Wildcats, Lady Cats At District Meet Monday, Wednesday
This year’s district track meet for the Wildcats and Lady Cats is a two-day event at Pine Tree in Longview with prelims on Monday and finals on Wednesday. Athletes will be trying to finish in the top four in their events to qualify for the area track meet on April 20 at Lovejoy. Lady Cats Track Coach Triston Abron said he’s excited to think about what could happen. His team has had several strong showings at previous meets...
Wildcats Come From Behind to Defeat Pine Tree 5-4; Remain Unbeaten in District Play
The Wildcats’ baseball team remained unbeaten in district play as they came from behind twice to defeat Pine Tree, 5-4 at Eagle Stadium Friday night. The Wildcats Heston Golightly doubled to the wall to drive in Gavin Millsap with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Millsap opened the inning with a walk and then stole second base. It was the Wildcats third one-run win in district play. They are now 7-0 in...
Lady Cats Defeat Pine Tree 7-1; Remain 2nd in District Race
The Lady Cats’ softball team improved their district record to 7-2 with a 7-1 victory over Pine Tree at Lady Cat Park Friday evening. The Lady Cats got a three-run home run by Brinklee Driver and a two-run homer by Sadie Stroud. They had nine hits total. Bailey Haggerty got the pitching win for the Lady Cats scattering eight hits and allowing only one run. Driver was 3 for 3 with five RBI’s and two runs scored. Stroud was...
Sulphur Springs Wildcats Tennis District Results
Sulphur Springs Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez was glad with the results of the district tennis tournament. He had to attend both days. The matches were played Wednesday and Thursday at Texas High in Texarkana. Coach Martinez hasn’t had to take players back for a second day in the past. On day two, the Sulphur Springs Wildcats’ Jesse Allen lost to a Greenville player in boys singles in a three hour match. Karolina...
Wildcat, Lady Cat Track: Kennedale Meet Results
Wildcats Track Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said a Thursday evening Kennedale meet was a good competitive one and a last tune up before next week’s district meet. Coach Young said he scaled back the workload for his athletes for this meet. The Wildcats finished sixth at the meet. Coach Young said he was pleased with Ricardo Torres, who surprised his coach by placing sixth in the 400-meter dash. Coach Young said Ian Blanch...
Dates for Summer Sports Camps Announced
Sulphur Springs Athletic Director Greg Owens has been putting together a schedule for another summer of sports camps along with dates for the annual conditioning program, The Edge. The Edge will begin June 12 and will run four days a week Monday through Thursday. There will be four straight weeks of The Edge for high school and middle school athletes until July 6. New this year will be a two week break in the schedule. The Edge, just...
Lady Cat Golf Concludes Season Fourth in District
The Lady Cats’ golf team finished fourth at the district golf tournament at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club Monday and Tuesday. Lady Cats Golf Coach Whitney Spigener said the Lady Cats had two rough days on the course. Alissa Sotelo, a senior, bucked the trend tying her best round ever and shooting her best two rounds of the year. She shot 99 and 101 for 200 total. Sotelo fnished in eleventh place in the medalist race. Sophomore...
Game Day: Tennis Continues District Play; Varsity Track at Kennedale
This Thursday game day includes day two of the district tennis tournament and varsity track action at Kennedale. For the first time since he’s been coach here, Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez took players to the second day of play at the district tennis tournament. Coach Martinez took four players to Texarkana Thursday. They are boys’ singles player Jesse Allen, girls’ singles player Karolina Espinoza, and the...
Ten Wildcats Named to Soccer All-District Team
Ten members of the Wildcats’ soccer team were named to the All-District team selected recently by the district’s coaches. Four Wildcats made the first team: senior forward Chris Espinoza, junior midfielder Angel Tavera, senior defender Ignacio Orozco and junior goalkeeper Rafael Lopez. Making the second team were senior forward Gerardo Arellano, senior midfielder Job Escobar and senior defender Bryan Roque. Named honorable...
Wildcats Remain Perfect in District with Victory Over Class 5-A #3 Ranked Hallsville
The Wildcats’ baseball team used a strong pitching effort by Ryan Humphries to defeat the state’s #3 ranked Class 5A team, Hallsville, 5-1 at Eagle Stadium Tuesday night. The game featured two teams with perfect 5-0 records in district play coming in. The Bobcats also came in with an 18-2 record. Humphries allow just a single run on only 3 hits. He struck out two and walked four. Humphries improved his record to 4-0 in...
