Blaze Buddy Campers Will Get a Blaze Camp Experience
July 5, 2024 – Our Blaze Buddy campers will get a Blaze Camp experience of their very own! Blaze Buddy Camp will be held 3 days from 9:00am – 11:30am. Blaze Buddy Camp is for all campers K-8th grade. Come join the Sulphur Springs Blue Blazes in My Blaze Era Buddy Camp 2024!!! Where: Sulphur Springs High School GymCampers will meet at the Cafeteria entrance(Houston Street side) for registration and check in. When: July 29,...
Four Sulphur Springs ISD Athletes Signed
February 9, 2024 – Four Sulphur Springs athletes signed letters of intent on national signing day. Brady Driver, the Wildcats quarterback and the most valuable player in District 8-4A, Division 1 last season, has signed with Lamar University in Beaumont, an F-C-S football school in the Southland Conference. Austin Chaney, a defensive back on the Wildcat football team and a first-team all-district player, has signed to play at...
SSHS Athletics Prepare to Induct Three into Wall of Honor
Three former Sulphur Springs High School athletic greats will be inducted into the Wildcat Hall of Honor during a pre-game reception and on-field presentation before the Sept. 15 football game. All-State offensive lineman Mason Y’Barbo, Division I athlete Fred McGill and tennis state qualifier Betty Sue Chubb Gooch have earned recognition in the Hall of Honor A reception will be held in their honor beginning at 5:15 p.m. Friday, Sept....
SSHS Wildcat Band Recognized For Achievement At State Marching Contest
Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band members gathered around the courthouse steps this week to receive special recognition from Hopkins County Commissioners Court. Then, later that night, band leadership was also recognized by Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees for the Wildcat Band’s achievement at the state marching competition. Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band gather for the reading of a proclamation recognizing...
SSHS Wildcat Band Headed To State UIL Marching Contest
The Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band is headed to the State UIL Marching Contest. After a fantastic send-off from parents and fans, the SSHS Wildcat Band not only advanced from the preliminary round of competition at 5 p.m. to the UIL Area Finals at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, but earned second place Oct. 29, 2022, at Lindale High School Stadium. That ranking is high enough to advance the SSHS Wildcat Band to the UIL State Marching...
Winter Squash – Delicious & Nutritious
By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] This time of year, many folks are gathering for football-watching parties, high school sporting event celebrations (by the way, congratulations to the Sulphur Springs Lady Wildcats Cross Country team for qualifying for state!), and autumn get-togethers with friends and families. And of course,...
Oct. 19 Chamber Connection: Stew Festival Includes A Concert, Kids Zone, Vendors Market
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas By Butch Burney, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Now is the time to get your tickets before the 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, sponsored by Alliance Bank, on Saturday, Oct. 22. Marking the stew grounds on the northwest entry to Buford Park stands a huge stew pot, a tribute to our Hopkins County heritage and home of the World Championship cooking...
Inductees For Friday’s 2022 Hall Of Honor Ceremony Revealed
Four former Sulphur Springs athletic greats will be inducted into the SSHS Hall of Honor in a pre-game ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21. Quan Johnson, a district basketball MVP who graduated in 1990; Torio Kelly, a record-setting running back in the Class of 1996; Maegan Bell Nix, a 2003 graduate who was a two-sport MVP; and Colby Suggs, a 2010 graduate who was an All-State pitcher and won a state championship in football, will be the...
Chamber Connection – Oct. 12: Stew Festival, Youth Expo, Help-A-Child Benefit Coming Up
Stew Tickets Available Now At Local Banks; Stew Merchandise, Quart Tickets On Sale At Chamber Office By Butch Burney, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Now is the time to get your tickets before the 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, sponsored by Alliance Bank, on Saturday, Oct. 22. official 2022 Stew Festival t-shirt This year, tickets are $8 each or four tickets for $28, if you buy them before Saturday. On...
Chamber Connection – Oct. 5: Tickets For Hopkins County Stew Festival On Sale Now
By Butch Burney, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of commerce, [email protected] It’s just a little over two weeks before the 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, sponsored by Alliance Bank, and stew tickets and merchandise are on sale! This year, tickets are $8 each or four tickets for $28. You can purchase them at Alliance Bank locations, City National Bank locations, Texas Heritage National Bank and Pilgrim Bank,...
