Saturday Basketball! Lady Cats Open Season at SSMS Versus Mineola, Wildcats Scrimmage at McKinney Boyd
The Lady Cats Basketball Team opens the regular season at home Saturday morning (November 9) with a game against Mineola. Head Coach Brittney Tisdell is in her second year with the Lady Cats. Due to the Veterans Program in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School on Monday, the Lady Cats Saturday game will be played in the main gym at Sulphur Springs Middle School. There will be a JV game starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. The varsity...
Wildcats Football Team Wraps Up Season With Senior Night on This Game Day Friday
The Wildcats 2019 football season concludes Friday night (November 8) at Gerald Prim Stadium with a significant date on any team’s schedule, Senior Night. There are 20 seniors listed on the current Wildcats football roster and they will be recognized as well as seniors in band, cheerleaders, Blue Blazes, athletic trainers and other groups. Recognition will take place prior to kickoff of the Wildcats district game with North...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Gives Forney All They Want In Heartbreaking Area Loss Thursday Night
In the end, Forney just made a few more plays than the upstart Lady Cats Volleyball Team as the Lady Rabbits survived an Area game, 3-2 at Canton Thursday night, Nov. 7. The Lady Cats won the first two sets, 25-22 and 30-28. Forney then took the next two, 25-11 and 25-19. The fifth and deciding set was close right until the end. Forney only led 12-11 before putting away the last three points to take the match with the 15-11 set five...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Discusses Bi-District Win With Area Game Thursday Night
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner put things in perspective at practice Wednesday, after the Lady Cats stunning upset of Hallsville on Tuesday, 3-0. She told them it was great Tuesday to get the win but added it doesn’t matter anymore. Coach Dorner said they now have to focus on Forney, Thursday night’s opponent in an Area match at Canton beginning at 7 p.m. She said changes made recently helped the Lady Cats...
Coach Owens Comments on Senior Night and North Forney at Weekly Media Gathering Wednesday
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens at his weekly media gathering Wednesday morning (November 6) called Senior Night special and emotional. The Wildcats will honor seniors Friday before their game against North Forney at Gerald Prim Stadium. Coach Owens added he finds Senior Night to be enjoyable. He said all the Wildcats’ coaches will interact with the senior players before the game Friday. Coach Owens said North Forney still...
Sulphur Bluff Volleyball Opens Playoffs With 3-0 Win Over Yantis
The Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears played a strong match Tuesday (November 5) at Harts Bluff and defeated Yantis, 3-0 in a Class 1A Region III bi-district playoff. The score was 25-14, 25-14 and 25-12. Lady Bears Coach Zandra Peyton said the win secured the title of bi-district and area champs for Sulphur Bluff. The Lady Bears also won their 20th game of the season. For the Lady Bears, Alley Collett had 25 service points, 1 kill and 16...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Springs Huge Upset In Bi-District, Wins 3-0 Over Hallsville
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team, playing some of their best volleyball this year, shocked district champion Hallsville, 3-0 in a bi-district match at Tyler Junior College Tuesday night, Nov. 5. With a roster that featured lots of youth and playoff inexperience, the Lady Cats came out of the gate with laser focus and took charge of the match. The result was a stunning set one win, 25-8. Only senior Erika VanBenthem had ever been in a...
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Looks Back At Kaufman Game, Previews North Forney Defense
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young says despite the tough loss to Kaufman last Friday, Nov. 1, some Wildcats on offense did a lot of good things. SSHS Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Matt Young He says he was very proud of back up quarterback Noe Ponce. Coach Young says Ponce did a good job of managing the game and distributing the ball, was 9 of 17 passing and completed a couple of passes for first downs. He did say that there...
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Discusses The Defense Against Kaufman, Previews North Forney Offense
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra says his defenders played pretty good last Friday, Nov. 1, but did suffer a couple of breakdowns that hurt during the second half. Still, he says the Wildcats did not give up a lot of yards rushing or passing. Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra He says the defensive front did a good job. He also singled out inside linebackers Ryan Carrillo and Eleazar Brena, outside linebacker Kylan...
Lady Cats Volleyball Bi-District Match Versus Hallsville In Tyler On Tuesday Game Day
After missing out last season, the Lady Cats Volleyball Team returns to the playoffs Tuesday night, Nov. 5, with a bi-district match with Hallsville at the Wagstaff Gym at Tyler Junior College at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Cats are expected to have their hands full. The Lady Cats, as their district’s number 4 playoff seed, are matched up with Hallsville, the champion of District 16-5A. The Lady Cats have a season record of 23-17 after...
