Lady Cats Track Takes Second at Paris
The Lady Cats’ track team finished second at a Paris meet last week. Coach Triston Abron said his team had to compete not only with athletes from other teams but also with a wind he referred to as brutal. In the 100-meter dash, N’ysa Dugan and Sadavia Porter finished first and second. Sheretta Hill was third in the 200-meter dash. Autumn Adams finished fifth in the 400-meter run. The Lady Cats 4X100-meter relay team won...
Pine Tree Rally Leads to Extra Inning Loss for Lady Cats
Defeats seem to hurt more when the game is one where you have already mentally put it in the win column prematurely. The Lady Cats of Sulphur Springs seemed to be cruising toward a certain victory Tuesday night against Pine Tree on the road. The Lady Cats jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the fifth inning. When the Lady Pirates got a single run in the fifth, it looked like too little too late. The Lady Pirates continued to chip away until...
Pirates Sink Wildcats 6-2 Tuesday
The Pine Tree Pirates used a big four-run third inning to jump start a 6-2 win over the Wildcats at Eagle Stadium Tuesday night. In the third, the Pirates mixed three singles with a walk, a Wildcat error and a double steal to plate the four runs, two that were unearned. All four runs were charged to Wildcats’ starter Tyler Follis, who took the pitching loss. Pine Tree also tacked on two more insurance runs off reliever Heston...
Wildcats Finish Third at Paris Track Meet
The Wildcats’ track team scored 82 points and finished third at a Paris meet last Thursday. The Wildcats JV team was second in the JV Division. Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said conditions were rough due to a 25-mile per hour wind that blew throughout the meet. In field events, Derrick Weeks threw the discus 136 feet, his best throw of the year. Coach Young said Weeks has been improving about ten feet a week and has now put...
Game Day: Wildcats Baseball at Home; Lady Cats at Pine Tree
Both the Wildcats’ baseball team and the Lady Cats’ softball team will be playing Pine Tree in district action this Tuesday game day. The Wildcats will be competing with the Pirates at Eagle Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. The Wildcats have split their first four district games so they are 2-2 going into tonight’s game. Three of the four games have been on the road. Tonight begins a stretch of three of the next four at...
Lady Cats Face Waxahachie Friday at Terrell in Area Play
Lady Cats’ soccer team will face Waxahachie Friday 8 p.m. at Terrell in an Area contest. Lady Cats are the home team. Waxahachie was the fourth place team in their district. The Lady Cats’ soccer team advanced to the Area round of the playoffs Friday night by defeating Whitehouse in a shootout, 3 goals to 2. The bi-district game ended in a 2-2 tie in regulation. Neither team could score in 20-minutes of overtime. Kam Wimberly, the...
Lady Cats Advance to Area Playoffs with Shootout Victory
The Lady Cats’ soccer team advanced to the Area round of the playoffs Friday night defeating Whitehouse in a shootout, 3 goals to 2. The bi-district game ended in a 2-2 tie in regulation. Neither team could score in 20-minutes of overtime. Kam Wimberly, the Lady Cats’ fifth and last penalty kick taker, put the ball in the net to give the Lady Cats the win. Earlier Mary McMillan and Makenna Kager made their penalty kicks....
Wildcats Soccer Season Ends in Bi-District Loss to Lufkin
The Wildcats’ soccer team’s season ended abruptly Friday night with a 2-1 bi-district loss to Lufkin at Rose Stadium in Tyler. The Wildcats scored first at 19:45 in the first half as Chris Espinoza used his head to redirect a shot by Julio Robles into the net. The Panthers tied the score on a corner kick goal with just 2:37 to go before halftime. Lufkin went ahead with a goal early in the second half at the 33:48 mark. The...
Soccer Bi-District Friday Night at Tyler Rose Stadium
Both the Wildcats and the Lady Cats’ soccer teams have bi-district playoffs game tonight. And they are playing at the same place, Tyler’s Rose Stadium. The Wildcats will get things started at 6 p.m. As they face Lufkin from district 16-5A. The Wildcats finished third in district 15-5A with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and one tie. Their season record is 14-9-2. The Lufkin Panthers were the runner up team in their district....
Tough Night for Lady Cats at Hallsville
The Lady Cats’ softball team continues to seek the key to a district victory against Hallsville. The Lady Bobcats, rated #2 in the state in one poll, took a dominating 11-0 win over the Lady Cats at home Thursday night. The game was moved to Hallsville because Lady Cat Park was too wet after overnight rain. Hallsville scored in four straight innings getting one in the first, six runs in a big second, one more in the third and...
