Wildcat Tennis Focusing on Conditioning
The Wildcats’ tennis team played in their second tournament of the season last Friday at Kilgore. Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said it was a tough tournament featuring good teams such as Nacogdoches, All Saints and Whitehouse. He said the boys doubles team of Alex Benitez and Jonah Kirkpatrick finished in sixth place in A Division play. Another boys doubles team of Jordan Gonzales and Logan Shumacher finished in fifth place in B...
Lady Cat Basketball Play Frisco Lone Star Area Game Thursday Night
The #14 state ranked Lady Cats’ basketball team has a big Area round playoff game Thursday at Rockwall High School at 7 p.m. The Lady Cats will be facing perhaps their biggest challenge of the season so far. They will face the state’s #3 ranked team, Frisco Lone Star. They are 32-4. The Rangers leading scorer is 5-10 senior guard Mallory Adams, a Division 1 talent averaging more than 20 points a game. 5-foot-7 junior Mia...
Lady Cat Softball Tourney Cancelled; Will Play Small Round Robin at Emory Rains
The wet weather has impacted the Sulphur Springs Tournanent that was supposed to start its 3-day run Thursday. All games in Sulphur Springs at Coleman Park and Lady Cat Park have been canceled. According to Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo, weather permitting plans are to play a small round robin tournament at Emory Rains. Sulphur Springs games Thursday at Emory Rains will be against Caddo Mills at 10:30 a.m. and against...
Sulphur Springs Tournament Changes Due to Weather
SULPHUR SPRINGS TOURNAMENT The wet weather has impacted the Sulphur Springs Tournament that was supposed to start its 3-day run Thursday. All games in Sulphur Springs at Coleman Park and Lady Cat Park have been canceled. According to Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo, weather permitting plans are to play a small round robin tournament at Emory Rains. Sulphur Springs games Thursday at Emory Rains will be against Caddo Mills at...
Wildcat Baseball Able to Scrimmage Royce City Despite Weather Conditions
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack can hardly believe that his team got a scrimmage in Tuesday evening at Royse City. He said he expected a call from the Royse City coach early Tuesday afternoon saying it was too wet to play. It never came. The coach did call to say he thought they could get in the scrimmage. Coach Hammack said it rained on the Wildcats’ bus all the way to Royse City. He expected to get a call en route...
Wildcats Enter Playoffs Following District Championship; Survive and Advance
There was a lot for the Wildcats’ basketball team to celebrate Tuesday night. They wrapped up a rare district championship with a 78-45 win over Hallsville. The Wildcats completed district play with an 11-1 record. The Wildcats will play Lovejoy or West Mesquite in a bi-district game next week. Coach Clark Cipoletta said winning district was great but he made it clear he has much bigger plans for this team this year. Concerning...
Saltillo Lions and Lady Lions in Playoffs
The Saltillo Lions ended district play Tuesday with a 52-37 win over Sulphur Bluff. The Lions ended up with a 6-2 district record. The Lions got off to a good start Tuesday and led 24-15 after two quarters. Chris Boekhorst led the Lions with 18 points. Matthew Gurley scored 17 points. Trevor Moore had 7 points. Lyle Bench scored 5 points. Branson McGill had 2 points. The Lions improved their season record to 20-15. They open the...
Wildcats District Champs
The #13 ranked Wildcats’ basketball team wrapped up the district championship with a convincing 78-45 win over Hallsville in Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. It is believed to be the first Wildcats’ first district championship in about 25 years. The Wildcats end the district race with an 11-1 record and they will be the district’s #1 seed in the playoffs. The Wildcats got off to a slow start against the Bobcats Tuesday...
Lady Cat Area Playoff Game Set for Rockwall High Gym Thursday
The #13 Lady Cats’ basketball team will play Frisco Lone Star in an Area game Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Rockwall High School Gym. The site was firmed up Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Cats defeated Mesquite Poteet, 52-30 Monday night in a bi-district game at Emory Rains. The Lady Cats are 26-5 for the season. Frisco Lone Star downed Lake Dallas, 80-20 Monday night. Lone Star, ranked #3 in Class 5A, is 32-4 for the season....
Lady Cats Face Class 5A #3 Frisco Lone Star Thursday
Lady Cats Coach Jeff Chapman, enjoying Monday night’s bi-district win over Mesquite Poteet, 52-30, said playing Texas High in a seeding game on Friday helped the Lady Cats believe in themselves. Doubts may have crept in after the Lady Cats lost to Texas High by a large margin at home on January 30. It’s almost enough to convert Coach Chapman to a fan of warm up games. Still he said he’s glad the Lady Cats played...
