Hopkins County Records for the Week of June 21, 2019
Hopkins County Clerk’s Office, 128 Jefferson Street, Suite C Land Deed Transactions Paul E. Payne to Annalee M. Trevino; tract in the TG Birdwell surveyRay Grimes and V. Annis Grimes to Duane Swasso and Jamie Swasso; tract in the Thomas Tovar surveyCarol Lee Susat to John Heilman; tract in the RH Scott surveyJohn Heilman to Carol Susat; tract in the RH Scott surveyJohn H. Heilman to Danielle Berry and John Berry; tract in the RH...
More Changes To SSISD Coaching Staffs Are Approved By School Board
There is still more news to report on coaching changes in the Sulphur Springs ISD after a Tuesday night (June 11) school board meeting. The board approved assistant coaches for both Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams. Sean Coleman was approved as an assistant to Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta. Coleman was the head basketball coach at Rockdale and he also played college ball at Houston and Tulsa. Coach Coleman...
More SSISD Coaching Changes After Tuesday Evening School Board Meeting
There are more Sulphur Springs High School coaching staff changes to report after Tuesday (June 11) night’s meeting of the school board. Coach Chris Owens, who was also a Social Studies teacher, has a new job. He will now take over the high school SAC or Student Assignment Center, an in school suspension program, and he will also continue to be a high school coach. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta lost another assistant...
High School Edge and Three Sports Camps Gear Up Monday
The Edge conditioning program begins its’ six week run beginning on Monday (June 10) and there will also be three SSISD athletic camps next week. The Edge, offered free again this summer after its’ affiliation with Michael Johnson Performance last summer, will run Mondays through Thursdays through July 18. Boys and girls entering ninth through the twelfth grades will have The Edge from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. Due to a new UIL...
SSHS Coaching Changes Numerous This Spring
It’s been a spring of change for the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ coaching staffs and Athletic Director Greg Owens indicates more changes may be on the way. Here’s what the School Board has approved and been advised of so far. Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness has retired from coaching but will continue to teach at the high school. Bailey Dorner has been approved as Lady Cats Volleyball Coach to replace Maness....
Lady Cat Track Regional Meet Review
Lady Cats Track Coach Talks About Sadavia Porter and Other Lady Cats at Regional Track Meet Lady Cats Track Coach Derek Tyson discussed Sadavia Porter’s incredible weekend at the Class 5A Region II Track Meet at UT Arlington. Porter finished second in the 100-meter dash to qualify for the State Track Meet in Austin. Coach Tyson said that feat fulfilled a statement Porter made when she signed with UTA months ago. She said she was...
Xavier Cork Signs To Be a Catamount of Western Carolina on Signing Day
Xavier Cork Wildcats 6-foot-9 senior post Xavier Cork signed a letter of intent Wednesday, April 17, to play college basketball for the Western Carolina Catamounts. Western Carolina is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Cork, the son of the late Kevin Cork and Reshemah Wright, said the Catamounts scouted him at the Wildcats bi-district game against John Tyler. They told him they liked the way he played, crashing the boards, boxing...
Wildcat Keaston Willis Officially Signs Letter to Play Basketball at Incarnate Word
Keaston Willis Wildcats senior guard Keaston Willis made it official on National Basketball Signing Day Wednesday, April 17. Willis, the son of Leanne Willis and Lonnie Gusters, signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. Willis verbally committed to them several months ago. Willis said Incarnate Word first showed interest in him when he was in the eighth grade, but then...
Wildcats and Panthers Play Regional Quarterfinal Game at TJC Tuesday Night
For the second straight basketball playoff game, the Wildcats will be facing the Panthers. They defeated the Midlothian Panthers Friday night and they now face the Lufkin Panthers at the Wagstaff Gym at Tyler Junior College Tuesday (February 26) at 7 p.m. The Wildcats are ranked #4 in Class 5A and their season record is 26-8. Lufkin won their Area round game going away against Mesquite Poteet last Friday, 63-35. Wildcats Basketball...
Wildcat Coach Discusses Area Win; Wildcats Play Lufkin Tuesday 7 p.m. at Wagstaff Gym
On KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show, Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta discussed the Wildcats pulse pounding 62-57 Area round win over Midlothian Friday night (February 22) at Forney. A Forney official told Coach Cipoletta Friday was the most packed he had ever seen the gym. Among difference makers, Coach Cipoletta listed the Wildcats rebounding. There was also the Wildcats free throw...