SSHS 2021 Homecoming Pre-Game Recognition
The mood at Gerald Prim Stadium was festive Friday night, Sept. 17, as fans and alumni packed the stands for the Sulphur Springs High School 2021 Homecoming pre-game recognition and Varsity Wildcats Football versus the Crandall Pirates. The pre-game activities included recognition of the 11 young ladies nominated by the senior class to serve as the Homecoming Court. Each nominee was escorted by her parents or other family members onto...
Lady Cats Golf Fall Schedule Finalized
Wildcats football head coach and athletic director Greg Owens earlier this week released the men and women’s golf schedules for the fall 2021 season. The season gets underway in just a few weeks at the beginning of October when the women’s junior varsity team takes part in their first tournament hosted by Pine Tree at the Woodhollow Golf Course, located in Longview. The fall 2021 season will tee off for the JV Lady Cats on...
Lady Cats Basketball 2021-2022 Season Schedule Released
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, Wildcats football head coach and Athletic Director of SSISD Greg Owens released the Lady Cats basketball 2021-22 season schedule. New Lady Cats basketball coach Erica Delley and her squad will no doubt be ready to get their season underway when they take part in two twi-matches to open their season: Saturday, Oct. 30 is at Lone Oak, taking on Cumby and the host Lone Oakand the following Tuesday, Nov. 2 will be...
Wildcat and Lady Cats Tickets On Sale Now Online
Wildcats football coach and SSISD athletic director Greg Owens sent out a notice earlier today saying that athletic tickets for games can be purchased, but they will be sold online. High school athletic tickets may be purchased online at http://www.ssisd.net/ SSISD is online for all high school athletic contests. The button to press for any and all tickets related to Wildcats and Lady Cats sports can be found below. For any other...
Pleasant Grove Tops Sulphur Springs in Final Scrimmage Before Fall 2021 Season
The Wildcats football team showed a lot of fight in their second and final scrimmage before the fall 2021 season, but fell to the visiting Pleasant Grove Hawks 21-7 on Aug. 19, 2021 at Gerald Prim Stadium. Things did not start as Coach Greg Owens would have liked, as the Hawks got the ball to start the scrimmage and proceeded to go an an eight play, 71 yard drive that ended with a 1-yard rushing touchdown to put Pleasant Grove ahead...
Sports Teams Ramping Up in Week Two of August in Preparation for Fall Seasons
Even though it is only week two here in August, teams are ramping up activity as they gear up for their fall seasons and fall semesters. Volleyball hosted three scrimmages on Saturday, amongst others, and are prepared to for their season-opener tomorrow Tuesday, Aug. 10. The Lady Cats volleyball program played their first scrimmages of the fall season on Saturday when they played three of them; first with Midlothian Heritage at 10:40...
August Brings Build Up to Regular Season for Sports Teams
At the end of July, a few teams enjoyed some much needed time off after the Edge and summer workouts ended. But with August now upon us, a number of fall sports teams; tennis, volleyball, football and cross country, are all ramping up for their respective regular seasons. Tennis, in fact, has already held their first competition. Team tennis hosted two DFW schools, Sherman and Denison, at the tennis center in the SSISD Athletic...
Sports Odds and Ends
The Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Teams and the Wildcats Team Tennis Squad are on the schedule on this game day Friday (September 11). The Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Teams are running in their first meet of the season at Hallsville. This is the first of five pre-district meets for Coach Ross Hicks’ teams. Meanwhile the Wildcats co-ed Team Tennis squad has a non-district match at Greenville at 4:30 p.m. on this...
Former Wildcat Triston Abron’s Mexia Team Picked To Finish Second In Their District
Former Wildcats Football Defensive Coordinator Triston Abron is having a good early career as a head coach since departing Sulphur Springs after the 2017 season to take a head coaching job at Paul Pewitt. Coach Abron spent two seasons there and took the Brahmas to the state final game last season. Since then, he was hired as Mexia’s head coach. Mexia ISD logo The Black Cats are in a five team, District 7-4A, Division II. Dave...
Don Julian's Top 16 SSHS Sports Stories For 2019 Continues With # 6-7
Don Julian’s cap and cup A review of the sports files recently produced a list of 16 top stories involving Wildcats and Lady Cats teams during 2019. The list began running Monday, Dec. 23, and will continue through the first day of the New Year, with additional . On Jan. 2, a story will provide the entire list of 16. Don Julian #7 SSHS Sports Story for 2019: Accomplishments and More From Grads #7 features some of the...
