Thursday Game Day: Lady Cats Bi-District Softball and Wildcats Golf
Lady Cats’ Softball After a Wednesday, April 24 rain out, the Lady Cats’ softball team’s bi-district series is underway Thursday evening at Whitehouse. The teams are playing a best two out of three series. Game one is at Whitehouse Thursday, starting at 6 p.m. Game two is at Lady Cat Park Friday at 6:30 p.m. Game three, if necessary, will be back in Whitehouse Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The Lady Cats are district champs...
Wildcats Assistant Football Coach Jeremy Offutt Has Task of Building the Offensive Line
Wildcats Head Football Coach Greg Owens says a major part of spring football practice is developing the offensive and defensive lines. Jeremy Offutt is responsible for putting together the Wildcats offensive line. It’s something he enjoys. He says he really likes it when people don’t think his linemen are going to be very good. He says that drives them. There have been just a few spring workouts so far, but Coach Offutt...
Lady Cat Mariam Tran Plays At Regional Golf Tournament Monday and Tuesday
Lady Cats’ sophomore golfer Marian Tran finished in 17th place in the Class 5A Region II Girls Golf Tournament played Monday and Tuesday, April 22-23, at the Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. Tran shot an 81 on Monday and a 91 Tuesday for a two-day score of 172, 28 strokes over par, and not quite strong enough to qualify her for the State Golf Tournament.
Wildcats Baseball Coach Enjoys Comeback Win At Texas High Tuesday Night
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said his team’s come from behind 4-2 win at Texas High Tuesday night, April 23, was a must win. One that they had to have. Coach Hammack also said it came against as good of a team as there is in their district. He said Texas High is always a tough place to win a game. Coach Hammack figures he’s won just four or five games over there in 14 years. He said despite the bad things that...
Lady Cats Bi-District Playoff Opener Wednesday Is Rained Out And Is Rescheduled For Thursday
The Lady Cats’ softball bi-district playoff game scheduled for Wednesday evening, April 24, has been postponed. The game has been rescheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. in Whitehouse. Game two will still be at Lady Cat Park Friday at 6:30 p.m. Game three, if necessary, is still scheduled for Saturday in Whitehouse. The start time Saturday has been changed to 11:30 a.m. The Lady Cats were district champions and their district’s...
Como-Pickton Gets Big District Win at North Hopkins Tuesday Night
Como-Pickton Baseball 3, North Hopkins 1 The Como-Pickton Eagles won a big low scoring district game at North Hopkins, winning 3-1 Tuesday. The Eagles broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the top of the fifth inning to go up, 2-0. North Hopkins got a run in the bottom of the sixth to trim their deficit to 2-1. The Eagles added an insurance run in the top of the seventh to go up, 3-1. The Eagles outhit the Panthers 7 to 5. Dylan...
Wildcats Rally in Last Inning to Get Big Road District Win
Wildcats Baseball 4, Texas High 2 Things looked bleak for the Wildcats’ baseball team as they came to bat in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday night, April 23, at Texas High. Texas High had just scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 2-1 lead and they were just three outs away from a win. The Wildcats managed only six hits in the game but, they got four of them in a big seventh inning rally that...
Band Fall Show Theme Is “What A Wonderful New World”
Sulphur Springs High School Band Director Spencer Emmert At a Show Reveal Party for members of the Wildcats Band last Thursday, April 18, Band Director Spencer Emmert announced that this fall’s show theme would be “What a Wonderful New World.” Emmert said the show is about Christopher Columbus’ first voyage across the Atlantic to the new world. Part of the music for the show will be a portion of Dvorak’s New...
Owens Sees Chaos But Also Bright Spots on First Real Day of Spring Practice Monday
On the first serious day of spring football Monday, April 22, the trained eyes of veteran football coach Greg Owens saw rusty, sloppy and chaotic play but also some bright spots. Coach Owens said some players came in wide-eyed, others wanted to hit somebody, some were scared. He said he also saw great excitement and energy. Coach Owens said he was encouraged. He said freshmen players have developed over the past year and are growing....
North Hopkins Defeats Cumby, 15-0 as Wharton Throws Shutout
The North Hopkins Panthers had eight hits and pitcher Wyatt Wharton tossed a one-hit shutout as the Panthers defeated Cumby, 15-0 Saturday, April 20, at North Hopkins. The Panthers scored three runs in the first, five more in the second, six more in the third and a lone run in the fourth. Cumby committed six errors. The Panthers had no errors. Wharton got the pitching win, allowing no runs and one hit over four innings while striking...
