District Game Day: Track, Tennis
District competition gets underway on this Tuesday (April 4) for Wildcats and Lady Cats’ track athletes and for Wildcats’ tennis players. District track is taking place Wednesday and Thursday at Pine Tree while district tennis is going on in Wednesday and Thursday in Texarkana. Track athletes will be hoping for good enough performances to qualify for the Area tournament on April 19 again at Pine Tree. Wildcats Track Coach...
Wildcat Tennis District Tournament Wednesday and Thursday
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez scheduled seven tournaments to get his team ready for the district tournament that takes place Wednesday and Thursday in Texarkana. Several weeks ago, Coach Martinez had to make an adjustment when a member of his top boys doubles team, Jonah Kirkpatrick, suffered an injury. His doubles partner, Alex Benitez, has been focusing on singles matches during the past few tournaments and he has had some...
Panthers Shutout Lions
Two North Hopkins’ pitchers threw a shutout against Saltillo in the Panthers’ 18-0 victory in Saltillo Tuesday. Caleb Wyatt and Colby Cameron pitched for North Hopkins. Wyatt, the winning pitcher, went three innings and allowed only two hits. He struck out seven. Cameron pitched the final two innings allowing no hits while striking out four. Matthew Gurley took the loss for Saltillo. Michael Simmons also pitched for the...
Lady Cats Seven Straight Wins Until Hallsville Loss
After seven straight wins to begin district play this season, the Lady Cats’ softball team experienced the agony of defeat in a big way as Hallsville overwhelmed the Lady Cats, 10-4 at Lady Cat Park on a windy, blustery Tuesday (April 3) night. The loss cut the Lady Cats lead in half in the district standings, from a two game lead to a one game lead. The Lady Bobcats scored three first inning runs and exploded for five more runs...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Finish Third at Lindale Meet
Wildcats Track In their last tune up meet before the district meet, the Wildcats’ track team scored 80 points and finished third at a Lindale meet last Thursday (March 29). Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said he limited the number of events some athletes participated in to save them for the district meet coming up Wednesday and Thursday (April 4-5) at Pine Tree. At Lindale, the Wildcats did very well in the high jump. Jeremiah...
Tuesday Loss Ends Wildcats Win Streak
The Wildcats’ baseball team lost their first district game of the season as they were defeated 2-1 in Hallsville Monday night. The Bobcats end the first half of district play at 6-0 while the Wildcats slip to 5-1. The Wildcats scored their lone run in the top of the first as Ryan Humphries hit a sacrifice fly that scored Austin Dodd. The Bobcats evened the score with a run in the bottom of the first. Hallsville scored the go...
Lady Cats Off to Best Start in Carrillo Career
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said this year’s softball team is off to the best start of any team he has ever coached. Coach Carrillo was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show last Saturday. The Lady Cats are 7-0 in district play. They are 20-4 for the season. Coach Carrillo called it an amazing year so far. The Lady Cats continued their winning ways last Friday as they defeated...
Game Day: Wildcats in Hallsville; District Record at 5-0
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said Monday the Wildcats had a good week last week winning two games they expected to win. The Wildcats won at Greenville last Thursday, 8-2 and then came out on top at Mount Pleasant, 8-0 on Friday. The Greenville game was supposed to be played in Sulphur Springs Thursday but Wildcat Park was too wet to play on. The Mount Pleasant game was played Friday after rain outs Tuesday and Wednesday....
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Reflects on Bi-District Loss
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Joel Bailey said he couldn’t be prouder of his team even though they fell a little short in a 2-1 bi-district loss to Wylie East in Rockwall last Thursday. Coach Bailey said the Lady Raiders were a great team and a great program. He noted they won the state championship in 2015. He was very pleased that the Lady Cats earned the respect of the Lady Raiders coach. Coach Bailey said, after the game, the...
Lady Lions Lose to Detroit
The Saltillo Lady Lions’ softball team ended up on the short end of a 17-2 game against Detroit on Friday. The Lady Lions scored twice in the third inning. Tori Mobley and Chandler Bain pitched for the Lady Lions with Mobley recording two strikeouts and Bain one. Bain, Madison Simmons and Anna Reeder were all 1 for 2 with a single. The Lady Lions play at Yantis on Tuesday.
