Lady Cats Soccer Team Ends First Half of District With 3-2 Record After Royse City Loss Tuesday
The Lady Cats Soccer Team lost to Royse City, 3-1 Tuesday night, February 25, at Gerald Prim Stadium. soccer ball The Lady Cats trailed at the half, 1-0, then fell behind 2-0 in the second half, got a goal to cut the deficit to 2-1 and were putting on some heat to tie the game when disaster struck. In a scrum in front of their goal, the Lady Cats were called for a foul in the box resulting in a game-changing penalty kick for the Lady...
Wildcats Soccer Team Wins Second Straight Game In Overtime Edging Royse City, 1-0
The Wildcats Soccer Team squeezed by Royse City, 1-0 in overtime Tuesday Night, February 25, to end the first half of district play with a 4-1 record. It was the Wildcats second straight overtime win to narrowly avoid point robbing penalty kick shootouts. Wildcat Omar Hernandez got the unassisted goal for the Wildcats. Hernandez recovered rapidly after it appeared he might have injured a knee last Friday against Texas High. Wildcats...
Lady Cats Softball Team Breaks Drought With A Flood Of Runs Winning 12-2 over Mineola
After a very slow start to the 2020 season for the Lady Cats Softball Team, things changed drastically Tuesday night, February 25, in a 12-2 win over Mineola at Lady Cat Park. The game was moved from Mineola because things were drier at Lady Cat Park. After Mineola took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, the Lady Cats answered with 3 runs of their own. The Lady Cats scored in every inning and pounded out 14 hits. The Lady Cats...
Wildcats Basketball Team To Face Red Oak In Area Game Later This Week
With Wildcats Basketball coaches watching, Red Oak won their bi-district game against West Mesquite Tuesday night, February 25, in DeSoto. Red Oak, ranked #12 in Class 5A, will now play the Wildcats, the #10 ranked team in Class 5A, in an Area game later this week. At last report late Tuesday, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said nothing was set in stone yet. Red Oak, the district champion of District 14-5A, was a perfect 12-0 in...
Wildcats Tennis Player Jonah Kirkpatrick Signs Letter With East Texas Baptist University Tuesday
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez was afraid he might choke up while talking about senior Jonah Kirkpatrick, who signed a letter of intent Tuesday morning (February 25) to attend and play college tennis at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall. Coach Martinez said he began coaching Kirkpatrick in his first year playing tennis in the seventh grade at Sulphur Springs Middle School. Now Kirkpatrick is the captain of the varsity...
Softball and Soccer are on the Schedule on Game Day Tuesday
The Lady Cats Softball Team and the Wildcats and Lady Cats Soccer Teams have games on this game day Tuesday (February 25). The Lady Cats softball game scheduled for Tuesday evening in Mineola has been moved to a dryer Lady Cat Park. There will be a JV game at 5 p.m. and a varsity game at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Cats are off to a slow start going 1-4 in their own Sulphur Springs Tournament. Those games were moved to artificial turf in Grand...
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta Liked the Way the Wildcats Played Against Lufkin Monday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta admitted the Wildcats have been up and down lately but he said he was pleased to see the team he saw Monday night (February 24) in a 78-55 bi-district win over Lufkin at Tyler Junior College. He said they played at a high level that he knows they are capable of at both ends of the floor. Coach Cipoletta said the Wildcats were locked in and did a good job of executing the game plan He said he...
Wildcats Basketball Team Cranks Up the Offense In 78-55 Win Over Lufkin In Bi-District Monday
The Lufkin Panthers had no answer for the offense of Wildcats senior Sadaidriene Day Day Hall who scored 34 points in the Wildcats 78-55 bi-district win at Tyler Junior College Monday night, February 24. As a sign of things to come, Hall opened the game with a long three-point basket. Hall had 6 first quarter points, 9 points in the second quarter, 8 points in the third quarter and then capped things off with an 11 point fourth...
Lady Cats and Wildcats Powerlifters Competed at Commerce Friday and Saturday
Three Lady Cats’ powerlifters competed at a Commerce Meet Friday (February 21) and the Wildcats Powerlifting Team grabbed fourth place at a Commerce Meet on Saturday (February 22). Coach Casey Jeter said two of his Lady Cats appear to be bound for the regional meet, Sable Erdmier and Addy Lamb. Coach Jeter said both lifters had a hard week of lifting. Erdmier, currently ranked #3 in the region, at Commerce matched her weight...
Wildcats Tennis Team Has Doubles and Singles Success at John Tyler Tournament in Tyler Friday
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said his team had some good results at a John Tyler sponsored tournament in Tyler last Friday (February 21). He said the girls doubles team of Savannah Lilley and Katie Beth Herd took first place. The boys doubles team of Aaron Lucas and Logan Schumacher took fifth place. Only a loss to Whitehouse kept them from having a perfect day. The Wildcats mixed doubles team of Jeauxleigh Cantu and Jonah...
