Wildcats Basketball Coach Cipoletta Says Sometimes Even With a Loss, Team Gets Better
During a post game interview after Tuesday (December 17) night’s Wildcats’ home loss to Denton Guyer, 70-64, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta repeated his philosophy of the benefits of scheduling the toughest opponents he can find. He said a kid that just wants to win 30 games a year might be at the wrong program here. He said the Wildcats, while he is head coach, would play the best of the best. Coach Cipoletta said his...
Wildcats Soccer Scoreless Scrimmage
Wildcats and Paris Battle to 0-0 Tie in Soccer Scrimmage Tuesday night at The Prim Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton said his Wildcats had a frustrating night Tuesday night (December 17) as they ended a scrimmage against Paris tied 0-0 at Gerald Prim Stadium. Paris is preseason ranked #6 in Class 4A. The scrimmage was the second of the season for the Wildcats. Coach Upton said his team had chances and more chances but made no goals....
Wildcats Come Up Short Against Denton Guyer
Despite Furious Fourth Quarter Rally, Wildcats Can’t Make Up Deficit in 70-64 Home Loss to Denton Guyer After suffering through a bad third quarter, the Wildcats Basketball Team, ranked #17 in Class 5A, staged a serious fourth quarter rally but could not come all the way back in a 70-64 home loss to Denton Guyer, the #5 ranked team in Class 6A, Tuesday night (December 17) at the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School. Guyer...
Wildcats Basketball, Wildcats and Lady Cats Soccer on Game Day Tuesday
Basketball and soccer are happening on this Tuesday (December 17) game day. The Wildcats Basketball Team faces one of their biggest challenges of the season as Denton Guyer will be at the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School Tuesday taking on the Wildcats. There will be a freshman game at 5 p.m. A JV contest will follow at around 6:15 p.m. The varsity game is expected to get underway at around 7:30 p.m. Guyer is ranked #5 in Class...
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton Comments on Wins at Saturday's First Scrimmage.
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton does not want his Wildcats to get too hyped up over three scrimmage game wins Saturday (December 14) at Gerald Prim Stadium. The wins came against 3A teams Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, Sabine and Mineola. Coach Upton said his Wildcats took care of business. All of his players saw action and played a equal number of minutes. Coach Upton said he liked that the Wildcats generated lots of scoring chances....
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell Said Lady Cats Had Rough Night Friday
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell said she knew Pleasant Grove was a good team before her Lady Cats played them in Texarkana Friday evening. As expected the talented Lady Hawks made it a rough night for the Lady Cats. Pleasant Grove won 84-47. Still Coach Tisdell found some silver linings. She said she was super proud of her team that trailed by only 9 points, 31-22 at halftime. Coach Tisdell said she had heard that three of...
Wildcats Basketball Coach Cipoletta Says Team Got Better During Forney Tournament
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta declared this past weekend’s (December 12-14) Forney Tournament a successful one for his Wildcats saying they got better as a team against good competition. The Wildcats made it to the Tournament Championship Game where they lost 47-46 to The Colony when a last second three-point shot refused to fall. Coach Cipoletta said anytime you can get to a tournament championship game you have to...
Saltillo Lady Lions Fall To Union Grove
Saltillo Lady Lions Rally Comes Up Short at Union Grove Friday The Saltillo Lady Lions Basketball Team dug themselves into a hole in the first half at Union Grove Friday (December 13) and were unable to make up the difference in the last two quarters. Union Grove took a 37-33 win. Union Grove led 15-9 after one quarter and 23-12 at the half. The Lady Lions outscored Union Grove, 8-2 in the third quarter to reduce the deficit to 25-19...
Wildcats Soccer Dominate At Prim
Wildcats Soccer Team Wins Three Games at First Scrimmage of the Season Saturday at The Prim Wildcats second year Head Soccer Coach Alexi Upton called Saturday (December 14) an amazing day as the Wildcats had their first scrimmage of the season at Gerald Prim Stadium. Playing two 25:00 halves, the Wildcats shut out Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, 3-0, edged by Sabine, 2-1 and then topped Mineola, 5-0. Against Chapel Hill, the Wildcats got...
Wildcats Basketball Settle For Second
Wildcats Basketball Team’s Last Shot Does Not Fall as They Have to Settle for Second Place in Tourney After falling behind by 11 points at halftime due to a less than stellar first two quarters, the #3 ranked Wildcats Basketball Team staged a serious comeback in the second half that came up just one point short. The Colony, ranked #14 in Class 5A, hung on to win 47-46 to take the Championship Game of the 2019 Forney ISD Winter...
