Soccer Teams Enter Tournament Play Thursday
Wildcats Tie Royse City The Wildcats’ soccer team battled to a 0-0 tie with Royse City Tuesday night on the road in the Wildcats second and final scrimmage of the season. Coach Nicky Wiggins said he was glad to see his team hold the Bulldogs to no goals. He praised defenders Ignacio Orosco, Israel Hernandez and Brandon Diosdado along with keeper Rafael Lopez. On the offensive side, Coach Wiggins said his team struggled in...
Solicitation of Funds for Local Sports Program Identified
Sulphur Springs Athletic Director Greg Owens wants local businesses to know that a group is soliciting merchants’ money to sponsor an ad on a baseball poster that does not support our students of benefit SSISD in any way.The group is identified as Elite Designs Advertising Sales. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he didn’t know anything about the poster. Coach Owens says if someone wants to support our students,...
Update on Renovation at SSHS Sports Venues
Wednesday morning Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens gave media members an update on renovation work at Gerald Prim Stadium and Lady Cat Park as well as plans for a new baseball field to be built near ECLC. He said Prim improvements will include replacing sod with artificial turf, redoing all the home side and installing new LED lights. Capacity should be 4,000 on the home side. The stands will include room for the band and drill...
Wildcat Basketball Solid in First Scrimmage
The Wildcats’ basketball team had a good first showing at their initial scrimmage Saturday at Emory Rains. The Wildcats outscored both Princeton and Royse City. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta said he was shocked by how much further along the team was at the scrimmage than a couple of weeks ago when they participated in a shootout event. Coach Cipoletta attributed the progress to after school practices. He said all...
SSHS Marching Band Named Grand Champion at Prariland
It’s hard to miss the very large trophy that now resides in the office of Wildcats Marching Band Director Charles McCauley. It is more than a foot taller than the big trophy the band captured at the very same contest, at Prariland, last year. Performing first in the contest this past Saturday, the Wildcats Marching Band got First Division scores from all judges and also was voted most outstanding band, best percussion group,...
SSHS Homecoming Court Prepares for Friday Pregame Event
There are twelve young ladies hoping to be the 2016 Homecoming Queen at Sulphur Springs High School. When you hear all that they are involved in, you wonder where they find the time. (See video introductions here.) Kamryn Wimberley is on the varsity soccer team and she is in HKK. Story Thompson is active in National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, FFA and cheerleading. Summer Brooks is also a cheerleader and she is in...
Scrimmage Done, Regular Season Opens Next Friday
At least it didn’t count. The Wildcats’ football team lost a game-like scrimmage to highly ranked Liberty-Eylau, 44-28 at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday morning. The Leopards were playing their second scrimmage game and the Wildcats their first and only one. The Leopards found the end zone seven times in their first eleven drives. Five of those scores were big plays. Included were touchdown passes covering 70 and 26 yards and...
Season Ticket Sales Continue
Current Wildcats’ football season ticket holders, who have not yet renewed their seats, have until 5 p.m. Tuesday to renew. Season tickets not renewed by the deadline will be available for others. Lots of the current season ticket holders renewed on Monday. Lynette King, who coordinates the season ticket activity, said that about 67% of the current season ticket holders renewed their seats Monday. She said traffic on Tuesday had...
Season Tickets Week
One of the biggest weeks for Wildcats’ football fans takes place next week as it’s Season Tickets Week. The cost for a season ticket packet of five home games is $50. The first two days, Monday and Tuesday, will be for current season ticket holders to renew their seats. Tickets not renewed those two days will be available to others. Wednesday is a day for renewing season ticket holders to seek upgrades. Those season...
2016 Wildcat Varsity and Sub-Varsity Schedule
Counting today, Wednesday, July 27th, there are only 24 days remaining before the Wildcats take the field in scrimmage action at Liberty Eylau High School in Texarkana. The following Friday, August 26th, the Wildcats host Sherman in the first pre-district game of the season. Junior Varsity and Freshmen teams will also begin their play with the LE scrimmage and then begin pre-district on Thursday, August 25. Seventh and 8th grade teams...
