Wildcats Baseball Notches One Superlative and Team Has Eight Chosen to All-District Team
One Wildcat baseball player earned superlatives and a total of eight Wildcats earned spots on the District 15-5A All-District Baseball Team released Tuesday, June 15 by Wildcats Coach Jerrod Hammack. Senior Wildcats pitcher Hayden Hurst was chosen the District Pitcher of the Year after going 5-1 in his district starts, pitching 40 innings while striking out 65 batters and ending up with a 1.28 ERA. Wildcats making the First Team...
New Wildcats Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver Opens Boys Basketball Edge Monday Morning
New Wildcats Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver got things started Monday morning (June 14) conducting his opening session of The Edge for Boys Basketball. His 8 A.M. until 10 A.M. session was for boys entering 7th through the 9th grades. It was followed with one for boys entering 10th through 12th grades from 10 A.M. until noon. During an interview just before The Edge got started, Coach Shaver said this was a great move for him. He...
Wildcats Basketball, Lady Cats Basketball and Lady Cats Volleyball Begin The Edge Monday
Three more SSHS sports teams begin The Edge on Monday (June 14): Wildcats Basketball, Lady Cats Basketball and Lady Cats Volleyball. New Wildcats Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver will conduct The Edge in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School. Athletes entering 7th through the 9thgrades will have The Edge from 8 A.M. until 10 A.M. and players entering 10th through 12th grades will do The Edge from 10 A.M. until noon. The six week...
Wildcats 7 on 7 Football Team is at State Qualifier Tournament in Tyler Saturday
Matt Young The Wildcats 7 on 7 Football Team has one last chance to qualify for the State 7 on 7 Tournament at a Qualifier Tournament Saturday (June 12) at Lindsey Park in Tyler. Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said the Wildcats would play Wylie East beginning at 9 A.M. Saturday and then take on Corsicana and Tyler High in preliminary games. Top finishers in the prelims advance to playoffs. Top finishers in the...
Wildcats Football Head Coach Greg Owens Discusses First Week of Football Edge
On Thursday, June 10, reporters from KSST met up with Wildcats Football head coach Greg Owens at the Multi-Purpose Building to discuss the first week of The Edge in football. Coach Owens said the first week went well, saying that it was good to get back to work and to have everyone back. The Wildcats football head coach said on Monday that he had 140 students attend the Edge from grades 7-12, but Coach Owens did note that numbers did...
PJC Dragons Soccer Holding Two Tryouts Saturday, June 12
Paris Junior College women’s and men’s soccer will hold tryouts at Noyes Stadium in Paris on June 12. The women’s tryout will be at 10:30 A.M. and the men’s tryout will be at 1:30 P.M. “Any players interested in playing soccer at the junior college level are welcome to attend,” said PJC soccer coach Natalie Stahmann. “We are looking for class of 2021 graduating athletes or older.” The...
PJC Dragons Basketball Holding June 13 Tryout
The Paris Junior College men’s basketball team will hold a tryout at the Hunt Athletic Center on Sunday, June 13 at 1:30 P.M. Any players interested in playing basketball at the junior college level are welcome to attend. “All class of 2021 athletes or older are welcome to attend,” said PJC Head Basketball Coach Bill Foy. “You will be fairly evaluated in individual and group situations.” Registration will begin in the Hunt Center at...
Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Athletes are Getting in Morning Runs During The Edge
Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks says summer running is vital for his teams. He says starting in August right before the first meet is just too late. Some Cross Country runners are participating in The Edge. It got underway Monday (June 7) as athletes gathered at Gerald Prim Stadium and then took off for a run. Coach Hicks says he was pleased with attendance as 23 high school and 19 middle school runners showed...
Seven North Hopkins Panthers Make All-District Baseball Team
North Hopkins Baseball Coach Tim Henderson announced Panthers All-District Baseball selections Tuesday (June 8). Making First Team All-District is infielder Karson Jenkins. Second Team All-District choices include catcher Carson Mathis, utility player Tate Myers, infielder Aaron Nguyen and outfielder Chris Cruz. Honorable Mention selections are Landry Breckeen and Braydon Nguyen.
New Wildcats Football Defensive Coordinator Kurt McCain Shares Some Thoughts on Defense
New Wildcats Football Defensive Coordinator Kurt McCain says he may not be as aggressive on defense as his predecessors Alex Guerra and Triston Abron. He says his plan is to try and play more base defense so that when he brings the blitz, it will be more effective. Coach McCain says he suspects that Wildcats’ fans should not notice a big difference. Coach McCain, a longtime Wildcats Assistant Defensive Coach, was promoted to...
