Yellow Jackets Are More Aggressive This Time Of Year
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener I don’t know about you, but for my money, a yellow jacket (YJ) sting hurts more than any other wasp or bee. Worse, they often sting in force. Regrettably, I have often stuck my hand in a cucumber plant cage and got hit 4-5 times before I could get my hand back out. Honeybees and bumblebees are usually only defensively aggressive, but at this time of year, YJs are extremely aggressive and...
How To Identify Some Common Flying-Stinging Insects
By Charlotte Wilson, Hopkins County Master Gardener While working in the garden or playing in the yard, it is easy to become alarmed in seeing wasps or “bees” as many people call any flying insect. However, the flying insects are doing us all a tremendous favor in pollinating our fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Many of these insects are also keeping unfavorable insects and caterpillars under control. Wasps you see on your vegetables...
Wildcats Team Tennis Opens the Season With Home Losses to Sherman and Denison
The Wildcats Team Tennis squad opened the regular season with losses to Sherman and Denison at the Wildcat Tennis Center Monday (August 5). Ironically, the scored were exactly the same as last year. In the morning, the Wildcats lost a very close match, 10-9 to Sherman. In the afternoon, the Wildcats lost to Denison, 12-7. Against Sherman the Wildcats got two wins in doubles in seven matches. The mixed doubles team of Jeauxleigh Cantu...
Wildcat Team Tennis Exhibit Improvement
Since Tony Martinez has been tennis coach at Sulphur Springs, the past few years his Wildcats’ team tennis squad has opened the regular season against Denison and Sherman, two pretty good tennis programs. During that time, the Wildcats have been lucky to win a match or two against them. There is a tennis term called being “skunked” and it refers to getting beaten badly and there has been a lot of that for the Wildcats’...
Wildcats Lose Two by One Run At Grayson County Tourney Thursday
The Wildcats’ baseball team lost a pair of one-run games on the opening day of the Grayson County Classic Tournament Thursday. Playing in Denison, the Wildcats came up short against McKinney, 9-8 and then lost a later game, 5-4 to host Denison. Against McKinney, the Wildcats got off to a good start by scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Jaxon Chaney hit a double off the base of the center field wall that scored...
Game Day: Wildcats Ranked 13th; Lady Cats Ranked 18th
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams return to the court on this Tuesday (November 28) game day. The Wildcats travel to Denison to play the Yellow Jackets. Games begin with a freshman contest at 5 p.m. The JV team plays at around 6:15 p.m. The varsity contest begins at around 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats are 4-0 so far this season and they are ranked #13 in the state in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Poll....
Wildcats Down Rockwall 53-39; Now 4-0 on Season
The Wildcats’ basketball team remained unbeaten as they won a defensive struggle against Rockwall on the road, 53-39 Tuesday night (November 21). The Wildcats are now 4-0 for the season with three of their wins coming against Class 6A teams. The Wildcats started slowly Tuesday and trailed after the first quarter 13-11. In the second quarter, the Wildcats allowed the Yellow Jackets only 4 points. The Wildcats scored the first 10...
Ezedinma Leads Wildcat Scoring Against Lindale
The Wildcats win over Lindale Monday night (November 20) was a little weird. The Wildcats got out of the gate fast leading 20-2 after the first quarter and by 35-13 at the half. During the second half, with Coach Cipoletta playing all twelve players on his roster, the Eagles outscore the Wildcats during the third and fourth quarters, 35-23 to trim the final margin to 10, 58-48. After the game, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta liked the...
Wildcats Dominate Denison 77-35
The Wildcats’ basketball team remained unbeaten for the season with a dominating 77-35 win over Denison at Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. The Wildcats utilized a productive offense and a stifling defense to run their season record to 4-0. Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said he thought Denison was the best team the Wildcats had faced this year and he added the Wildcats just played really well. Six-foot-seven sophomore post Victor...
Wildcats Host Denison Tuesday
The Wildcats’ basketball team will play Denison in Wildcats Gym Tuesday evening on this game day. Action begins with a freshmen team game versus the Yellow Jackets at 5 p.m. A JV game is scheduled at around 6:15 p.m. with the varsity playing Denison at around 7:30 p.m. The three Wildcats’ programs are a combined 12-1. Freshmen are 4-1, JV is 5-0 and Varsity 3-0. The varsity scrimmaged and outscored Denison back on November...
