Owens Calls New Alignment for SSHS Sports Exciting
“We are excited about the new places and new faces,” said SSHS Athletic Director and Football Head Coach Gregg Owens as the new district alignments were announced Thursday morning. Owens said, “It will be a new challenge with new teams, but the biggest challenge [for football] will be the nine (9) team district.” He said a team must win a lot of games to get in the playoffs. “It’s really exciting because it’s different,” he said....
Special Sports Day for SSISD, Rains ISD, and Como-Pickton CISD at SSHS Gym Friday
About one hundred special needs kids attended the annual Special Sports Day in the Sulphur Springs High School Main Gym Friday. Rains ISD and the Como-Pickton CISD sent students. There were also SSISD, students participating from Lamar Primary, Sulphur Springs Elementary, Douglas Intermediate, the Middle School and the High School. During opening ceremonies, there was a parade of athletes, singing of the National Anthem, pledges to...
Local Sports Camps Preview: Baseball, Softball June 6-9
There will be two Sulphur Springs ISD youth sports camps coming up next week. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack will be offering his Baseball Hitting Camp next Tuesday through Thursday in the Multipurpose Building. There will be baseball camp for students entering first through the third grades from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day. Then there will be camp for those entering the fourth through the ninth grades running each day...
SSHS Sports Banquet Honors Announced
Wildcats’ baseball and track athlete Mason Buck won the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat and volleyball and basketball players Tori Moore and Sheretta Hill shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat at the 2016-2017 Sulphur Springs Wildcat All-Sports Banquet Monday night. Basketball player Dane Rutherford and football and baseball athlete Easton Silman shared the James Cameron Fighting Heart Award for a Wildcat and...
Tuesday is Wildcat Game Day
There are playoff basketball and district soccer games on this Tuesday game day. The Wildcats’ basketball team, the second place team in district, will face North Forney, third in its’ district, in a bi-district game at Lindale at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Wildcats are 25-6 for the season. Their 25 wins matches the best in school history. The playoff is a first for Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta and for all the...
Chapman Named District Coach of the Year; Seven Named to All-District
All seven members of the Lady Cats’ basketball team made the All-District Basketball Team. Two players received superlatives and Coach Jeff Chapman was named the district Coach of the Year. Junior Kaylee Jefferson was chosen by the district’s coaches as the District’s Offensive MVP. Sophomore Autumn Tanton was selected as the district’s Defensive MVP. Sophomore Sadavia Porter and Senior Tori Moore made the...
Hill Signs With Tyler Junior College
Lady Cats’ senior volleyball player Sheretta “Rita” Hill will play college volleyball at Tyler Junior College next season. The announcement was made Monday morning at the Multipurpose Building before numerous student friends, Rita’s mother Rochelle Hill, Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman, Volleyball Coach Justin Maness, TJC Volleyball Coach Brandi Hood and media members. Hill said she liked how Coach Hood was serious about...
Cameron Fighting Heart Awards Presented to Outstanding Student Athletes
James Cameron Fighting Heart Awards were presented to Wildcat and Lady Cats student athletes Thursday night at the annual All-Sports Banquet. James Cameron Fighting Heart Award for Tanner Ramirez: Outgoing Wildcats Cross Country and Soccer Coach Andy Holt wondered where Tanner Ramirez found the time to excel in three sports and still rank #9 academically in his senior class. Ramirez not only ran cross country and played soccer but was...
SSHS All Sports Honors Announced At Annual Banquet
The athletic year for Wildcats and Lady Cats’ teams was relived Monday night at the annual Sulphur Springs All-Sports Banquet. Larry Pryor, a football standout and a solid baseball player, received the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat. Two Lady Cats, basketball star and volleyball player Desi Debase and softball standout and basketball player Kasey Moore shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat. Madeline Massey, a...
Desi Debase Signs with San Jacinto College
At a signing party Friday afternoon, Lady Cats’ basketball star Desi Debase announced she would be playing college basketball at San Jacinto College in Houston. Desi said she should be completely recovered from a torn ACL in her left knee in time for the start of the season. She expects to wear a brace when season starts next October. Debase had first chosen Oklahoma as her college basketball destination. She said she expects to...
