Friday is Booking Date for Wildcat Orlando Trip
Wildcat Football Head Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens reminds fan the team has accepted an invitation to play the second ball game in Orlando, Florida this next season (Sept 2nd). He said, “Fans are welcomed to enjoy this experience by traveling with the team.” The Tag Along package (team package) is $950 with an optional addition of $300 to fly with the team and fans. The Tag Along package includes: three...
Ten Wildcats Named to 15-5A All-District Football Team
A total of ten Wildcats made the 15-5A All-District Football Team selected by the district’s coaches at a meeting Thursday in Texarkana. All four playoff teams from the district won at least one playoff game. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens announced the names Friday morning: Offense: Second Team Offensive Line: Spencer Bramlett Honorable Mention Offensive Line: Gideon Gregory Defense: Second Team Safety: Keylon...
SSHS Will Remain UIL Class 5A; District Realignment Set for February
Expect Sulphur Springs High School to remain at the lower end of Class 5A based on the UIL Reclassification and Realignment Conference Cutoff Numbers released Friday. 5A will have from 2149 students to 1100. Sulphur Springs turned in 1177.5 students. This is about where Sulphur Springs has been for the past two years. Greenville is expected to go into Class 4A. Longview, John Tyler and Lufkin are heading back to Class 6A. Wildcats...
Wildcat, Lobo Head Coaches Talk Friday Night
Wildcat football travels to Longview for the next to last game of the 2015 season Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. While the Wildcats are winless, the Lobos of Longview are planning playoff plans. They are at the top of the district list with Marshall and Texas High. If the Lobos win out they will share the district title. Wildcat Coach Greg Owens and Lobo Coach John King discussed the game this week with KSST Sports...
Wildcats v Tigers At Prim As The Coaches See Them
Friday night at Prim Stadium the Wildcats will seek their first win in district play as they host the Mt Pleasant Tigers. The Tigers have been a traditional rival for the Wildcats for a number of years. Before the players go head-to-head, the two coaches, Wildcat Head Coach Greg Owens and Tiger Head Coach Cory Homer talk to KSST News in separate interviews. Cory Homer is a former MP Tiger who is now in his second year as Tiger head...
Wildcats Tackle Tough Texas High Tigers Friday
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says last week’s bye week was a good one for the Wildcats as they restressed fundamentals. This week they’ve turned their attention to Texas High. Coach Owens knows the Tigers will be refocused Friday night after a sub-par effort resulted in a surprising loss to Kilgore last Friday. Coach Owens has also seen tape of Texas High taking Whitehouse apart several weeks ago. He says they...
Wildcats Forfeit Sherman Win; Now 0-3 for Season
Sulphur Springs High School Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens announced Thursday that due to a transcript discrepancy, the Wildcats’ football team played an ineligible player on September 4 at Sherman. He added the UIL had been notified and said the Wildcats will forfeit the Sherman game that the Wildcats won 20-17. The Wildcats season record will go to 0-3. Coach Owens said he took full responsibility for the...
Wildcats v. Wildcats Friday Night At Prim Stadium
Adam Cook, the Head Football Coach for Whitehouse, expresses admiration for Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens and the way he runs his program. Coach Owens also thinks a lot of Coach Cook. Their two teams will collide at Prim Stadium Friday night. Coach Cook said his Wildcats are much like the local Wildcats–young. Whitehouse lost to Texas High in the first week of the season. Texas High is a district opponent for SSHS. He said...
Homecoming Week, Car Give-Away Fill Plaza Saturday
Perhaps the largest crowd of the season gathered during the Saturday Evening Market on Celebration Plaza to celebrate the start of Homecoming Week for Sulphur Springs schools and to anxiously anticipate the possibility of winning their choice of one of 14 new cars offered by Sulphur Springs Jeep Chrysler Dodge. Jeff Shelton began the early evening Homecoming activities when he introduced Wildcat Head Coach Greg Owens who introduced...
Wildcats Scrimmage on Soccer Pitch; Lady Cat Volleyball in Tourney
The Wildcats’ football team will be scrimmaging in front of the home folks tonight against Liberty-Eylau. Freshmen and JV teams will scrimmage beginning at 5 p.m. and then the varsity will get underway at around 6:30 p.m. The scrimmage has been moved to the football field inside the High School Track. Gerald Prim Stadium has undergone some repairs to the field and some grass still needs the chance to grow on parts of the field....
