Wildcats Football Head Coach Greg Owens Discusses First Week of Football Edge
On Thursday, June 10, reporters from KSST met up with Wildcats Football head coach Greg Owens at the Multi-Purpose Building to discuss the first week of The Edge in football. Coach Owens said the first week went well, saying that it was good to get back to work and to have everyone back. The Wildcats football head coach said on Monday that he had 140 students attend the Edge from grades 7-12, but Coach Owens did note that numbers did...
Wildcats Football Opens Season With Solid 21-6 Win Over Jacksonville
Friday, Aug. 26 saw Sulphur Springs pick up a dominant 21-6 win over Jacksonville at home to begin their season. The Wildcats played with confidence in their season-opening win. The defense got off the field early several times, forced a crucial three-and-out to set up a potential last-minute scoring drive to end the first half, and the offense stayed consistent enough to not only score points, but in turn also giving their defense...
Wildcats Colt Silman and Jakobe Yarbrough Sign On to Play at Next Level
Wildcats football players Colt Silman and Jakobe Yarbrough both signed their national letters of intent Wednesday, Feb. 2 at the Multi Purpose Building to play football at the next level. Wide receiver and corner Colt Silman heads to ETBU in nearby Marshall and Yarbrough is a bit further from home in Conway, AR to play at Hendrix College. Silman is set to play WR at ETBU. The senior slot receiver is the son of Bruce and Julie Silman....
Brandon Faircloth Announced as New Athletic Director and Head Football Coach of Sulphur Springs
During a special board meeting held Monday, Jan. 24 the Sulphur Springs Independent School District approved the motion to hire Brandon Faircloth as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach of SSISD. Faircloth previously served as head coach and athletic director at Port Neches-Groves. He coached the Indians for 13 seasons, going 102-51 (.667) and leading Port Neches-Groves to the playoffs 12 of those 13 years as head coach for the...
Wildcats Baseball Spring 2022 Schedule Firmed Up
Earlier this week Wildcats football head coach and athletic director Greg Owens released the spring 2022 season schedule for baseball. Coach Jerrod Hammack and his Wildcats begin their spring season on Monday, Feb. 7 at home versus Sherman at 6:30 P.M. Baseball has three more scrimmages: Friday, Feb. 11 vs Terrell — 6 P.M.Saturday, Feb. 12 at Bullard — 1 P.M.Friday, Feb. 18 vs North Lamar — 6 P.M. With the exception of an away match...
Wildcats Golf Spring 2022 Schedule Finalized
Head football Coach and athletic director Greg Owens released the men’s golf schedule for spring 2022 on Monday, Jan. 3. Men’s golf, led by head coach Jeremy DeLorge, have their first match on Feb. 7 in Rockwall at Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club at 8 A.M. After JV has their first match two weeks later on Feb. 21, the varsity is back in action taking on host Pine Tree on Mar. 4-5 at Wood Hollow GC and Pinecrest Country Club....
Wildcats and Lady Cats Track 2022 Schedule Released
Wildcats football head coach and athletic director of Sulphur Springs Greg Owens released the schedule for the spring 2022 track season. Both junior varsity and varsity teams will hit the ground running on February 24 when they host their only meet of the year. Most of the meets for Coach Matt Young and Ross Hicks’s teams take place on Thursday, but some are on Friday. The second contest for the SSHS track team will take place...
Wildcats Football Players Earn All-District Honors
It may have been a tough season for Wildcats football, but with their district rival Ennis eliminated in the Area round, AD and head football coach for Sulphur Springs Greg Owens released the District 8-5A awards for his team. While no football players made the first team all-district, four players were selected to the second team. One player, Matthew Sherman, made academic first team all-state. The aforementioned four players, three...
Wildcats Football Ends Season With Loss in Forney
The Wildcats football team looked to get their first win on the season in their final game of the 2021 season, but turnovers plagued Sulphur Springs as they lost 47-20 in Forney. Coach Greg Owens’s team had multiple opportunities to score points throughout the game, but seven turnovers given up proved to be too much to overcome. North Forney led 40-7 at halftime. The Wildcats never quit though and kept fighting, even when faced with...
Thursday Game Day Brings Wildcats Football Finale in Forney Against the Falcons
Normally the Wildcats football team are the marquee game on Friday game day, but due to Forney and North Forney sharing a football stadium and thus having to block schedule games, this week brings the Wildcats football team having their game day on Thursday. Tonight’s game in Forney versus the Falcons is the regular-season finale for both teams. Sulphur Springs comes in to tonight’s final game of the 2021 season still...
