It’s Take Two as Lady Cats and Hallsville Have Playoff Seeding Game Monday at Mount Pleasant
After a rain out Friday (April 23), the Lady Cats Softball Team will try again Monday as they have a seeding game with Hallsville at 6 p.m. at Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats and Lady Bobcats tied for first place in district play with 11-1 records and both teams won their district game against the other at home. The winner between the two co-district champs will be the district’s #1 seed and the other will be #2. The Lady Cats are...
Claire Bybee Wins Pole Vault and Qualifies For State Track Meet at Regional Track Meet Saturday
Lady Cat pole vaulter Claire Bybee is going to the State Track Meet. Bybee took first place at the Region II Track Meet Saturday (April 24) at UT-Arlington. Bybee’s winning mark was 12′ 9”. Bybee will compete at the Class 5A State Track Meet May 7-8 at UT Austin. Three other Lady Cats and two Wildcats also competed at the Regional Track Meet. Lady Cat Bre’ Asia took 5th in the region in the 100-meter dash on...
Former Wildcat Ryan Humphries and His Sam Houston State Bearcats Enter Playoffs Saturday
Sulphur Springs’ sports fan Tory Humphries passes along some news concerning the Sam Houston State Bearcats’ football team. Humphries son, Ryan, plays for the Bearcats. He says the Bearcats just finished their football season with a 6-0 record and they are the champions of the Southland Conference. The Bearcats enter the NCAA FCS Division I Playoffs as the #2 seed nationally. Sam Houston opens the playoffs Saturday (April...
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge Commends Golfer Kip Childress For Making It to Regional Tourney
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge said senior Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress finished in the top 30 in a field of 94 golfers at the two-day Region II Golf Tournament held Wednesday and Thursday (April 21-22) at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. Coach DeLorge noted that Childress, an East Texas Baptist University signee, has been an outstanding golfer over all of his four years at SSHS. The coach said he thanks Childress for his...
Lady Cats Softball Team to Take on Hallsville in Playoff Seeding Game Postponed to Monday Evening
The Lady Cats Softball Team had a seeding game with Hallsville scheduled for Friday evening (April 23) at 6 p.m. at Mount Pleasant weather permitting. The game was rained out, so plan B is now in effect, calling for playing the game Monday at 6 P.M. at Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats and Lady Bobcats tied for first place in district play with 11-1 records. Both teams won their game at home. The winner between the two co-district champs...
Wildcats and Lady Cats Athletes Compete at Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday at UTA
Four Lady Cats and two Wildcats are scheduled to compete at the Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday (April 23-24) at UT-Arlington. Preliminaries are scheduled for Friday with finals on Saturday. For the Wildcats, Korderrian “Bull” Turner will compete in the long jump and triple jump. Jermaine Cleveland will compete in triple jump. For the Lady Cats, Bre-Asia Ivery is in the 100-meter dash and the long jump. Claire Bybee is in the...
Two Former Wildcats Players Have Selected New Basketball Homes
Former Wildcats’ basketball standouts have transferred to new programs. Keaston Willis is headed for Louisiana Tech and Sadaidriene “Day Day” Hall has signed with Stephen F. Austin. Willis, a 6-3 guard, has played the past two seasons at Incarnate Word in San Antonio, where he averaged 19 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2 assists. In mid-March, Willis announced he was entering the transfer portal. After drawing interest from several...
Wildcats Golfer Kip Childress Completes Day One of Regional Golf Tourney With Score of 78
Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress is in the hunt to go to the State Tournament after the first day Wednesday (April 21) of the two-day Region II Golf Tournament at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. Wildcats Coach Jeremy DeLorge says Childress shot 78 Wednesday and is 4 strokes back from qualifying for the State Tourney. Coach DeLorge says Childress played fairly well Wednesday. He says Childress’ ball striking was good but he...
Commerce Tigers Baseball Drops Double-Header to Grand Saline
It was a hard fought night, but the Commerce Tigers baseball team dropped a double-header to Grand Saline, 2-1 and 8-7 on Tuesday, Apr. 20. The first game was a low-scoring affair, as neither team scored a run through two full innings. Grand Saline was able to get two runs in the bottom of the third to break the no-run tie. Commerce would respond with a run of their own in their next at-bat in the top of the fourth, but that was all...
Wildcats X-Man Xavier Cork is Transferring To TCU
Former Wildcats’ basketball standout Xavier Cork is transferring from Western Carolina to TCU in the Big 12 Conference. The 6-9 Cork has been with the Catamounts for the past two seasons playing 58 games. This past season, Cork led the Southern Conference shooting 64.1% from the field. He also averaged 12.1 points and 6.1 rebounds for Western Carolina. Xavier Cork, pictured here when he signed to play basketball at Western...
