Cole Lauds Success Of 2024-25 Athletic Teams

Sulphur Athletic Director Praises Seniors, Anxious For Start Of 2025-26 Seasons

It was a banner year for Sulphur High School athletics, not only in football where the Bulldogs won the silver ball, but in just about every sport throughout the season.

This week, Sulphur Athletic Director Corey Cole broke down the numbers, and they pointed to arguably the best year ever for SHS sports.

“The 2024-2025 was a truly remarkable year throughout the SulphurAthletic Program, the 2025 seniors were an a amazing group of athletes who were great leaders, hard workers, and dedicated to being the best they could be,” said Cole. “This class will go down as one of the most accomplished in school history. We are very proud of all their accomplishments and can’t wait to see what they accomplish and are ready to see what the 2025-2026 class does this next year.”

Cole said one of the most impressive stats from last season was a record number of senior athletes signing letters of commitment to play at the college level, a total of 13.

Adding to that stat were six players who made All State, one OCA All State coach, four individual state champions, three individual state runner-up winners, two state championship teams, one state runner-up team, and a host of state qualifiers in various sports.

“2024-2025 was a great athletic year for the Bulldogs,” said Cole. Following is a breakdown of the year in sports at Sulphur High School:

13 SHS Athletes Signed To Continue Playing Collegiately Which Is A Record Year For Sulphur Athletics:

•Caden Cole (Football, UCO)

•Austin Garrett (Football, SOSU)

•Gideon Petersen (Football, SOSU)

•Maddux Boyd (Football, OBU)

•Justus Gilliam (Football, NSU)

•Eli Vinson (Football, SWOSU)

•Luke Linville (Football & Baseball, SNU)

•Baer Webb (Wrestling, Ottawa)

•Kaleb Madron (Track/Cross Country, Murray State)

•Paisley Eason (Golf, OBU)

•Noah Carr (Lacrosse)

•Jacey Pitmon (Cheer, SOSU)

•Keeley Little (Cheer, SOSU)

Sulphur Had 6 All State Athletes And 1 All State Coach Named To OCA Teams: •Austin Garrett (Football)

•Justus Gilliam (Football)

•Baer Webb (Wrestling)

•Landon Jones (Wrestling)

•Gracie Ratchford (Slow Pitch Softball)

•Paisley Eason (Golf)

•Caden Cole (OCA Reg 5 Male Scholar Athlete of the Year)

•Coach Corey Cole (Region 5 OCA Coach of the Year)

Sulphur had 4 Individual State Champions: •Eli Vinson (Track - Pole Vault)

•Nash Williamson (Powerlifting)

•Conner Sullivan (Powerlifting)

•Zoli May (Powerlifting)

Sulphur Had 3 Individual State Runner Ups: •Baer Webb (Wrestling)

•Austin Garrett (Powerlifting)

•Grady Hardoin (Track - Hurdles)

Sulphur Had 2 State Championship Teams: •Boys Powerlifting and Girls Powerlifiitng

Sulphur Had 1 State Runner Up Team: Football •Football Team (Before winning State Runner up, the Dogs were District champs, Regional Champs, and Area Champs.)

Other Sulphur State Qualifiers:

•The cheer team qualified for state in both game-day and competition.

•The cross country qualified both boys and girls teams for state cross country meet.

•The boys basketball finished one game away from the area tournament.

•Girls Golf qualified for state meet.

•Wrestling had 8 individual qualifiers for state tournament.

•9 Female Track athletes qualified for state

•9 Male Track Athletes Qualified for State

“2024-2025 was a great athletic year for the Bulldogs!”

--Sulphur Athletic Director Corey Cole