
- Text OUT to 66267 on your cell phone or tablet
- Download the MyOncor App
- Visit www.Oncor.com to Report an Outage
- Call us at 888.313.4747
Safety for employees and the public is the number one priority, according to Oncor. The company advises, if you see a downed power line stay away, keep others and pets away and call 911 immediately.
Ice Covers Much Of Farmers Electric Cooperative Service Area
Approximately 2,269 Farmers Electric Cooperative members were without power at 8 a.m.
on Thursday after a large winter storm covered much of northeast Texas with ice beginning late
Wednesday and into this morning. Ice caused many trees to fall into the powerlines during the
overnight hours, which has caused widespread problems across the service area.
Most of the outages are near the Hunt and Hopkins County line in the Cumby and Campbell
communities, and outages are also spread throughout the western potion of the co-op’s service
territory.
Crews are reporting that road conditions are treacherous due to the freezing rain, sleet, as well
as trees in the road, which has all slowed restoration efforts. The bitterly cold morning
temperatures are also hampering restoration efforts. The National Weather Service showed
Greenville to be 25 degrees at 8 a.m., and temperatures are not expected to get above freezing
until briefly on Friday afternoon.
Additional contract crews were deployed Thursday morning to help with the restoration efforts.
Many tree trimming crews are also being deployed to help the line crews clear trees.
Outages can be reported and monitored at the Farmers EC online Outage Center
at FarmersElectric.coop. The co-op is also posting alerts to its website to keep members
updated on power restoration efforts.
Thursday afternoon & Friday Weather-Related Closures, Delays, Schedule Changes
The following weather-related closures, delays and schedule changes have been reported to KSST for the weekend of Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (To report a schedule change to KSST, send an email to [email protected].)
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022
- Due to inclement weather, all Alliance Bank locations will close at 3 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 2022. Bank personnel are actively monitoring the weather and will post further updates regarding location hours on the bank’s social media pages.
- City National Bank will be closing at 3 p.m. Thursday and drive-thrus opening at 8 am on Friday.
Friday, Feb. 4, 2022
- CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs cancelled this week’s COVID vaccine clinic that was schedule for Friday, Feb. 4, from 9 to 11 a.m. Clinics will resume as usual on Friday, Feb. 11, from 9 to 11 a.m.
- City of Sulphur Springs offices will be closed on Friday due to weather, according to the city manager. This will again include City Hall (including the Municipal Court), City Utilities Office, Sulphur Springs Public Library, Municipal Airport and Senior Citizens Center closed Feb. 4, 2022. Sulphur Springs Fire Department and Police Department, utilities and public works personnel will still report for work Friday according to schedule.
- BINGO and Learning with Libby are cancelled on Friday, along with the Senior Citizens Center.
- Como-Pickton CISD will remain closed Friday. All varsity games will be rescheduled for make-up. Junior High and JV games will not. CPCISD will not have to make up Feb. 3-4. Classes will resume at normal time on Monday, Feb. 7.
- Cumby ISD will remain closed Friday, Feb. 4. Classes will resume Monday, Feb. 7, according to Mrs. Slaughter and the admin team.
- Hopkins County offices will remain closed Friday due to the weather and road conditions. The sheriff’s office, fire department and road crews will continue to report for work as assigned. All county officers at to re-open on Monday.
- Meal A Day will not be cooking or delivering lunches on Friday. Meal A Day driver delivered cans of soup and stew to all of the seniors citizens on the Meal A Day routes Wednesday to provide them with something they can eat the rest of the week.
- No school Friday at Miller Grove ISD. Feb. 4 is a regularly scheduled holiday.
- The NETX Public Health District will NOT be providing pediatric or adult COVID vaccines Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Sulphur Springs.
- North Hopkins ISD will remain closed on Friday, Feb. 4,2022. Scheduled activities are cancelled. Games/homecoming activities to be rescheduled for Wednesday, February 9; more information to be released. Classes will resume Tuesday, February 8, as Monday is a scheduled non-school day for NHISD
- Paris Junior College will continue to be closed Friday, Feb. 4, due to winter weather. Updates will be posted on PJD Dragon Alerts and on the PJC Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts.
- Saltillo ISD will have a 10 a.m. delayed start Friday, Feb. 4. In order to meet mandatory minutes required by TEA, Presidents Day will no longer be a school holiday. Saltillo ISD will have school Monday, Feb. 21
- Sulphur Bluff ISD will remain closed Friday. Basketball has been rescheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m.
- Sulphur Springs ISD will be closed on Friday, Feb. 4, due to inclement weather. No decisions have been made about extracurricular activities at this time.
- Due to continued hazardous conditions, closure of the Texas A&M University-Commerce main campus and Dallas site has been extended through Friday, February 4, 2022.
- Yantis ISD will be closed Friday due to the inclement weather. Classes will resume as usual on Monday.
Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
- Sulphur Bluff Basketball has been rescheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m.
For Additional Information
Those who have can are encouraged to stay home off the roads as the winter weather continues, with snow and sleet over a sheet of ice on roads, making some streets and highways slick as snot. At least one section of I-30 just east of Cumby was shut down as truckers had difficulties making it over the slick hill.
At 7:16 a.m. Thursday, HCSO reported road conditions had started to deteriorate, with trees and power lines down on the west side of Hopkins County. At 8:26 a.m., a tree had fallen across FM 275, North of Miller Grove.
Those who must be out on the roads can check current road conditions online at Texas Department of Transportation. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is also started posting updates Thursday morning on the department’s Facebook account of storm-related road issues.
Stay tuned to KSST Radio 1230 AM for updates on local weather conditions, or go online to the National Weather Service website.
