SSHS Coaches Offer Youth Sports Camps
Again this summer, the Sulphur Springs ISD will offer sports camps in baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, football and tennis. Two camps will be offered next week. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack will offer baseball hitting camps Monday through Wednesday mornings in the Multipurpose Building. One camp is for youngsters entering first through the third grades and there is another for children entering fourth...
Spring Game Thursday Rain or Shine
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said Wednesday afternoon that the Blue and White Spring Football Game will be played on Thursday at 6 p.m. The weather will determine whether it’s played at Gerald Prim Stadium or at the Multipurpose Building. There will be no admission charge to attend. Coach Owens said his goal is to play the scrimmage-like game at the Prim. He said he wanted to make a big deal out of the game since spring...
SSHS Coaching Changes Set
Coaching changes tend to increase during the spring. This time of year, Wildcats Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens is almost always busy filling coaching vacancies at middle school and high school. Coach Owens gave the latest news to media members Wednesday morning. Longtime Soccer and Cross Country Coach Andy Holt is heading to Frisco Wakeland to be head soccer coach. Coach Owens promoted Wildcats Assistant Coach Nicky...
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...
Wildcat Offense Gaining Experience
Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young says the offense didn’t play a great first half against Rockwall-Heath last Friday but they played okay. He says they really played the same in the second half but didn’t finish drives. Coach Young says the key is for the offense to continue to get better every day. Concerning the Sherman defense, he says their strength is up front. Young stated that two thirds of the...
Wildcat Defense About to Get Better
Wildcats Football Defensive Coordinator Triston Abron says he believes the defenders understand that when they ran their new defensive scheme right last Friday night, Rockwall-Heath had a hard time moving the ball. Because of that he says the defense is about to get much better. Concerning Sherman on Friday, Coach Abron says they have a large offensive line, a very tough quarterback and capable running backs. Abron said that in the...
Wildcat Season Tickets Near Sellout
As of 10:30 a.m. Friday, there were only 29 Wildcats Football Season Tickets left for purchase. Things have slowed down in the Conference Center at the High School, but some people did come in Friday morning and purchase tickets. Tickets will remain on sale through 5 p.m. today. A 5-game season ticket package costs $50.
Chuck King Has Been Named Interim Principal at Travis Primary School.
Former Sulphur Springs High School Principal and former Wildcats Football Coach Chuck King has been named interim principal at Travis Primary School. The Sulphur Springs School Board approved the personnel move at Monday afternoon’s board meeting. King will replace longtime district employee Juan Harrison who has resigned. The board also accepted the resignation of Sulphur Springs Elementary 3rd grade teacher Katie Martin. The...
Author and Coach John Pearce
John Pearce, a 1965 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School, who wrote a book on the early history of Wildcats football, recently published a book called, “Ever Remember”, based on a diary written by his grandmother, Alma Caldwell. She was 16 at the time she wrote about Sulphur Springs’ life from June 1913 to June 1914. Along with school activities, the diary discussed her budding romance with Emmett Thornton, whom she later married....
Coach Owens on the Ennis Playoff Game
The Wildcats’ football team came up short in a bi-district game but they battled to the very end losing to Ennis, 52-47 in Lindale Friday night. Quarterback Larry Pryor scored five rushing touchdowns including three in a wild fourth quarter as the Wildcats cut into what was at one time an 18-point Ennis lead. Pryor ended the season with 26 rushing touchdowns. Back Jaylon Hawkins also scored two rushing TDs including an electrifying...
