SSISD High School and Middle School Cross Country Athletes Attend The Edge at Prim Stadium
Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks is offering The Edge conditioning program Monday through Thursday from 7:15 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium. The program began Monday (June 8). Coach Hicks said some 30 to 40 high school runners and 15-20 middle school athletes attended daily during this week. He said the athletes showed up with great attitudes ready to run. Coach Hicks said he and his assistant coach...
Wildcats Soccer Earns Two Superlatives and Has 16 Players Named to All-District Team
The Wildcats Soccer Team was very well represented this past season on the All-District Soccer Team in District 15-5A. 16 Wildcats made the team and that included two superlatives. Senior goalkeeper Noe Ponce was selected the district’s Keeper of the Year and senior midfielder Kevin Yanez was chosen Offensive Midfielder of the Year. Three Wildcats made the All-District 1st Team: senior defender Nabian Ramirez, senior defender...
Former Saltillo Basketball Star Now Denison Lady Jackets Head Coach
Brock Giles, a former basketball star at Saltillo, is now the Head Coach of the Denison Lady Jackets Basketball Team. The 26-year old Giles, who was an assistant coach for the team last season, was elevated to head coach last month after Coach Rod Been decided to leave the job to pursue other business opportunities. Before coming to Denison, Giles was a head coach at Bland and Avery. Giles played two seasons at Morningside College in...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner Is Having The Edge for High School, Middle School Players
The Edge for Sulphur Springs High School and Middle School volleyball players is taking place Monday-Thursday through the end of July in the main gym at Sulphur Springs Middle School. The program started Monday, June 8. High school volleyball players are doing The Edge from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. and middle school players are involved from 10 a.m. until noon. Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner, in her second year as head coach,...
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Says Football Numbers Are Good For The Edge
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens would always like to see more players attend The Edge conditioning program, which got underway Monday in the Multipurpose Building. However all and all Coach Owens seems mostly pleased with the turnout for the first two days of the program. He says there were about 150 players in attendance on Monday with about 50 each among 11th and 12 graders, 9th and 10th graders and 7th and 8th graders. Tuesday...
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta Offers The Edge at High School Gym
With the UIL allowing high school coaches to conduct one hour a week of skills work with their teams, coaches of several Wildcats and Lady Cats’ sports are having sessions of The Edge along with football. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta is offering The Edge conditioning program for basketball players Monday through Friday in the Main High School Gym. Those entering 10th through 12th grades are there from 8 a.m. until...
12 Wildcats Seniors Selected To All-District Baseball Team
District 15-5A did not have much of a sample to select last school year’s All-District Baseball Team. All six district team’s had only played one district game, one out of a planned 15, when the UIL suspected all athletic competition on March 16 due to concerns of coronavirus. The district’s coaches decided to name all of the district senior players on each team to the All-District Team. A total of 12 SSHS Wildcats...
Wildcats Edge Conditioning Program Opened Monday With Emphasis On Player Safety
By Don Julian This year marks the 15th year Wildcats Head Football Coach Greg Owens has had The Edge conditioning program during the summer. This year’s program, which opened Monday, June 8, at the Multipurpose Building, looked quite different in this age of the coronavirus. Sulphur Springs High School Multi-purpose Building Some 45 incoming 11th and 12th graders were in attendance for the day’s first session that ran from...
Two Wildcats Sign With College to Continue Athletic Endeavors
During signing ceremonies Thursday afternoon (June 4), Wildcat Colton Bench signed a letter of intent to play golf at San Diego Christian and Wildcat Cameron Kaufert inked a letter to play football at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall. Colton Bench is the son of Brian and Terri Bench. Bench said a couple of months ago, he was contacted by a coach he knows. The coach said he had just been hired to be the first ever golf coach...
Coach Owens Announces Major Athletic Awards Winners at Brief Ceremony Thursday Evening
In lieu of a senior awards program or an all sports athletic banquet, Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens announced this part school year’s winners of the James Cameron Fighting Heart Award and the Forrest Gregg MVP Award at a brief event Thursday evening (June 4) in the Multipurpose Building. The winners were nominated and voted on by Wildcats and Lady Cats coaches. Coach Owens said few votes separated the nominees. Winners...
