Ladycats Drop Home Opener
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team dropped their home opener to North Lamar, 3-0 at Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. The Lady Cats played the Pantherettes tougher as the evening progressed but North Lamar won 25-17, 25-19 and 25-23. North Lamar, ranked #8 in Class 4A, improved to 7-1 for the season. The Lady Cats are now 2-6. The Lady Cats will play in a Wills Point tournament this Friday and Saturday. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports...
MADD Family Fun Glow Walk
It’s still more than a month away but already 132 walkers or runners have signed up to participate in the 2nd annual MADD Family Fun Glow Walk on Saturday, September 27 at Buford Park in Sulphur Springs. There were 102 participants last year. Cost for early registrants is $20 for adults, $15 for youths and you can also register your dog. You can register on line at www.walklikemadd.org. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director...
Dare To Dream Underway At Douglas
The three-day Dare to Dream Camp got underway Wednesday at Douglas Intermediate School in Sulphur Springs. 120 fifth graders to be at Douglas registered to attend the leadership building camp. Around 100 high school students are serving as mentors. Jeff Harris, the school district Character Curriculum Director, developed the program. It utilizes the movie Remember the Titans. Games are interspersed with speeches. Speakers Wednesday...
Deputy Scott Makes Multiple Arrests Tuesday
Tuesday Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy Joe Scott arrested a man for theft of a trailer and three people for stealing a pickup truck. Working on a tip, Deputy Scott found a stolen trailer in the 600 block of Whitworth Street. It had been stolen from the 200 block of Whitworth last Wednesday. A suspect claimed he had bought the trailer but later he admitted to stealing it. 22-year old Pablo Emanuel Bonilla of Sulphur Springs was...
Lady Cats Volleyball Wins Two Games In Tourney
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team won two games and lost three in a tournament in Van Friday and Saturday. The Lady Cats won their pool Friday despite an opening loss to Quitman. The Lady Cats rallied to defeat Athens and Big Sandy. That put them in the championship bracket Saturday. The Lady Cats lost to Tyler All Saints and to Arp. The close loss to Arp was the third heartbreaker of the year for the Lady Cats according to Volleyball...
Coach Owens On Last Friday’s Scrimmage
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens admits to sometimes walking off the practice field disgruntled about the way things are going. His Offensive Coordinator Matt Young has found a way to get Coach Owens to feel better. Coach Young tells him all the players walked off the field. There were no injuries. That was the case in the scrimmage Friday night at Liberty-Eylau. Another positive was the video shot at the scrimmage. Coach Owens says...
Jeff Harris Keynote Speaker At SSISD Staff Convocation
Borrowing from the movie Mr. Holland’s Opus, Sulphur Springs Character Curriculum Director, Middle School Teacher and Football Chaplain Jeff Harris provided the keynote speech for the entire SSISD staff at Convocation Monday talking about providing students with a compass. Harris, based on what he’s learned as a student and observations from being around educators, presented seven characteristics of great educators; one’s that impact...
Michael Lamb At Convocation
Sulphur Springs School Superintendent Michael Lamb told the entire district staff Monday morning at Convocation that it was a case of a job well done by them last year. He’s looking for more of the same this year. Lamb says as long as the district continues to improve each year, that’s all he can ask. Lamb also likes to interject humor into Convocation. This year he told the staff he once played the Wizard in a Spanish version of the...
High School Football Rankings
The Sulphur Springs Wildcats Football Team is unranked in the Class 5A Preseason High School Football Poll. The only team in the district that is state ranked is Longview and they are ranked #3. The Wildcats first opponent this year, Rockwall-Heath is rated #16. John Tyler here in East Texas is preseason ranked at #8. Defending state champ Aledo is the state’s #1 ranked Class 5A high school football team. By Don Julian, KSST News and...
Meet The Teacher
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Meet-the-Teacher.mp3″] All Sulphur Springs ISD schools have pre-school events planned. ECLC has Meet the Teacher activities next Tuesday. Students in Head Start 3 and 4 and Pre-K are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. while Kindergarten and Transitional 1st are scheduled from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Bowie, Lamar and Travis Primaries will all...
