It’s Homcoming on this Friday (September 15) game day and there are football and volleyball games at home. In football, the Wildcats are playing old foe Paris at beautiful Gerald Prim Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Homecoming activities are scheduled to start at around 6:40 p.m. on the field. Paris comes in 1-1 with a big win over Terrell and a big loss last week to Pleasant Grove. The Wildcats are 2-0 for the first time since 2009. They won at Sherman and over Avalon of Maryland at Prim last week. The Paris Head Coach Is Steve Hohenberger in his fifth year. He’s 1-1 against the Wildcats. Wildcats Head Coach is Greg Owens in his 12th year. He’s 6-3 versus Paris. Coach Owens can win his 80th game as Wildcats Coach Friday night. He’s 79-53 overall. Last year Paris edged by the Wildcats in Paris, 36-35. We will bring you all of the action of Wildcat football on KSST radio Friday night. We will also videotape the game for replay at a later date on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.
Meanwhile the Lady Cats’ volleyball team has a very meaningful district game at home against last year’s district champs, Hallsville. The match will start at 4 p.m. The Lady Cats will be attempting to bounce back after they lost a close match in their district opener at Texas High Tuesday night. The Lady Cats did defeat Hallsville in a Garland tournament in early August. Hallsville is 1-0 in district play as they bested Marshall last Friday. They had a bye Tuesday.