Veteran Frisco Wakeland Head Football Coach Expects Good Battle With the Wildcats on Friday
When Frisco Wakeland opened in August of 2006, Marty Secord was their first football coach. He’s still there in his 15th year. The native of Longview Spring Hill has been coaching for 38 years including college stops at McMurry in Abilene and at Louisiana College, where he coached former Wildcat football player Triston Abron. As he said last year, this year’s Frisco Wakeland team that the Wildcats will face Friday night at...
Wildcats Team Tennis Has Tough Day Against Longview In 19-0 Loss Wednesday
Perhaps the worst is now over for Wildcats Team Tennis. Last week, the Wildcats met district favorite Texas High in Texarkana and took a 19-0 loss. On Wednesday, the Wildcats faced the team expected to give the Tigers their sternest test, the Longview Lobos. The result Wednesday was another 19-0 loss. tennis To make things tougher, the Wildcats had to play without their top girls’ player, Jeauxleigh Cantu, who was unavailable...
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Discusses Season Opener
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens is more than ready to play a game after what he says has been a weird beginning to this year’s season. He says he’s excited for the season opener. Coach Owens says the team had a good scrimmage last week that showed the team where they are and gave coaches a chance to evaluate players. Despite the weird start, Coach Owens says when the Wildcats take the field Friday night, it will feel...
Lady Cats Sweep Commerce Tigers on Senior Night, 3-0
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team recognized five seniors and a manager for Senior Night before the hosts swept the Commerce Tigers, 3-0 Tuesday evening. The Lady Cats Volleyball team in action Tuesday against Commerce on Senior Night. The Lady Cats dominated, surrendering a lead in points only twice. Sadie Washburn finished the game 18 for 30 in kills, with 8 aces, as she put the team on her shoulders in the first set. At one point, she...
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra Weighs in on Scrimmage and Frisco Wakeland Offense
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra said he was pleased with the defense during last Thursday night’s scrimmage against Mount Pleasant at Prim Stadium. He said a lot of young players got some good looks at what varsity football is all about. He said there were a couple of defense breakdowns, which he said was understandable. Coach Guerra said the defense played hard. Mount Pleasant scored on a long run after an option...
Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young Comments on Scrimmage and Frisco Wakeland Defense
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young gave his weekly football review and preview Tuesday morning. Concerning the scrimmage last Thursday against Mount Pleasant, Coach Young said the Wildcats’ offense is in a good place but he added they still have a lot of work to do. He said his standards are higher than the level of play last week. Coach Young said the offense felt like they shot themselves in the foot when they did not...
Lady Cats Volleyball on Game Day Tuesday, Team Tennis Match Postponed
On this Tuesday (September 22) game day, the Lady Cats Volleyball Team has a non-district home match against Commerce. There will be a JV Gold game at 4:30 p.m., followed by a JV Blue contest at 5:30 p.m. with the Varsity match scheduled to start at around 6:30 p.m. Tonight is also Senior Night. Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner said she has five senior players and a senior manager. The Lady Cats have started off the season at...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner Enjoys Two Saturday Wins After Friday Road Loss
Saturday’s (September 19) good play by the Lady Cats Volleyball Team was probably just what Coach Bailey Dorner wanted to see after a lackluster loss on the road Friday evening. In the Lady Cats 3-0 loss Friday at Frisco Heritage, Coach Dorner said the Lady Cats did not do well with serve receive and seemed to rarely get hands on many balls during the match. The Lady Cats responded with a pair of wins Saturday, 3-0 at Pittsburg...
Lady Cats Cross Country Wins Pine Tree Puddle Jump Meet, Wildcats Are Fifth
The Lady Cats Cross Country Team had another strong showing Friday, September 18, at the Pine Tree Puddle Jump held at Lear Park in Longview. The Lady Cats won the meet. The Wildcats finished 5th in an 8-team field. Again Friday, the Lady Cats were led by freshman Haylee Shultz who finished 2nd overall with a time of 21:29.9. Sophomore Laney Hurst was 6th. Sophomore Mattie Bridges was 9th, senior Kenia Herrera was 11th,...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Wins Pair Of Matches On Saturday To Even Season Record At 2-2
At the beginning of the day Saturday, September 19, the Lady Cats Volleyball Team had an 0-2 season record. By the end of Saturday, the Lady Cats were 2-2. They had a good Saturday. They began in Pittsburg facing the Lady Pirates. The Lady Cats were hot from the start and soon led 19-7. The Lady Cats ended up winning the first set, 25-16. Sadie Washburn led the way with 7 kills in the first set. In the second set, both teams started...
