2016 Wildcat Varsity and Sub-Varsity Schedule
Counting today, Wednesday, July 27th, there are only 24 days remaining before the Wildcats take the field in scrimmage action at Liberty Eylau High School in Texarkana. The following Friday, August 26th, the Wildcats host Sherman in the first pre-district game of the season. Junior Varsity and Freshmen teams will also begin their play with the LE scrimmage and then begin pre-district on Thursday, August 25. Seventh and 8th grade teams...
PJC Names Cox New Baseball Coach
Clay Cox, who has served as assistant baseball coach for Paris Junior College this past year, has been named to replace longtime baseball coach Deron Clark. Clark left earlier in the summer to take the reins as Athletic Director of Eastern New Mexico College. In his first year as assistant coach, the Dragons doubled their win total and improved in every offensive category, including leading the conference in stolen bases. He...
Sports Summer Camps Next Week
Sulphur Springs ISD is offering football and tennis camps next week. Each will have two different sessions daily based on this fall’s student grade level. Wildcat Football Coach Greg Owens will have football camp Tuesday through Thursday in the Multipurpose Building. Boys entering the third through the eighth grades will have camp each day from 8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. Cost is $45. There will also be a camp for Sulphur Springs...
The Edge Training Ended Thursday
The Edge conditioning program wrapped up its’ six week run Thursday morning in the Multipurpose Building. There were 24 workouts in all. Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens said things went pretty well. He said he would have liked to have seen more athletes participate. Coach Owens said most of the guys he would be counting on in football showed up. He admitted being disappointed in some that stayed away. Coach Owens estimated...
Youth Soccer Registration Underway
Soccer registration is going on now until Sunday, July 31 at Hibbett Sports in The Center on Mockingbird Lane. The registration fee is $60.00 per player. Late registration will be August 1st through 5th and will be $75.00 per player.
Attendance at EDGE Increases
Wildcats Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Greg Owens and his staff were pleasantly surprised Monday when the number of high school athletes attending The Edge conditioning program actually increased. Usually they see a steady decline each week from the first days. There were just over 100 athletes attending Monday including close to 30 girls. Included on the menu Monday were running of six 100-yard dashes with brief rests in...
Season Tickets for Wildcats Five Home Games Go on Sale August 1
Wildcat Season Ticket holders are receiving letters this week regarding renewal for the 2016 season. The first letter, stating that there are only four (4) home games and the ticket packet is $40 is incorrect. A second letter is in the mail with the correct information. Five home games will be played at Prim Stadium this season. Home games are scheduled against Whitehouse (homecoming), Marshall, Mt Pleasant and Hallsville. One out of...
PJC Announces Women and Men Soccer Tryouts
Paris Junior College’s new soccer coach, Sylvester Jallah, will hold a tryout for the women’s soccer this Saturday, July 15 and men’s soccer on Saturday, July 16. The slots are for the upcoming season, which is fast approaching. Tryouts will be held at Noyes Stadium at the PJC campus in Paris. “We are looking for players who are dedicated, have a great work ethic as well as a highly technical and tactical ability to deal...
Boy’s Basketball Camp at SSHS Gym
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta says he enjoys helping youngsters develop their basketball skills. He opened his four-day boys basketball camp in Wildcats Gym Monday. Coach Cipoletta had about 45 boys entering kindergarten through the fifth grades in a morning session. Camp for those entering sixth through the eighth grades and entering ninth grade are taking place in the afternoon this week. Coach Cipoletta says the younger...
Former Wildcats, Now Coaches Train 88 Soccer Campers
Eighty-eight kids from those that will be entering kindergarten to those entering their senior year attended the first night of a four-night SSISD boys and girls soccer camp Monday night inside and outside the Multipurpose Building. The camp will continue evenings from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. through Thursday. Running the camp is new Wildcats Head Soccer Coach Nicky Wiggins. Camps can include varsity players as long as outsiders are...
