Day Three of Wildcats Football Practice: Aches and Pains, Few Complaints
The third day of football practice for any season has a certain reputation. It’s the day players really start to feel aches and pains. Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said players seemed to be dog tired. He said in the weight room coaches could hear weights move but there was no other noise. Coach Young said it was the same on the field Wednesday night. He said at least there was little whining like he has heard in...
Lady Cats Volleyball 1-1 Following Tuesday’s Season Opener
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team opened the 2016 season Tuesday with a win and a heartbreaking loss. Playing at home, the Lady Cats rolled over Sherman, 3-0 and later suffered a hard fought, 3-2 loss to North Lamar. The Lady Cats defeated the Lady Bearcats, 25-23, 25-17 and 25-12. The Lady Cats got solid play at the net from Kaylee Jefferson, Autumn Tanton and Meike VanBenthem. Adding kills were Madi Vickery and Sheretta Hill. Big...
Wildcat Football Practice Underway
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens pronounced the first day of practice for the season Monday a very good day. He said the team had good retention of things they were taught in May during spring practices. Coach Owens was also pleased with the weather, which provided a little relief from the broiling heat. A large cloud covered the sun for a few minutes as players hit the field just after 6 p.m. Then temperatures dropped to pleasant...
Game Day: Lady Cats Volleyball at Home; Wildcat Team Tennis on the Road
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team and the Wildcats’ team tennis squad begin the regular season on this Tuesday game day. The Lady Cats open at home while the Wildcats are on the road. The Lady Cats play the Sherman Lady Bearcats at 3 p.m. in Wildcats Gym. Later Sherman will face North Lamar. Then at around 5 p.m., the Lady Cats will face their old rival the North Lamar Pantherettes. Both of today’s foes are former...
Lady Cat Volleyball Taking Speedier Approach to the Game
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness says he was pleased with the Lady Cats’ play in scrimmage action Saturday at Wills Point. He says he saw a lot of improvement from Friday scrimmages to Saturday. After a slow start in a early 9 a.m. Saturday match with Wills Point, the Lady Cats bounced back to top Caddo Mills, Mabank and Greenville. Coach Maness says the Lady Cats appeared to be figuring things out concerning his new...
Wildcat Football Practice Begins Monday at 5 p.m.
After missing a week of practice due to having spring football, Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says he’s ready for some football and he believes his team is too. He admits it was weird not practicing last week when most schools were. Coach Owens is interested to see how much retention his team will have concerning things they learned in May. He says the majority of his team will report in shape so he’s not worried...
Lady Cats Open 2016 Season with Scrimmage Wins
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team opened their 2016 season by scrimmaging Commerce and Cumby at home Friday. The Lady Cats managed to squeak by Commerce by a couple of points and then topped Cumby by 13 thanks to a late flourish. The Lady Cats got contributions from all ten varsity players. Kaylee Jefferson and Autumn Tanton had especially big games at the net. Solid results also came from Mieke VanBenthem and Sheretta Hill. Also...
Few Season Tickets Remain as Friday Deadline Looms
Wildcats football season tickets went on sale to the general public Thursday morning and Season Ticket Coordinator Lynette King said a long line had formed by the time doors at the high school library opened at 8:45 a.m. As of 11 a.m. Thursday, just less than 60 seats remained for purchase. Quite a few of these are on rows 1 and 2. Two tickets did remain on row 4 in Section B. The rest were scattered single seats. Hours of operation...
SSHS Cross Country Teams Preparing for 2016 Season
New Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks designated Monday, August 1 as the day to begin the process of preparing for the upcoming season. Team members have been showing up this week starting at 7:15 a.m. for group runs. As former Coach Andy Holt always did, Coach Hicks runs with his athletes. He says he also plans for them to spent a couple of days a week in the weight room. Coach Hicks says lots of the athletes have...
Lady Cats Volleyball Scrimmage Friday
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team will play in their first scrimmage Friday at home against Cumby and Commerce. Freshmen and JV games will take place in the Auxiliary Gym while the Varsity will play in Wildcats Gym. Games will be played at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and at noon. New Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness says he’s looking forward to the scrimmage action. He says Cumby and Commerce will provide a good test for his...
