Wildcats Basketball Assistant Joe Garcia on KSST Saturday Morning Coach's Show
Jan20

Wildcats Basketball Assistant Joe Garcia on KSST Saturday Morning Coach's Show

Wildcats Assistant Basketball Coach Joe Garcia was the guest on KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show this past Saturday (January 18). For weeks, Head Coach Clark Cipoletta had planned a trip out of town Saturday to see former player Keaston Willis and the University of the Incarnate Word play his alma mater Stephen F. Austin. Coach Garcia commented on a lot of things including the Wildcats’ Friday...

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Wildcats Basketball Assistant Joe Garcia on KSST Saturday Morning Coach's Show
Jan20

Wildcats Basketball Assistant Joe Garcia on KSST Saturday Morning Coach's Show

Wildcats Assistant Basketball Coach Joe Garcia was the guest on KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show this past Saturday (January 18). For weeks, Head Coach Clark Cipoletta had planned a trip out of town Saturday to see former player Keaston Willis and the University of the Incarnate Word play his alma mater Stephen F. Austin. Coach Garcia commented on a lot of things including the Wildcats’ Friday...

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SSISD Hires Pine Tree Coach as Wildcats Head Basketball Coach
Jun03

SSISD Hires Pine Tree Coach as Wildcats Head Basketball Coach

Meeting Thursday (June 3) at noon, the Sulphur Springs School Board approved the hiring of Brandon Shaver as the new Wildcats Head Basketball Coach. Coach Shaver has been the Head Basketball Coach at Longview Pine Tree for the past 2 seasons. A native of New Diana, Coach Shaver was also a head coach before that at Grand Cane Central High School near Shreveport. Coach Shaver spent 12 years as an assistant coach at several Louisiana...

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AD Coach Owens Has Filled All Vacancies On Coaching Staffs For This School Year
Jul22

AD Coach Owens Has Filled All Vacancies On Coaching Staffs For This School Year

Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens has filled all the vacancies on his coaching staffs that cropped up after the abrupt end of the 2019 school year. Steven Moreno, who was working as an At Risk Aide at the Middle School, is now the Assistant Lady Cats Soccer Coach for Head Coach Javier Aguayo. Coach Moreno, a former Wildcats soccer player, is replacing assistant coach Kristov Martinez, who resigned. Coach Owens has retained all of...

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SSHS Losing Two Assistant Coaches, School Board Hires One Assistant
Jun25

SSHS Losing Two Assistant Coaches, School Board Hires One Assistant

The Sulphur Springs School Board, at a special meeting Monday evening (June 22), accepted the resignations of two SSHS assistant coaches and hired a new assistant. Assistant Lady Cats Soccer Coach Kristov Martinez and Assistant Lady Cats Basketball Coach Katelyn Webster have resigned. Both are math teachers. Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens is working to find their replacements. The board Monday also approved Jacob Sexton as a...

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New Wildcats Assistant Basketball Coach Austin Fleming on Saturday Morning Coaches Show
Jan07

New Wildcats Assistant Basketball Coach Austin Fleming on Saturday Morning Coaches Show

Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta lost both of his assistant coaches after last season as they accepted opportunities after the Wildcats magical season. Coach Cipoletta was able to hire three coaches to replace them. He said that gave him a staff to equal lots of other Class 5A programs. Earlier this season, Wildcats Assistant Coach Sean Coleman was a guest on KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coach’s...

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Coach Bailey Is Pleased With Turnout On First Day Of SSHS Boys and Girls Soccer Camp
Jun25

Coach Bailey Is Pleased With Turnout On First Day Of SSHS Boys and Girls Soccer Camp

Sixty boys and girls showed up for the first evening of the four-day Sulphur Springs High School Soccer Camp Monday,June 24, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Multipurpose Building. The weather was good for June in Texas. Joel Bailey, who has retired from coaching soccer, is coordinating the camp. He said he was pleased with the turnout. He said his goal for the camp is for the youngsters to have fun. He says he saw a lot of smiling ad...

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More Changes To SSISD Coaching Staffs Are Approved By School Board
Jun13

More Changes To SSISD Coaching Staffs Are Approved By School Board

There is still more news to report on coaching changes in the Sulphur Springs ISD after a Tuesday night (June 11) school board meeting. The board approved assistant coaches for both Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams. Sean Coleman was approved as an assistant to Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta. Coleman was the head basketball coach at Rockdale and he also played college ball at Houston and Tulsa. Coach Coleman...

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More SSISD Coaching Changes After Tuesday Evening School Board Meeting
Jun12

More SSISD Coaching Changes After Tuesday Evening School Board Meeting

There are more Sulphur Springs High School coaching staff changes to report after Tuesday (June 11) night’s meeting of the school board. Coach Chris Owens, who was also a Social Studies teacher, has a new job. He will now take over the high school SAC or Student Assignment Center, an in school suspension program, and he will also continue to be a high school coach. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta lost another assistant...

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SSHS Coaching Changes Numerous This Spring
May30

SSHS Coaching Changes Numerous This Spring

It’s been a spring of change for the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ coaching staffs and Athletic Director Greg Owens indicates more changes may be on the way. Here’s what the School Board has approved and been advised of so far. Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness has retired from coaching but will continue to teach at the high school. Bailey Dorner has been approved as Lady Cats Volleyball Coach to replace Maness....

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