High School Football

Last night was a big night for the small East Texas town of Sulphur Springs, they had the pleasure of being the featured High School football team on ESPN. Each week an ESPN crew travels to a different city in possibly another state. Sulphur Springs High School played host to a team from Wichita Falls, TX called Rider High School. Now this may not seem like a big deal to anyone who lives in a big city, but this was the BIG TIME for Sulphur Springs. The town went all out, with window decoration contests, t-shirts for the day and much more. They will be talking about this day for years, that’s right, years to come.

The main purpose of these featured games is to highlight the up and coming talent for next years college season. Both teams had players of interest, mostly the two quarterbacks. I believe the student from Rider, has already selected a college to play for but the player from Sulphur Springs, has many doors open to him. I am happy to say that Sulphur Springs pulled through with a win of 22 to 16. Go Wildcats!

Now you might wonder as to why I am writing this post, well, I finished High School in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Not really much to write home about there, but they are very serious about high school football; as are most cities in Texas. After all Sulphur Springs, only has about 15,000 people who reside there, and about 7,000 were out to show their support for the high school football team. I know crazy, but it is what it is.