Lady Cats Face Jacksonville at Winona in Bi-District Monday, February 11
The bi-district basketball game between the Lady Cats and Jacksonville has been firmed up. It will be at the Winona High School Gym Monday night (February 11) at 7 p.m. The Lady Cats are their district’s #3 seed. The Lady Cats ended district play with a 6-4 record and their season mark is 24-7. The Jacksonville Lady Indians finished in second place in their district with a 12-2 record. They are 28-6 for the season. Lady Cats...
Lady Cat Golf Season Begins With Personal Best Tournament Rounds
LadyCat golf season got under way Tuesday. Both Mariam Tran (top) and Charleigh Potts (bottom) posted their personal best tournament rounds. Lady Cats Golf Coach Whitney Spigener took Lady Cats’ golfers Tran and Potts to a tournament at the Old Firewheel Course in Garland . Mariam Tran Mariam Tran posted a 79. She was very consistent with her drives and long irons. Coach Spigener said the top score of the day was a 73 by a girl...
Signing Day: Five SSHS Student-Athletes Sign Wednesday
Wildcats quarterback D’Corian Young, the son of Cory Young and Charlissa Hawkins, signed with Trinity Valley Community College in Athens. Young said he felt Trinity Valley was the best place for him. He said he wants to go the JUCO route, getting playing time and getting his grades right before signing with a Division 1 program. Young said he loved the beautiful Trinity Valley campus in Athens. He called it one of the best...
Lady Cats Basketball Lost at Texas High; Prepare for Bi-District Play Against Jacksonville
The Lady Cats’ basketball team got off to a good start but it was the Texas High Lady Tigers with a strong finish that ended up with a 67-58 win at home on senior night Tuesday night (February 5). The win gave the Lady Tigers a co-district championship with Royse City. Both finished 9-1 in district play. Texas High won a coin flip and will be district #1 playoff seed. The Lady Cats are the district’s #3 seed. The Lady Cats...
Wildcats Are District Champs Following Win at Texas High
Don’t ever give up on these cardiac kids, the Wildcats’ basketball team. Despite trailing for almost the entire game in the hostile Texas High gym, the Wildcats put together a big fourth quarter rally to top the Tigers, 69-60 in Texarkana Tuesday night (February 5). Texas High closed the first quarter strongly and sprinted out to a 33-22 half time lead. The Wildcats shots began to fall in the third quarter and they trimmed...
Saltillo Lady Lions Perfect in District Play; Lions Defeat Sulphur Bluff
Saltillo Lady Lions Basketball 74, Sulphur Bluff 18 The Saltillo Lady Lions’ basketball team finished district play with a solid 74-18 win over Sulphur Bluff on senior night Tuesday (February 5) that gave them a perfect 10-0 district record. The Lady Lions got off to a strong start leading the Lady Bears 20-3 after the first quarter. The score went to 27-6 at the half and 45-10 after three quarters. Anna Reeder led the Lady...
Lady Cats Softball Picks Up Scrimmage Win
After a recent scrimmage diet of big, strong softball programs, the Lady Cats’ softball team picked on someone their own size during a scrimmage at Wylie East Tuesday evening (February 5) that resulted in a 6-1 Lady Cats win. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo said the Lady Cats played very well. Bailey Haggerty had a strong night in the circle allowing just one run and 3 hits over six innings. Haggerty struck out 4 and walked only...
Lady Cats Soccer Wins at Prim
The Lady Cats’ soccer team broke into the win column with a hard fought, 1-0 non-district win over Nevada Community Tuesday night (February 5) at Gerald Prim Stadium. Haley Robinson scored the big goal for the Lady Cats at the 26:15 mark of the second half. A shot on goal by the Lady Cats produced a rebound that Robinson was able to get just enough of a kick on for the ball to trickle into the goal. The two teams had battled to...
Wildcat Baseball First Scrimmage Features Inauspicious Start; Host Terrell Friday
The Wildcats’ baseball team had their first scrimmage Monday night (February 4) at Wildcat Park against Sherman. The teams took advantage of good weather to play nine innings over three hours. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack, starting his 14th year here, said the scrimmage had an inauspicious start for the Wildcats. After getting the first two Bearcats out in the top of the first, Coach Hammack said the Wildcats misplayed...
Game Day: Lady Cat Softball; Lady Cat Golf
Both the Lady Cats’ softball team and the Lady Cats’ golf team are in action on this Tuesday game day (February 5). The Lady Cats’ softball team has their fourth scrimmage of the season. They are scrimmaging at Wylie East. JV and varsity action gets started at 5 p.m. The Lady Cats wrap up the scrimmage portion of their schedule with a Friday night scrimmage against North Lamar at Lady Cat Park. There will be JV and...
