Wildcats and Lady Cats Powerlifters Travel to Royse City For Thursday Meet
Wildcats and Lady Cats Powerlifting Teams will compete at their third meet of the season on this game day Thursday (February 4). They will be traveling to Royse City. The Wildcats have a first place finish at a home meet back on January 21 and then finished second in a Paris meet on Saturday. The Lady Cats were second in Sulphur Springs and placed fourth in Paris one week ago. The Lady Cats have had seven different lifters during the...
Lady Cats Basketball Team to Get Nacogdoches or Lufkin in Bi-District Playoff Game Next Week
Last Friday (January 29), the Lady Cats Basketball Team earned the #1 seed in the playoffs in their district with a home district win against Longview, 59-38. The Lady Cats ended up as district tri-champions with Hallsville and Mount Pleasant. All finished with 9-3 records but the Lady Cats earned the top seed due to head to head competition with the other two. The Lady Cats split with Mount Pleasant and swept Hallsville. Now the Lady...
Wildcats Soccer Team Suffers Second Straight Home Shutout In District Play Against Mount Pleasant
The Wildcats Soccer Team had the bad fortune of having to face perhaps the districts top two teams to start district play this season. Wildcasts Soccer Tuesday night, February 2, the Wildcats ended up on the short end of a 2-0 score against arch rival Mount Pleasant at Gerald Prim Stadium. The Tigers scored a goal at 10:26 of the first quarter and added a second goal at 32:55 in the second quarter. The Tigers defense kept the Wildcats...
Lady Cats Soccer Team Wins Shoot Out, 3-2, at Mount Pleasant To Get Defensive Struggle Victory
Two stingy defenses were on display Tuesday night, February 2, as the Lady Cats Soccer Team traveled to Mount Pleasant for the second district game for both teams. The Lady Cats finally prevailed 3-2 in penalty kicks to get a shoot out win over the Lady Tigers. The two teams were scoreless after the first half and after the second half and after both halves of overtime. That set up the penalty kicks. The win gives the Lady Cats two...
Wildcats Basketball Team Struggles On The Road At Unbeaten Mount Pleasant In 55-34 Loss
The Wildcats Basketball Team never recovered from a very cold start in a 55-34 loss at first place Mount Pleasant Tuesday night, February 2 The Wildcats were only able to produce 2 points in the first quarter and 5 in the second quarter as they trailed 11-2 after one quarter and 23-7 at halftime. The Wildcats played much better in the third quarter but could only match Mount Pleasant, 17-17 and still trailed 40-24 after three...
#13 Ranked Saltillo Lions Basketball Team Stays Unbeaten In District With Tuesday Win
The Saltillo Lions Basketball Team, ranked #13 in Class 1A in a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll, remained perfect in district play with a dominating 83-47 win over Avinger Tuesday night, February 2. The Lions led 20-10 after one quarter, 44-20 at halftime and 67-31 after three quarters. Both teams had 16 points in the fourth quarter. The Lions shot free throws well canning 21 of 27. Andrew Redburn led the Lions with 30...
Lady Cats are 4th and Wildcats 2nd at Separate Powerlifting Meets in Paris Last Week
The Lady Cats and Wildcats Powerlifting Teams competed at Paris’ meets last week. The Lady Cats were in a 10 team field and finished 4th last Thursday (January 28). The Lady Cats had 5 lifters. Markida Hood took 1st place in the 198 pound weight class lifting a total of 530 pounds. Machelle Allen was 3rd with a 790 pound total. Reese Offutt was 4th lifting 500 pounds total. Addy Lamb took 6th in the 132 pound weight class with...
Sulphur Springs Basketball, Soccer and Softball on Game Day Tuesday
On this game day Tuesday, there is district soccer and basketball and a Lady Cat softball scrimmage. The Wildcats Basketball Team travels to Mount Pleasant for a summit meeting with the Tigers. The Wildcats are 8-2 in district play and in second place after bumping off Longview on the road Friday, 62-44. The Tigers are 10-0 in district play and they are 21-0 for the season. The Tigers are currently ranked #10 in state in Class 5A...
Lady Cats Clinch Tri- District Basketball Championship And #1 Playoff Seed With Friday Win
What a big night for the Lady Cats. With a solid 59-38 win at home over Longview Friday evening, January 29, the Lady Cats won a part of the district basketball championship with Hallsville and Mount Pleasant. Because of having the best head-to-head record against the other two teams, the Lady Cats will go into the playoffs as the #1 seed from District 15-5A. Mount Pleasant is the #2 seed, Hallsville the #3 seed and Texas High is the...
Wildcats Basketball Team Uses Strong First Half to Get Big District Win At Longview Friday
In a district battle for second place Friday night, January 29, at Longview, the Wildcats Basketball Team blitzed the Lobos over the first two quarters and then coasted to victory, 62-44. The Wildcats opened strong and led 17-6 after one quarter. The second quarter was almost a perfect copy of the first as the Wildcats outscored Longview 18-6 to go up 23 points at halftime, 35-12. The Lobos could only trim 5 points off the lead over...
