Wildcats Football Head Coach Greg Owens Discusses Frisco Loss and Upcoming Lovejoy
Wildcats football head coach Greg Owens thought overall, his team fought and never quit in their season opener last Friday against Frisco High School. He said that his team showed a lot of improvement over the course of the second to fourth quarters in the loss to the Raccoons. A big part of season openers, Coach Owens said, is grappling with emotions and the spotlight that comes with Friday night lights. He said...
PBR World Finals Moves to Fort Worth, Texas in 2022 after Las Vegas Hosts Final Premier Series Championship Event in 2021
2022 season to run January-May, concluding at Dickies Arena for seven-day PBR World Finals spanning two weekends PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced that bull riding’s most prestigious event, the PBR World Finals, will move to Fort Worth, Texas, and Dickies Arena starting in 2022 as part of a comprehensive schedule restructure for its premier series. The new PBR Unleash The Beast regular season will span from January-May,...
Lady Cats Volleyball Fights Hard But Falls in Five Sets to Paris
Coach Bailey Dorner’s Lady Cats volleyball team fought tooth-and-nail, never wishing to relent momentum, but it ultimately was not enough as the volleyball team lost a good, back-and-forth five set affair in Paris on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Sulphur Springs lost set one 25-17 before rebounding to take sets two and four. The score nearly flipped in set two, with the visiting Lady Cats beating Paris 25-18 to tie the game up at one a...
Wildcats Basketball 2021-2022 Season Schedule Finalized
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, Wildcats football head coach and Athletic Director of SSISD Greg Owens released the Wildcats basketball 2021-22 season schedule. New Wildcats basketball coach Brandon Shaver and his squad will no doubt be ready to get their season underway when they take part in their first scrimmage of the season on Nov. 6 when they travel to Irving to take on MacAuthor High School. After taking on the Greenville Lions on...
Wildcats Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks Speaks on Solid Outing Last Friday in Kaufman Run With the Lions
Wildcats cross country Coach Ross Hicks called Friday’s outing at the Kaufman Run with the Lions a good day. Both teams got underway in Kaufman before 8 A.M. on Friday, Aug. 27, so both teams embarked on their journey at 5 A.M. last Friday. Coach Hicks said this ended up working well for the team, as the weather therefore was much cooler and nicer for the teams and as a result several runners hit their personal records in the...
Tuesday Gameday Features Team Tennis and Volleyball
The Tuesday, Aug. 31 edition of Gameday features both Wildcats team tennis and Lady Cats volleyball. Team Tennis, lead by head coach Tony Martinez, will be hosting the Texas High Tigers at 4 P.M. at the Team Tennis Center located in the SSISD Athletic Complex. It will be a tough one, Coach Martinez said, against an always tough, talented, and competitive Texas High team. Last week team tennis shut-out Mt. Pleasant in Sulphur Springs...
Wildcats Team Tennis Shuts Out Mt. Pleasant 19-0
Last week Wildcats team tennis hosted the Mt. Pleasant Tigers in the team’s first district match of the year. It was also the first district match for any team in Sulphur Springs. It went very well for team tennis, helmed by Tony Martinez, as they won 19-0 over the visiting Tigers on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The Wildcats tennis coach said that through the years, Mt. Pleasant has struggled to be able to fill their entire team, but that...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Goes 2-2 in Edgewood Tournament
Coach Bailey Dorner’s Lady Cats volleyball team have had another busy three days, starting with Thursday, Aug. 26 in day one of the Edgewood tournament. Sulphur Springs travelled to Edgewood and took part in two games, first against Van and then against Caddo Mills. Coach Dorner’s volleyball team bested Van in three sets, taking a tight set one 25-23. The Lady Vandals bounced back to take the second set at 25-16, but...
Lady Cats Volleyball Sweeps Lindale
Coach Bailey Dorner’s Lady Cats volleyball team had a successful Friday game day in Lindale, besting the Lady Eagles in three straight sets for their second sweep of the season in non-tournament play. Sulphur Springs has swept four teams in tournament play, but only the season-opening tri-match win against Sherman on Tuesday Aug. 10 was a best-of-five, three-straight set sweep. The first set was the furthest apart of the three,...
Wildcats Football Drops Season Opener to Frisco
The Wildcats football team fought hard to stay a leg up on an experienced Frisco High offense, but ultimately could not keep up with such a potent Raccoon team, losing their season opener 54-24 on Friday, Aug. 27. While Coach Greg Owens’ squad proved that they could sustain lengthy, time-consuming drives, cashing in for points or staying consistent proved to ultimately be their demise in their home opener at Gerald Prim Stadium....
