Dairy Festival is a “GO” in Hopkins County, August 8 !
Jun18

Dairy Festival is a “GO” in Hopkins County, August 8 !

According to Gena Prickette, the Hopkins County Dairy Festival Board of Directors is excited to let you know that the Dairy Festival is ON! for Summer 2020! ‘Our Hometown Tradition’ is the theme this year and there are 10 contestants for the title and crown of Dairy Festival Queen! The one-day festival date is Saturday August 8, 2020 with a parade and a pageant planned on that date. Gena stated, “although the hot-air...

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Meet Dairy Festival Contestants # 7, #8, #9
Jun13

Meet Dairy Festival Contestants # 7, #8, #9

The final trio of 2019 Dairy Festival Queen’s candidates appeared in an interview on June 13, 2019 during the KSST Good Morning Show with Enola Gay. Each contestant shared her fun, exciting and memorable experiences with Dairy Festival! They look forward to the Queen’s Pageant and Coronation on Saturday June 15, 2019 in the SSISD Auditorium at 7pm. Tickets are $10 at the door. Contestants #7 Annmarie Gunn, #8 Madison...

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Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade
Jun08

Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade

The Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade went off without a hitch, with local pageant royalty, elected officials, local businesses and even a few church groups in on the fun. Among the entries helping show they are Over the Moon for Dairyland during the festival’s 60th anniversary were the contestants in this year’s Dairy Festival Queen’s Pageant and Coronation and the “little kids” who will be helping...

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SSHS One-Act Play Advances
Mar11

SSHS One-Act Play Advances

SSHS One-Act Play Advances The Sulphur Springs High School One-Act Play, Jules Verne Eats a Rhinoceros, advanced during district competition in the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium Tuesday (March 5). Junior Rachel Bramlett was named Best Actress. Junior Chase Berry made the All-Star Cast. Senior Hagen Hunt was selected Honorable Mention, All-Star Cast. The play is described as a wacky time-shifting farce recounting the career...

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SSHS Theatre Performs Jules Verne Eats a Rhinoceros Sunday
Feb27

SSHS Theatre Performs Jules Verne Eats a Rhinoceros Sunday

SSHS Theatre will perform their 2019 UIL OAP, JULES VERNE EATS A RHINOCEROS, for the public this Sunday, March 3rd, at 2pm in anticipation of their OAP contest on March 5th.  The show is a wacky time-shifting farce recounting the career and personal milestones of legendary female journalist Nellie Bly (Junior Rachel Bramlett) at the end of the 19th century. The play starts at the moment of Nellie’s death and goes into a series...

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SSHS Drama Department Presents The Three Musketeers
Nov08

SSHS Drama Department Presents The Three Musketeers

Every fall, the Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Theatre Department puts on a fund raising production. This fall they are presenting The Three Musketeers. The play premieres Thursday (November 8) at 7 p.m. It will also be staged Saturday (November 10) at 7 p.m. and Sunday (November 11) at 2 p.m. Tickets are available from any cast and crew member or at the door for $5 for students or $10 for adults. Any veteran can get in free on...

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SSHS UIL Academic Team Placed 3rd at District
Mar26

SSHS UIL Academic Team Placed 3rd at District

Bi-District One Act Play The One Act play cast and crew earned the right to compete at Area UIL One Act Play Competition at Flower Mound High School on March 30 with their performance of “Violet Sharp” Wednesday, March 21 at Bi-District UIL.  Superlatives were earned by Lucia Yanez (All Star Crew), Briana Isham (All Star Cast), Sarah Harper and Jaci Reed (Honorable Mention All Star Cast). Well done, One-Act Play!! Cast and crew...

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SSHS One Act Play Advances
Mar09

SSHS One Act Play Advances

District 16-5A UIL One-Act Play Contest SSHS’s production of Violet Sharp, Sulphur Springs High Schools One-Act Play, earned the right to perform at Bi-District One-Act Play competition on March 20 – 21, 2018 with an outstanding performance at District competition this past Thursday in Texarkana. Other advancing schools included Hallsville and Texas High. Individual honors were awarded to the following students:   Brianna Isham...

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Sulphur Springs UIL One Act Play: Violet Sharp
Mar04

Sulphur Springs UIL One Act Play: Violet Sharp

By Savannah Owens March 4 , 2018 – The UIL One Act Play (OAP) has been around since 1927. The competition and productions have strict sets of regulations. The term “One Act” refers to how the curtain remains open through the entire 18-40 minute play and there cannot be an intermission. For more information on the UIL competition click here. This year, Sulphur Springs High School’s OAP was Violet Sharp by...

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