SSISD Hires Hudson Coach as Wildcats Head Basketball Coach
Meeting Monday, June 12, the Sulphur Springs School Board approved the hiring of Cannon Earp as the new Wildcats Head Basketball Coach. Coach Earp has been the Head Basketball Coach at Hudson for the past three seasons. A native of Crockett, Coach Earp was also a head coach before that at Fairfield for one year. His greatest success as head coach though came at Gladewater, who he coached to two state semifinal appearances in 2014 (1A...
Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver Heading to Lake Travis
Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver has accepted the position as Head Basketball Coach at Lake Travis High School. Coach Shaver continued a basketball culture set forth by his predecessor Clark Cipoletta in Sulphur Springs as Head Wildcats Coach for the past two seasons. He had a record of 59-18 overall as Wildcats Coach. His teams captured back-to-back district championships, including an undefeated one in 2022-23. Coach...
Aubrey Wins Two Straight to Eliminate Lady Cats Softball
Sulphur Springs fell 1-0 in two straight playoff matches to Aubrey on Thursday and Friday to eliminate the Lady Cats. It is the second time in three years the softball team has fallen in round four. Coach David Carrillo’s squad could not capitalize on a 1-0 series lead after winning 3-0 on Wednesday to eliminate Aubrey in games two and three. Sulphur Springs got the win in game one thanks to errors committed by the Lady Chaps....
Baseball Ends Season with Senior Night Friday
Wildcats baseball looks to end their season with a bang on Friday, Apr. 28. Sulphur Springs hosts Pittsburg Friday for their final game in the 2023 spring season. Festivities are set to begin prior to the 7 P.M. tee-off. Most recently on Tuesday, Coach Jerrod Hammock and his squad hosted North Lamar for their first in two straight games at home. Wildcats baseball ended up falling on Tuesday, Apr. 25, 10-2. The visiting Panthers on...
Baseball ends season this week with two straight at home 
Coach Jerrod Hammock and Wildcats baseball wrap up their season this week with two straight at home. Sulphur Springs hosts North Lamar on Tuesday and Pittsburg for Senior Night on Friday, Apr. 28. Both games tee off this week at Wildcat Park at 7 P.M. On Friday the baseball team headed out to Paris for a big duel with their playoff hopes on the line. Sulphur Springs had to win out in their last three beginning Friday if they hoped to...
Lady Cats Softball Prepped and Ready for Bi-District
Coach David Carrillo and his program are all too set to begin the playoff push. Sulphur Springs plays Lindale in a best-of-three series this week. Starting Wednesday, Lady Cats softball heads to Emory to take on the Lady Eagles at Rains High School. The playoff opener for Coach Carrillo’s squad tees off Wednesday, Apr. 26 at 6:30 P.M. Game two is played at Commerce High School on Friday, Apr. 28 30 minutes earlier than...
Lady Cats soccer hits third round roadblock in 3-0 loss to Kilgore
Sulphur Springs played hard all 80 minutes of their regional quarterfinal, but a strong start for Kilgore proved too much to overcome as Lady Cats soccer fell 3-0 in Mount Pleasant in the Regional quarterfinal. The third round loss saw Coach Adriana Brena’s team succumb to an early 1-0 lead when the Lady Bulldogs drew first blood in the first three minutes. Sulphur Springs were forced to play catch-up from there in the Regional...
Lady Cats soccer plays Kilgore Friday in Regional Quarterfinal
Coach Adriana Brena and her squad picked up a huge win in their second round playoff game, using a two-goal second half to beat Palestine 2-0 in Tyler on Tuesday, Mar. 28. Getting that win Tuesday allows Sulphur Springs to move on to the third round, where they are set to take on Kilgore in Mount Pleasant. It is the first time since 2016 that Lady Cats soccer advances to the Regional Quarterfinals. Sulphur Springs raced past the...
Wildcats Soccer hits second round roadblock in 2-0 Area loss to Palestine
Coach Alexi Upton and his team never recovered from a 2-0 deficit at the half, falling with that score to Palestine in the second round playoff game. Tuesday, Mar. 28 in Tyler, Sulphur Springs looked to get a big upset of the #1 team in all of 4A. Instead, Palestine played their pace on the pitch. They stymied any sort of Wildcat momentum consistently, frustrating Coach Upton’s squad. That, and two big goals prior to the half...
Lady Cats pummel Chapel Hill, play Palestine in Area playoff
Lady Cats soccer gave a good ol’ fashioned beatdown Thursday, Mar. 23 in Lindale, as Sulphur Springs crushed Chapel Hill 9-0 in the opening round playoff match. Coach Adriana Brena’s squad scored early and often in their Bi-District playoff game. Seven different scorers came up big in Thursday’s playoff opener. Sulphur Springs dominated every phase of the Bi-District match in Lindale. Tyler’s Chapel Hill...
