Lady Cats Cannot Overcome Lady Tigers 7 Run 1st Inning
The Lady Cats’ softball team got off to a pretty good start scoring a run in the top of the first inning against Texas High in Texarkana Tuesday night. Then the Lady Tigers exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the first. The Lady Cats could only answer with a single run in the sixth inning and Texas High took a 7-2 win. The Lady Tigers had 13 hits. The Lady Cats got 8 hits. Both teams committed an error. Jaye Doughtie had...
Legendary SSHS Football Coach James Cameron Named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor
Legendary Sulphur Springs football coach James Cameron has been named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor. The late Coach Cameron capped his coaching career with six stellar seasons in Sulphur Springs. Between 1989 and 1994, his Wildcats’ teams captured four district championships and shared two others. His 1993 and 1994 teams both played until the regional quarterfinal game. Coach Cameron’s 1991...
Game Day: Baseball, Softball, Golf
We have baseball, softball and golf on this Tuesday game day. The Wildcats’ baseball team is at Texas High in Texarkana. The Wildcats have opened district play with a slugfest win at Pine Tree and with a pitchers’ duel win at home against Marshall. The Wildcats are 2-0 in district play and 8-5-1 for the season. They have won four games in a row. Texas High is always a tough place to play. Coach Jerrod Hammack in eleven...
Two Lions, Two Lady Lions Selected to All-Region Teams
Two Saltillo Lady Lions and two Saltillo Lions were selected to All-Region teams selected by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Making the All-Region III Class 1A team were Lady Lions senior Ana Gallegos and senior Melissa Groenewold and Lions junior Trevor Moore and junior Lyle Bench. The Saltillo Lady Lions finished as a regional quarter finalist. The Saltillo Lions finished as a regional semifinalist. Saltillo...
Saltillo Lions 0-1 in District; Face Cumby Tuesday
The Saltillo Lions’ baseball team had a tough season opener against Fruitvale at home. Fruitvale scored 11 first inning runs and won 20-0. Fruitvale also scored a single run in the second inning, then four runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth inning. The game went four innings. The Lions were unable to get a hit. They also made 6 errors. Mathew Gurley drew a walk and stole a base. Clayton Wilson was hit by a...
Cumby Defeats Campbell 12-0
The Cumby Trojans’ baseball team won on the road 12-0 at Campbell Friday. Ethan Coble pitched a four inning no-hitter striking out 5 and walking 2. The Trojans scored a single run in the first inning, added 2 more runs in the third inning and then put nine runs on the board in the fourth inning. The Trojans had 11 hits. Braden Coble was 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 5 RBI’s. Ethan Coble was one for three with one run...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Coaches Prepare for Friday Bi-District Action
Wildcats Soccer Wildcats Soccer Coach Nicky Wiggins feels his Wildcats are better than your average fourth place playoff team. The Wildcats will be matched up with district champion Lovejoy in a bi-district game Friday at 8 p.m. at Princeton, part of a Lady Cats and Wildcats doubleheader. Coach Wiggins also feels his team is playing really well right now, like they were before district games begin. The Wildcats were 7-1-1 going into...
Lady Trojans Tie for First at State Powerlift Meet
When the Cumby Lady Trojans Powerlifting headed to Waco for the state meet on Saturday, March 18, They took four qualifiers to state. As a team the Lady Trojans tied for first place with Irion County. Irion was named first based on more first place lifts. The Lady Trojans earned second place as a team. Cheyenne Jones a junior in the 105 lb weight class earned her third state medal placing 2nd at the meet with her personal best total...
Wildcats Stay Perfect in District with Friday Win
Efficiency was the key feature of the Wildcats’ baseball team Friday night as they topped Marshall, 2-1 at Eagle Stadium. Pitcher Triston McCormick threw just 77 pitches in a complete 7-inning game as he scattered 8 singles and allowed only a single earned run. He struck out 4 and issued no walks. In the Wildcats big bottom of the third inning trailing 1-0, they utilized just one hit and a sacrifice fly to score 2 runs. Marshall...
Wildcat Baseball Seeks Second District Win Against Marshall Friday
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said his team’s 13-8 district win at Pine Tree Tuesday night was a good opening win despite it showing things the Wildcats could do better. He said anytime you can win on the road in the district is great especially since the Wildcats beat a team expected to make the playoffs from the district. Coach Hammack admitted the Pine Tree game was a little uncharacteristic for the Wildcats. He said...
