Tuesday Gameday Has Three Squads in Action
Both basketball teams and men’s soccer occupy a busy Tuesday Gameday. Tuesday, Jan. 17 brings both men’s soccer and Lady Cats basketball at home, with men’s basketball in Texarkana. Lady Cats basketball is the first team up on Tuesday, hosting Liberty Eylau. Coach Bryan Jones and his squad hope to rebound from Friday’s home loss to Paris. Sulphur Springs played a good game but struggled to sink shots in crucial...
Lady Cats Basketball Visits Paris On Game Day Friday
The Lady Cats Basketball Team has a non-district game at Paris on this Friday, Nov. 22 game day. There will be a JV game at 4:30 p.m. with the varsity game to follow at around 5:45 p.m. The Lady Cats come into the game with a season record of 2-4. The Lady Cats won two and lost two in a Bells Invitational Tournament last week and got a win in the consolation final in the tournament’s Silver Bracket defeating Whitesboro, 32-22....
Saturday Results: Lady Cats Defeat Paris 37-26
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell won her Sulphur Springs’ coaching debut Saturday (November 17). The win came over the coach she replaced, Jeff Chapman, now the head girls’ basketball at Paris. The Lady Cats topped Paris, 37-26. After the game, Coach Tisdell said it was a good game for the Lady Cats but closer than she would have liked. She said Paris really showed up and gave the Lady Cats a really good game....
SSISD Board Approves New Teacher Pay Scale, Additional Police Officer; Personnel Changes
In a special session Monday morning, Sulphur Springs School Board announced they will be hiring an additional officer for the SSISD Police Force and approved an increase in pay scale for teachers and teacher’s aides. Personnel changes were also approved (see below). Superintendent Michael Lamb stated during public forum that the hiring of a new police officer would bring the total force to nine and will place an officer on each...
Lady Cats Win Pool Play at Edwood Tournament
The Lady Cats’ basketball team swept their way through pool play in an Edgewood tournament Thursday (December 7) defeating Kaufman, 69-28 and Quitman, 75-18. Against Kaufman, the Lady Cats started slowly but still managed to have a 13-11 lead after one quarter. Then the Lady Cats began a trend of putting together a scoring run to open each of the last three quarters. The Lady Cats scored 12 unanswered points to start the second...
