Lady Cats Lost to Lindale; Play in Consolation Bracket Saturday
The Lady Cats’ basketball team lost their first game Friday morning at Winnsboro’s Hoopfest after a pair of win’s Thursday. Poor shooting did in the Lady Cats in a 46-31 loss to Lindale in a Gold Bracket game. The Gold Bracket features first and second place pool teams. The Lady Cats hit only 12 of 42 field goal attempts or 29%. They were only 3 of 15 from three-point range for 20%. As a result, they scored 11 first...
Wildcats Defeat Lufkin; Continue Tourney Play Saturday Morning
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta is a big believer in defense. He feels a team can win with strong defense even on occasions when a team has a sub par shooting game. The case in point was the Wildcats’ 57-39 win over Lufkin in a Royse City tournament Friday morning. The Wildcats struggled some to hit outside shots so they funneled the ball inside to post Victor Iwuakor and played tenacious defense. Coach Cipoletta said...
Lady Cats Defeat Whitehouse, Longview to Win Pool Play at Winnsboro Hoopfest
The Lady Cats’ basketball team won their pool with two wins Thursday at the Winnsboro Hoopfest. After using a second half rally to edge past Longview, 42-38, the Lady Cats overwhelmed Whitehouse, 76-12. In the Longview contest at the Winnsboro High School Gym, Sadavia Porter led the Lady Cats with 12 points while Autumn Tanton added 8. Kaylee Jefferson led the Lady Cats with 7 rebounds, 3 blocks and 6 steals. The Lady Cats...
Lady Cats’ Defeat Longview 42-38 in Tourney Pool Play
The Lady Cats’ basketball team got off on the right foot in the Winnsboro Hoopfest tournament with a close 42-38 win in pool play over former district foe Longview Thursday. The Lady Cats have now won 5 games since a season opening loss to Winnsboro at home. Later Thursday, the Lady Cats complete pool play against Whitehouse at 6:40 p.m. in the Winnsboro Junior High Gym. The top two teams among the Lady Cats, Longview and...
Wildcats’ Basketball Scores Big Against Anna in Tourney
The Wildcats’ basketball team came roaring out of the blocks and then never slowed down as they opened a Royse City tournament Thursday morning with a solid 91-57 win over Anna, a good Class 4A team. The Wildcats jumped out to a 18-0 lead on their way to a 32-9 first quarter lead.They led 51-25 at halftime and 69-40 after three quarters. Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said the fast tournament start was a point of emphasis for...
18 Wildcats Named to All-District Team
The Wildcats’ football team landed 18 players on the All-District Football Team released Thursday morning by Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens. Six Wildcats were named to the First Team All-District: quarterback Ryan Humphries, wide receiver Simeon Taylor, offensive lineman Gideon Gregory, defensive lineman D’Idrec Dugan, cornerback Terrell Turman and punter Angel Tavera. Six Wildcats also were named to the Second Team...
Tough Night for Saltillo Lions
It was a tough night Tuesday night for the Saltillo Lions’ basketball team as they lost at Celeste, 62-28. Celeste jumped out to a 15-7 lead after the first quarter, led 28-10 at halftime and 46-20 after three quarters. For the Lions, Lyle Bench led the way with 9 points and Matthew Gurley scored 7. Logan Camp has 4, Walker McGill and Trevor Moore 3 each and Dakota Patridge 2. The Lions are now 2-2 this season. They’ll...
Wildcats, Lady Cats in Tournaments This Weekend
Both Lady Cats and Wildcats are in tournaments beginning Thursday. According to the latest on pool play at the Winnsboro Hoopfest Tournament as of Wednesday morning, the Lady Cats’ basketball team is in Pool A with East Texas rivals Longview and Whitehouse. Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman said it looks like they have put together a good tournament. It includes ranked teams Gilmer, Canton and Winnsboro. The Lady Cats are...
Wildcats Dominate Denison 77-35
The Wildcats’ basketball team remained unbeaten for the season with a dominating 77-35 win over Denison at Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. The Wildcats utilized a productive offense and a stifling defense to run their season record to 4-0. Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said he thought Denison was the best team the Wildcats had faced this year and he added the Wildcats just played really well. Six-foot-seven sophomore post Victor...
Wildcats Host Denison Tuesday
The Wildcats’ basketball team will play Denison in Wildcats Gym Tuesday evening on this game day. Action begins with a freshmen team game versus the Yellow Jackets at 5 p.m. A JV game is scheduled at around 6:15 p.m. with the varsity playing Denison at around 7:30 p.m. The three Wildcats’ programs are a combined 12-1. Freshmen are 4-1, JV is 5-0 and Varsity 3-0. The varsity scrimmaged and outscored Denison back on November...
