SSHS Sports Banquet Honors Announced
Wildcats’ baseball and track athlete Mason Buck won the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat and volleyball and basketball players Tori Moore and Sheretta Hill shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat at the 2016-2017 Sulphur Springs Wildcat All-Sports Banquet Monday night. Basketball player Dane Rutherford and football and baseball athlete Easton Silman shared the James Cameron Fighting Heart Award for a Wildcat and...
North Hopkins Wins Warm-up; Begin Bi-District Friday 4:30 p.m.
Three North Hopkins pitchers combined to shut out Wolfe City, 1-0 in a playoff warm up game at North Hopkins Monday afternoon. T he Panthers Colby Cameron started and got the win throwing four innings allowing only one hit while striking out three and walking one. Chase Williams threw one inning allowing no hits and walking one. Wyatt Wharton got a save pitching the final two innings allowing only one hit with four strikeouts and one...
Sophomore Baier Qualifies for State 300-Meter Hurdles
Sophomore Lady Cats’ track athlete Abbi Baier qualified for the state meet in the 300-meter hurdles at the regional meet Saturday at UTA Stadium in Arlington. Baier, was seeded fourth in the field for the final on Saturday but took second. Lady Cats Coach Triston Abron said Baier just beat out a Royse City hurdler to earn the state berth. The state meet takes place May 12-13 in Austin. Coach Abron believes Baier is the first...
Wildcats Finish District in Second Place: Face North Forney in Bi-District Friday and Saturday
A hot Hallsville pitcher stifled the Wildcats Saturday as the Bobcats seized the number one seed in the district in the playoffs with a 7-0 victory at Mike Carter Field in Tyler. The two team ended district play with identical 10-2 records. Hallsville’s Mason Higginbotham threw a two-hit shutout. For the Wildcats, Kaden Argenbright singled in the first inning. Gavin Millsap added in single in the third inning. Heston Golightly...
Wildcats Loss to Hallsville Sets Saturday Rematch to Determine District Champ
With the Wildcats’ baseball team within two outs of an outright district championship, Hallsville scored a tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning and then got a walk off win with a run in the bottom of the eighth. Hallsville opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead. After three straight singles loaded the bases, a sacrifice fly scored one. The Wildcats took the lead in dramatic fashion...
Lady Cats Softball Season Ends
The Lady Cats’ softball team had their season end as Lovejoy won 12-4 at Lady Cat Park to win the bi-district series 2 games to zero. Lovejoy wasted no time getting started with two first inning runs and four more in the second. The Lady Cats battled back to within 6-4 after five innings but the Lady Leopards scored the game’s last six runs to cruise to the win. Lovejoy had 12 hits including three home runs and a double....
Lady Lions Lose to Bloomberg in Bi-District Game
The Saltillo Lady Lions’ softball team lost to Bloomburg, 20-13 in a bi-district playoff game Thursday night. Both teams scored two runs in the first inning. The Lady Lions took a 3-2 lead with a run in the top of the second. Bloomburg scored four runs in the third inning to take their first lead at 6-3 after three innings. There was a lot of scoring in the fifth inning. The Lady Lions scored eight runs and Blopomburg came back...
Game Day: Lady Cats Second Game in Bi-District; Wildcats at Hallsville; Lady Cats at Regional Track Meet
It’s another big Friday game day. The Lady Cats’ softball team plays game two of their best two out of three series Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Lady Cat Park. The Lady Cats lost at Lovejoy Thursday night, 17-7. We will bring you Lady Cats’ softball live on KSST Radio from Lady Cat Park at 7:30 p.m. Friday. We will also videotape the game for replay on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable at a later date. Meanwhile the...
Wyatt Throws No-Hitter; Struck out 16 as Panthers Defeat Yantis
North Hopkins pitcher Caleb Wyatt threw a no-hitter and struck out 16 Yantis’ batters as the Panthers defeated the Owls in Yantis Thursday afternoon. The game was scoreless through three innings but then the Panthers got a run in the fourth inning and two runs apiece in the fifth and sixth innings. They scored the runs on five hits. Wyatt was also 1 for 4 at the plate with a run scored and two RBIs. Brycen Gillespie was 1 for 4...
Lovejoy Wins First in Bi-District Best of Three; Lady Cats Host Lady Leopards Friday in Second Game
Give the Lady Cats’ softball team credit for not giving up but Lovejoy, the #8 ranked team in Class 5A, put together a sold evening of hitting and aggressive base runner to take a 17-7 win in game one of a bi-district best two out of three series at Lovejoy Thursday evening. Lovejoy outhit the Lady Cats 13 to 8. The Lady Leopards also swiped eight bases. The Lady Cats got the game’s first run as Sadie Stroud hit a solo...
