Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner calls 3-2 Loss at Royse City a Very Tough One
Sulphur Springs Lady Cats VolleyBall VS ROYSE CITY Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailry Dorner says her team’s Tuesday night (October 15) match at Royse City, a 3-2 loss, was a very emotional and intense game for both teams. She calls the loss a very tough one. Coach Dorner says her team battled but just could not finish some of the sets. The score was 23-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-21 and 15-7. She says her team had great moments and bad...
Wildcat Band Earns Trip to Area With Scores of Straight Ones From Judges at UIL Region Contest
Wildcat Band Director Spencer Emmert calls the Region UIL Contest a “biggie”. Tuesday (October 15) the Wildcat Band went to the contest at Mount Pleasant, earned scores of all one’s from the judges and qualified for the Area contest on October 26 at Mesquite Memorial Stadium. Emmert says some contingencies were prepared in case of rainy weather Tuesday but he says they were never needed as the bad weather held off. He calls the...
Tira News for Oct. 16, 2019
By Jan Vaughn Jason Beck, son of Kim and Lee Beck, rode out Typhoon Hagibis and an earthquake last week, while stationed at the Naval Base in Japan. He said there is some flooding nearby and lots of debris, but all is well. Yvonne Weir flew to Bismarck, North Dakota, Sept. 24, to visit family from Fargo, Bismarck, and Mobridge, South Dakota. On the 26th, she traveled to the Hall ranch with her cousin, where they met up with relatives...
2019 SSHS Hall Of Honor Inductees Announced
Two Members of State Champion Football Team Are a Part of New Inductees Into Wildcat Hall of Honor The Wildcat Hall of Honor Selection Committee Chairman, former Wildcat Coach Doug Evans, is announcing Tuesday (October 15) four new inductees into the Wildcat Hall of Honor. Included are Tyrik Rollison and Jace Jackson, part of the Class of 2009 and members of the 2008 football State Championship team. Also selected are Paul Wesley...
Lady Cats Volleyball Loses In Close Match
Lady Cats Volleyball Takes Royse City to Fifth Set Before Losing Heartbreaker, 3-2 Tuesday Night A grueling district volleyball match between the Lady Cats and Royse City Tuesday night ultimately came down to a fifth and deciding set which the Lady Bulldogs won at home taking the match, 3-2. The anticlimactic fifth set was won by Royse City, 15-7 as the Lady Cats struggled. The Lady Cats got off to a slow start in set one trailing...
Wildcats Offensive And Defensive Coordinators Discuss Ennis Game, Provide Preview Of Corsicana
Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said the Wildcats might have played their best game of the season in the Friday night, Oct. 11, loss to Ennis at Prim Stadium. However, he said there were at least three drives he did not like. Coach Young said the offensive efficiency was just as high against Forney as it was in the win at Forney. He said two first half drives were...
Lady Cats Golfer Mariam Tran Wins First, Team Takes Fourth At SSCC Tournament Monday
Despite a flurry of injuries and illness, the Lady Cats Golf Team did quite well at a Sulphur Springs Country Club tournament held Monday. Junior Mariam Tran shot her lowest round in a high school tournament, a one under par 71, to win the tournament. Lady Cats Golf Coach Whitney Spigener said Tran has shot a 68 before. Several days before the tournament Tran turned her ankle and Coach Spigener it as braced up before play Monday. The...
Wildcats Golf Team Takes Second Place And First Place At Recent Fall Golf Tourneys
Sulphur Springs Wildcats Golf Team finished second at the Thorntree Country Club invitational Oct. 10. The Wildcats Golf Team has had a good fall, finishing second at one tournament and winning another. At both tournaments, the Wildcats had the top individual medalist. The Wildcats finished second at a windy tournament last Thusday, Oct. 10, at Thorntree Country Club in DeSoto. They trailed only the host school. Despite battling a...
Wildcats Team Tennis Playoff, Lady Cats Volleyball District Match On Game Day Tuesday
Playoff Team Tennis and district volleyball are on the menu for this Tuesday game day. Wildcats Team Tennis is taking on Jacksonville in bi-district playoffs. Because of concerns with rain, the match was moved to indoor courts at Texas High in Texarkana. The match got underway at 10 a.m. Jacksonville was the runner up in their district and the Wildcats were third in their district. These teams played in a Whitehouse tournament on...
Sulphur Bluff Volleyball Tops Rivercrest at Home
Chalk up another win for the Sulphur Bluff Volleyball Team. Friday (October 11) they won at home over Rivercrest, 3-0. The score was 25-18, 25-17 and 25-23. Lady Bears Coach Zandra Peyton says her team keeps getting better each game they play. She notes the last time the two teams met, it took four sets to win. Coach Peyton praised the passing of Dalena di Donato and Angel Brown. Di Donato also had 5 service points and 4 kills. Setter...
