Something Completely Different for Wildcat, Lady Cat Basketball District Schedule
Now for something completely different. District 15-5A Superintendents and Athletic Directors have approved new scheduling for some district basketball games in January and February. Under the new scheduling, impacting all Sulphur Springs home district games and three on the road, the Lady Cats and Wildcats’ varsity teams will play back to back games in the same gym. The Lady Cats’ varsity will play at around 6:15 p.m. and...
Kaufman Prepares for Wildcats Following Loss at Royse City Last Week
Kaufman Lions enter Prim Stadium Friday night with hopes of a win that will tie the two teams for second place in District. Jeramy Burleson is in his third year as head football coach for the Kaufman Lions. Before getting a promotion after the head coach went to Tatum, Coach Burleson was offensive coordinator for the Lions for two seasons. He was also a Wildcats’ football assistant under former coach Brad Turner from 2001...
Wildcats Host Kaufman in Senior Night Game at Prim Stadium
At his weekly media gathering Wednesday (October 31), Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the Wildcats are still working to get better and striving to clean up some problem areas the team has. He said some of the problems arose in the Greenville game last week that Coach Owens said was a rough game. He pointed out that even some of his very successful teams in the past got well into the playoffs before ironing out some rough...
Lady Bears Advance to Regional Quarterfinals
The Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears defeated Fruitvale, 3-1 Monday (October 29) at Cumby in a bi-district match. The score was 25-18, 25-19, 10-25 and 25-14. The Lady Bears have a bye in Area competition and now will face the winner of a Miller Grove and Union Hill match in a Regional Quarterfinal match next Monday in Sulphur Springs. In the bi-district match, Makenna Morgan had 10 service points, 19 kills and 2 blocks. Margaret Ryman had a...
Wildcat Football Coordinators Review Greenville Win; Prepare for Kaufman
Young on Greenville Game Plus Kaufman Defensive Preview The Greenville game last Friday night (October 26) was a strange one for the Wildcats’ offense. They had lots of players with some good stats however the team seemed to struggle. Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said the Wildcats ended up with a decent 350 yards of total offense, they averaged seven yards per play and their efficiency rating was 50%. Coach Young said just a...
Wildcat Golf Wins 10 Team Pine Tree Tournament
The Wildcats’ golf team, playing at the new Tempest Golf Club course in Gladewater, won a tournament over a ten team field on Monday (October 29). Wildcats Golf Coach Chris Owens said Carter Lewis finished second overall with a score of 73 and Colten Bench shot a 74 to finish in fourth place. Also for the Wildcats Grant Mohesky shot an 86 and Andrew Escobar came in with an 88. The teams score was 321. Coach Owens said he was...
Wildcats Focus on Kaufman Following Win at Greenville
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said a win is a win as the Wildcats got by Greenville, 21-14 last Friday night (October 26) in Greenville. Coach Owens was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coach’s Show. He said the win secured a playoff spot for the Wildcats. They will either be the number two or number three seed in the playoffs. Coach Owens said the win concluded a crazy day Friday that was a...
Game Day: Wildcat Golf at Pine Tree Tourney
The Wildcats’ golf team is playing in their second fall tournament on this Monday (October 29) game day. The Wildcats are playing on a new course, at Tempest Golf Club in Gladewater in a tournament sponsored by Longview Pine Tree. Back on October 18, the Wildcats played in a tournament at their home course at Sulphur Springs Country Club. In that one the Wildcats shot 313 as a team and finished in second place. Wildcat Carter...
Wildcats Secure Playoff Berth in Win at Greenville
by Butch Burney GREENVILLE — Friday night’s game against the Greenville Lions shaped up as a trap game for the Sulphur Springs Wildcats, and at halftime, the Wildcats had one foot in the trap and the other on a banana peel. But, Sulphur Springs was able to regroup at halftime, holding the Lions scoreless over the final two quarters...
