SSHS Pole Vaulting Coach Clark Cipoletta Discusses Lady Cat Claire Bybee Who is Heading To State
Sulphur Springs High School Pole Vaulting Coach Clark Cipoletta says he is just a small piece of the puzzle when it comes to coaching Lady Cats’ pole vaulter Claire Bybee, who qualified for the State Track Meet May 7-8 at UT Austin at the Region II Track Meet on April 24 at UTA. Coach Cipoletta says Bybee also gets good instruction from a private coach and from her father, who was a vaulter in college. He says Bybee is a hard...
Lady Cats Softball Opens Bi-District Series Friday at Marshall, Weather Permitting
Weather permitting, the Lady Cats Softball Team will open their bi-district series with Lufkin with a doubleheader at Marshall Friday (April 30) beginning at 6 p.m. The first team to win two games will advance to the Area round. The Lady Cats are a #1 seed and Lufkin is a #4 seed. The Lady Cats are 22-3 for the season and Marshall is 13-12. The winner of the Lady Cats and Lady Panthers series will face the winner of a Crandall and...
Lady Cats Softball Playoff Series Has Changed, No Game Thursday Night
The Lady Cats Softball Team’s bi-district schedule versus Lufkin has changed. The new schedule calls for two games Friday at Marshall at 6 p.m. The second game is scheduled to begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of game 1. Game 3, if necessary, will be Saturday at noon at Whitehouse. The Lady Cats, district co-champions and the #1 seed from district 15-5A, have a season record of 22-3. They enter the game having won 13 games...
Commerce Tigers Baseball Falls to Lone Oak on Senior Night
The Commerce Tigers baseball team jumped out to a quick lead on Senior Night but it was not enough as Lone Oak scored 11 unanswered to best the Tigers in Commerce on Tuesday, Apr. 27 by a score of 11-1. Commerce got their only run of the game when Nicholson of the Tigers was walked by Lone Oak pitching, and following an error by Lone Oak catcher Jackson, Nicholson was able to advance all the way to third base. The following batter for...
Commerce Tigers Track Competes Well at Regionals, But None Advance to State
The Commerce Tigers mens track and field team competed in the 3A Region 2 Track meet last Friday and Saturday in Whitehouse. Seven athletes from Commerce advanced to the Regional meet with the hopes of advancing to state. While the seven Tigers fought hard and competed well, no Commerce athletes advanced to the state track meet. Three Tiger athletes placed in the top 6 in their respective events. In running events, J’den Wilson...
North Hopkins Baseball Team Loses Heart Breaker, 3-2 to Cumby at Home
The North Hopkins Panthers Baseball Team never could over take the Cumby Trojans losing a 3-2 game at home Tuesday (April 27). Cumby scored single runs in the second and third innings to go up, 2-0. The Panthers cut the lead to 2-1 in the 4th. Cumby went up 3-1 in the 5th and North Hopkins then made it a one run game again at 3-2 in the 5th. That’s the way it ended up. Both teams had 5 hits and made 2 errors. Karson Jenkins took...
Wildcats Baseball Team Earns First Win at Hallsville in Hammack Tenure But They Miss Playoffs on Tiebreaker
Tuesday (April 27) was a bittersweet kind of day for the Wildcats Baseball Team. On the sweet side, the Wildcats earned the first victory at Hallsville by a Jerrod Hammack-coached Sulphur Springs team defeating the Bobcats, 4-2. On the bitter side, Marshall edged by Mount Pleasant, 9-7 creating a three-way tie for 3rd place between Texas High, the Mavericks and the Wildcats, all with 7-5 district marks. However the head to head...
Wildcats Baseball Team Has Playoff Hopes Going Into District Finale
The Wildcats Baseball Team concludes district play Tuesday night at Hallsville with some playoff hopes still alive. There will be a JV contest at 4 p.m. The varsity game is at 7 p.m. The Wildcats come into the Tuesday night game tied for 4th place with Marshall. Both have 6-5 district records. For the Wildcats, just about everything depends on what Marshall does Tuesday night. The Mavs wrap up district play at Mount Pleasant, tied for...
Lady Cats Softball Bi-District Schedule Announced
On Tuesday, Apr. 27 Lady Cats softball coach David Carrillo announced the schedule for the softball team’s bi-district round of playoffs versus Lufkin. After beating the Hallsville Lady Cats 2-0 in a seeding game in Mt. Pleasant on Monday, Apr. 26, Sulphur Springs was officially awarded the #1 seed from District 15-5A for the 2021 playoffs. After the game Coach Carrillo announced that his squad would be taking on Lufkin in the...
Lady Cats Softball Defeats Hallsville, 2-0
The Lady Cats of Sulphur Springs bested Hallsville 2-0 on Monday, Apr. 26 in Mt. Pleasant to become the #1 seed from district 15-5A in the playoffs. The two teams looked to be in a pitcher’s duel through 2 innings, as neither team could manage runs. SS Parris Pickett hit a double in the bottom of the second that looked as though it could have gone the distance, but her hit bounced off of the center field wall and Pickett stayed...
