SSHS Lady Cats Cross Country Team Recognized
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees during the regular December school board meeting recognized the Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats Cross Country Team, including coaches, for the runners’ accomplishments in State UIL competition this semester. Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees, Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cat Cross Country Team and Coaches. First, SSISD Board President Craig Roberts...
Lady Cat Cross Country Finishes 15th at State Meet
Lady Cat cross country last week ran in the 4A state championship meet held at Old Settlers Park. It’s the first time in Sulphur Springs history that Lady Cat XC has qualified for state. Coach Ross Hicks said his team put in good effort all season long and are happy with the results. The XC coach said his squad had to deal with a steady downpour of rain on Friday, Nov. 4 in Round Rock. Even so, Sulphur Springs got off to a...
Lady Cat Cross Country Continues Making History, Qualifying For State Meet For First Time in School History
Coach Ross Hicks and his team continue to make history. For the first time in school history, Lady Cat cross country has qualified for the state meet. The team was led by Haylee Schultz, who won an individual district championship at the 15-4A meet. At the Regional meet though, the junior placed 12th with a time of 12:19.08. Coach Hicks said that Schultz gave it her all and ran the best cross country race of her life, tying the school...
Lady Cat XC Narrowly Misses Out on First Place Finish
Cross country Coach Ross Hicks and his teams headed to Grand Prairie Thursday, Sept. 29 to participate in the Ken Gaston Invitational. In their second-to-last meet prior to the district championship, Lady Cats XC again led the way at second with the men placing 10th Thursday. “We went in to it wanting to win, but when we learned we got second we were still very very excited,” Coach Ross Hicks said Friday. Getting second...
Sulphur Springs XC Returning Home to Host Wildcat Invitational Saturday
Cross country continues to make solid strides as they push on towards their district competition. Friday, Sept. 16 had Wildcats and Lady Cats XC headed to something of a familiar course in Pine Tree’s Mike Darby Invitational. The women’s team cracked the top-5 in fourth, with the Wildcats placing eighth in Longview Friday. Haylee Schultz and Edith Martinez finished neck-and-neck, 13th and 14th, with times of 13:24.5 and...
Lady Cats Cross Country Places Second in Two Straight Competitions
Coach Ross Hicks’s teams had another good outing last weekend. Saturday, Sept. 10 had both cross country teams returning to their old district course in Hallsville. The Lady Cats finished second as a team for the second straight competition. Haylee Schultz, fresh off winning the 4A and under division last week in Pittsburg, finished fifth at 13:44.10. Not even 30 seconds later followed Edith Martinez, cracking the top-10 in...
Both Track and Field Teams Place Top-4 in Paris
Track and field had another great outing Thursday, Mar. 24 in Paris. Wildcat track & field finished 2nd at the Deon Minor Wildcat Relays with the Lady Cats getting 4th place Thursday. Wildcats Track & Field The men improved upon their efforts in their last meet, going from 5th in Gilmer to 2nd place Thursday in Paris. Field Events Sulphur Springs compiled 32 points in field events, enough to put them ahead of last place...
Seven Lady Cats and Five Wildcats Qualify for Area Meet at District Meet Last Week
At the District 15-5A Track Meet held last week (March 31-April 1), 5 Wildcats and 7 Lady Cats qualified for the Area Track Meet on April 15 at Whitehouse. Athletes and relay teams had\to finish in the top four to qualify at district. Top six finishes scored points. For the Wildcats, who scored 45 points finishing 7th, Alex Flecker qualified with a 4th place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.169. Korderrian “Bull”...
Wildcats are Fifth and Lady Cats Tie for First at Paris Track Meet Last Friday
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats Track Teams scored some meaningful points at the Deon Minor Wildcat Relays at Paris this past Friday (March 26). The Wildcats finished in 5thplace with 70 points and the Lady Cats tied for 1st place with 135 points. For the Wildcats, Kaden Eaton took 6th place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.33. In the 800-meter run, Alex Flecker was 2nd with a time of 2:07.20. In the 110-meter...
Wildcats Track Team Finishes Third and Lady Cats are Second at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday
The Wildcats Track Team scored 125 points and finished third and the Lady Cats Track Team tallied 186 points and finished in second place at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday (March 19). For the Wildcats, Kaden Eaton was third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.756 and Malachi Roland was fourth at 11.806. In the 200-meter dash, Weston Fields was third with time of 23.446 and C.J. Williams placed sixth with a 24.080. In the...
