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...
Hopkins County United Way Within $40,000 Of Goal, With 1 Week To Go In 2021-22 Campaign
Hopkins County United Way 2021-22 campaign workers received another $25,158.42 in campaign donations and pledges over the last week, increasing the total collected after the fifth week of the campaign to $110,441.57. That’s leaves a little over $39,500 still to go if HCU to meet the $150,000 campaign goal to benefit 18 local non-profits. HCUW Campaign Chair Kristy Moseley encourages those who still have donation packets out, to...
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...
Wildcats Middle School Football A and B Teams Complete 8-0 Undefeated Seasons
The Middle School Wildcats A and B teams finished their 2021 football season undefeated, and as district champions. Both A and B finished their season with 8-0 records. Congratulations to the middle school football teams, their staff, and most importantly the athletes on the field who made it all possible. The icing on top for Coach Eddie Flores and his middle school football teams were neither of their games were notable close. The A...
Wildcats Football Drops Close Contest to Forney on Senior Night
The Wildcats football team had the lead at times, but ultimately it was Forney who pulled out the win on Friday, Oct. 29. Sulphur Springs led by four just under a minute in to the fourth quarter, but the game got away from Coach Greg Owens’s team after that. Forney was able to take the lead for good with under eight minutes at 31-28. Even after the Jackrabbits kicked another field goal to go up by six, Sulphur Springs still had...
Thursday Night Freshmen Football Game at 5:30 P.M. Moved to Multi-Purpose Building
The freshman Wildcats football team’s Thursday night game has been moved from Gerald Prim Stadium to the Multi-Purpose Building. Thursday night’s freshmen contest will kick-off at 5:30 P.M. From Coach Greg Owens: Due to 40 mph winds – we are moving the 9th grade football game at 5:30 P.M. to the Multi-purpose building. Fans and parents will sit in the end zones – please bring a chair – No Food or...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Swept by Hallsville on Friday’s Senior Night
Things did not go as planned on Friday, Oct. 22 when Sulphur Springs hosted Hallsville on senior night for the volleyball program. Seven seniors were honored Friday, in numerical order: #1, Parris Pickett#2, Brooklynn Burnside#3, Myssiah Dugan#4, Peyton Hammock#5, A.J. Dodd#7, Ellikate Danieland #15, Kaslyn Hurley, but the Lady Cats of Hallsville were set to get their second win over Sulphur Springs on the 2021 season and...
Wildcats Football Falls Flat in Second Half, Losing 25-21 to Greenville
The Wildcats football led by eight at times but could not put it all together losing 25-21 versus Greenville. Coach Greg Owens’s football team once again found themselves in the best position to get their first victory on the season, but consistency on offense proved to be their downfall. Sulphur Springs led 21-13 going in to halftime but did not score in the second half as the Lions outpaced the Wildcats 12-0 through the final...
Inductees For Friday’s 2021 Hall of Honor Ceremony Revealed
Information courtesy of the Hall of Honor committee Four former Sulphur Springs athletic greats will be inducted into the Sulphur Springs High School Hall of Honor in pre-game ceremonies Friday night, October 22, before the football game against Greenville. A former NFL player, a record-setting girls soccer player, a state medalist distance runner and a defensive standout on the 2008 state championship football team will all be added...
Royse City Takes Control in Fourth Quarter, Beating Wildcats Football 42-28
Sulphur Springs fought hard and played a season-best game, but ultimately fell short up against a stout Royse City offense, losing 42-28 on Friday, Oct. 8. The Wildcats football team pulled the game within one or two possessions at several different points; unfortunately for Coach Greg Owens’s squad, the Bulldogs went tit-for-tat with his team. The pre-season District 8-5A MVP Champ Petty-Dozier showed why he was favored to win...
