Coach Owens Discusses First Win of Season and Tragedy on the Way Home on Coach’s Show
A sleep deprived Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens showed up to discuss his team’s district win at Forney Friday (October 4) as well as the tragedy on the way home on KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coach’s Show. Although school buses managed to avoid trouble, some cars following the buses home from Forney were involved in a fatal accident. Wildcat junior defensive end Kohlson Ivey’s mother and...
Lady Cats Volleyball Bested 3-1 at Greenville last Friday in District Play
For two sets Friday (October 4), the Lady Cats Volleyball Team was right in their district match at Greenville. Both teams had taken a set. The Lady Lions won set one 25-19 and the Lady Cats won set two 25-20. Playing at home, Greenville took set three, 25-17 and then outlasted the Lady Cats in a highly competitive set four, 26-24 for a 3-1 match win. Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner said the Lady Cats did not play too well. She said...
Sulphur Bluff Volleyball Loses Tough Match Against Detroit Tuesday
Sulphur Bluff Volleyball Loses Tough Match Against Detroit Tuesday Sulphur Bluff Volleyball Coach Zandra Peyton said the Lady Bears lost a tough match against Detroit last Tuesday (October 1). Score was 21-25, 25-21, 25-18, 21-25 and 7-15. Coach Peyton said the Lady Bears served really well but struggled to place the ball where it would get Detroit out of their system. For the Lady Bears, Alley Collett had 11 services points, 2 kills...
Wildcats Win Over Forney
Wildcats Football Earns District Victory on the Road at Forney Friday Night The opportunistic Wildcats Football Team forced numerous turnovers and then took advantage of them to earn their first win of the season and their first district win for 2019 at Forney Friday night (October 4). The Wildcats won over Forney, 32-13. The Wildcats recovered two fumbles and intercepted two passes in the first two quarters to give them constant good...
Wildcats Football and Lady Cats Volleyball Take Place on the Road Friday
After a bye week, the Wildcats Football Team dives back into district play on this game day Friday (October 4). The Wildcats will be traveling to CitiBank Stadium in Forney to play the Forney Jackrabbits. Forney is 1-2 in district play and 2-3 for the season. They have a district win over Terrell and losses to North Forney and Royse City. The Wildcats are 0-2 in district play and 0-4 for the season. The Wildcats have district losses...
Lady Cats are Fourth and Wildcats Fifth at Final Tune Up Thursday Before District Meet Next Week
The Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Teams had one final meet Thursday before their District Meet next Wednesday in Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats finished fourth out of thirteen teams and the Wildcats were fifth out of 14. The competition took place at Lindale at the old Garden Valley Golf Course. Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks said the course was hilly, challenging and perhaps a bit longer than most based of...
Aaron Woods Is Head Football Coach Of Forney, Wildcats’ Opponent Friday
Forney High School Jackrabbits The head football coach for the Forney Jackrabbits is Aaron Woods, in his second year. Forney is his first head coaching gig. Before coming to Forney, Woods spent a year as an assistant coach at Waxahachie under former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, who is now working as a Dallas Cowboys assistant. Woods was at Cedar Hill for 14 years before that as an assistant to Head Coach Joey McGuire, who is now the...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Cross Country Teams Have Final Tune Up Thursday Before District Meet Next Week
The Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Teams have their final competition before next week’s district competition in Lindale on this game day Thursday, Oct. 3. The Wildcats and Lady Cats will be running on a course at the Garden Valley Golf Course. District competition takes place next Wednesday at Mount Pleasant. Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks said the teams recently cut down some on the mileage they...
Lindale Squeezes Past Lady Cats Volleyball Team, 3-1 at SSHS Tuesday Night (Updated With Photos)
Ladycats Volleyball 10 1 19 I In a match that seemed closer than the 3-1 score, the Lindale Lady Eagles won a big district game over the Lady Cats Volleyball Team at Sulphur Springs High School Tuesday (October 1) night. The Lady Cats won the first set, 25-22 only to see the Lady Eagles take the next three, 25-16, 31-29 and 25-23. Perhaps the key set was the seesaw third. Each team survived three set points before Lindale finally was...
Owens Comments on Bye Week, His Wildcats and Forney
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens, at his weekly media gathering Wednesday morning before Friday’s game at Forney, said last week’s bye week was pretty good. He said the team had some good practices, some players were able to rest up and some grade issues got looked at. Actually he said, if given a choice, he would have preferred to get back on the field and play last Friday. Coach Owens said everyone is ready to get a W....
