SS Wildcat Athletic Booster Club is Seeking Members for Next School Year
The Sulphur Springs Wildcat Athletic Booster Club is seeking new and renewing members so they can continue to support Wildcats and Lady Cats athletic teams. The Booster Club is made up strictly of volunteers and 100% of your support is spent directly on the students and their activities. The top level of support is the State Champ Wildcat at $200 and above and includes a reserved parking place at Gerald Prim Stadium. Other levels are...
Porter, Tanton, Dodd And Thornton Are Named Forrest Gregg MVPs At Assembly Thursday Night
At the SSHS Awards Ceremony Thursday night, the annual Forrest Gregg MVP Awards and the James Cameron Fighting Heart Awards were announced for Lady Cats and Wildcats. Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young announced the Forrest Gregg MVP’s. For the Lady Cats, winners were SaDavia Porter and Autumn Tanton and for the Wildcats, Austin Dodd and Landon Thornton. Porter excelled in both basketball and track. As a senior...
Ryan Humphries Gives Update On Sam Houston State
Ryan Humphries Visits SS After First Year at Sam Houston, Will Play Receiver and More in Fall Former Wildcat football quarterback and receiver Ryan Humphries just finished up his first year at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Humphries just completed exams and will be back in Sulphur Springs for several weeks. He attended the Wildcats spring football workout Tuesday (May 7). Summer football at Sam Houston State begins May...
Signing Day: Five SSHS Student-Athletes Sign Wednesday
Wildcats quarterback D’Corian Young, the son of Cory Young and Charlissa Hawkins, signed with Trinity Valley Community College in Athens. Young said he felt Trinity Valley was the best place for him. He said he wants to go the JUCO route, getting playing time and getting his grades right before signing with a Division 1 program. Young said he loved the beautiful Trinity Valley campus in Athens. He called it one of the best...
SSISD Board Interact With 6-Year Old Students During November Session
It was another interactive night for the Sulphur Springs School Board as 6-year old students from Barbara Bush Primary, assisted by Janelle Safford, presented App Smashing using the Chatter Pix and See Saw apps. Students showed board members how to create in one app by drawing and coloring a turkey and moving the finished creation to the second app. In other action, the board heard the Financial Accountability Rating for 2017-2018 and...
SSHS Principal Driver Says He’s Blessed with a Great School and Excellent Staff
In a KSST Good Morning Show interview, SSHS Principal Derek Driver enthusiastically sang praises of the teaching and coaching staff, the administration and the student body at Sulphur Springs High School. He includes the community in contributing to that success, too. “Of the schools I’ve been associated with, Sulphur Springs has the most active community, parent and fan support I have seen”, he commented on the...
SSHS Band Prepare for Patriotic Celebrations
Sulphur Springs High School band students will be performing at several veterans related events this week. Monday night (November 5) at League Street Church of Christ, the Jazz Band will play at the Wal-Mart sponsored Veterans Program. Friday (November 9) on campus, the entire Wildcat Band will play at the Veterans Day ceremony in the main gym. Then Saturday morning (November 10), after Friday night’s on field performance at...
Corsicana Coach Steve Hoffman Looks Forward to Battle for First Place at The Prim Friday
The Wildcats’ football team has a battle for first place in district Friday (October 19) night at Gerald Prim Stadium as they host Corsicana. The Tigers are 5-0 in district play and 6-1 overall. The Wildcats are 4-0 in district play and 5-0 overall. Corsicana’s coach is Steve Hoffman, in his sixth year as Tigers’ head coach. The Tigers only loss was in week one to Burleson Centennial, 28-26. Coach Hoffman said his...
UIL Regional Band Contest Moved to SSHS Multipurpose Building Tuesday; Wildcat Band Performs at 8:15 a.m.
Sulphur Springs High School’s Multipurpose Building will be the site of the UIL Regional Band Contest on Tuesday (October 16). The event was moved from Mount Plesant due to concerns about inclement weather. The Wildcats will perform at 8:15 a.m. Wildcats’ Marching Band Director Spencer Emmert calls this year the year of the gully washer with almost constant rain recently. Out of all the football game Friday nights and...
SSISD Board Meeting October 8, 2018 Filled With Reports Focused on Progress
Sulphur Springs School Board opened with pledges to the flag led by Bowie Primary students and was then impressed by the Bowie Book Buddy third grade reading program presented by Bowie Principal Amanda Fenton and the four students present. The board also heard a report on Red Ribbon Week activities planned for the district and updates on elementary and secondary programs. Board President Robin Young was appointed as school board...
