Soccer: Lady Cats Win; Wildcats Lose
Greenville 4, Wildcats Soccer 1
The Wildcats’ soccer team managed to score a goal in the first half against a strong Greenville team Friday night but the talented Lions answered with two of their own. The Lions also added two more goals in the second half to take a 4-1 win over the Wildcats in Greenville. Eduardo Ramirez scored the Wildcats goal after an assist from D.J. Abron. The Wildcats are now 5-6 in district play and they have a season record of 12-12. The Wildcats end district play by hosting Hallsville at Gerald Prim Stadium next Tuesday at 7 p.m. on Senior Night.
Lady Cats Soccer 7, Greenville 1
The figurative fireworks at Gerald Prim Stadium started going off early and often Friday night as the Lady Cats’ soccer team exploded for goal after goal in a 7-1 victory over Greenville on Senior Night. The Lady Cats scored five first half goals and led the Lady Lions, 5-0 at halftime. It didn’t take the Lady Cats long to find the back of the net. Mileena Zirretta scored just 7 minutes and 32 seconds into the game to make it 1-0 at the 32:28 mark of the first half. Just :45 seconds later, Gracie Boyer scored and the Lady Cats were up 2-0 at 31:43 in the first half. Just over 3 minutes later the Lady Cats went up 3-0 on Zirretta’s second goal. Less than four minutes later, Bailey Arrington scored for the Lady Cats and it was 4-0 at the 24:46 mark of the first half. Keeley Hudgins made it 5-0 at the 11:57 mark of the first half. After the Lady Lions scored a goal early in the second half, the Lady Cats added two more goals. Zirretta got a hat trick with her third goal of the game at 27:56 in the second half. Makenna Kagar completed the scoring as she put a penalty kick into the net. During Senior Night, the Lady Cats recognized Erika Lara, Jo McMillan, Taylor Robinson, Makenna Kagar, Mileena Zirretta and Gracie Boyer. Four of the seniors have signed letters of intent to play college soccer. The win improves the Lady Cats district record to 7-4 and their season mark to 15-6-3. The Lady Cats close the district schedule with a match at Hallsville next Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Lady Bobcats are running away with the district race.
Chaney Hits Home Run; Picks Up Pitching Win
The Wildcats’ baseball team won in dramatic fashion over Marshall, 6-5 on the road Friday night.
The Wildcats went into the seventh inning trailing the Mavericks, 5-4. The Mavericks had just taken the lead with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Ryan Humphries led off the seventh inning with a hard line drive right at the third baseman for out number one. Triston McCormick then got on base. Jaxon Chaney battled with a couple of pitches before hitting a dramatic two run home run to center field. Wildcats Coach Jerrod Hammack said he did not think the ball was going out when it left the bat. Coach Hammack said Chaney’s blast was hit very high in the air and landed just over the fence. Chaney, who had pitched in the sixth inning, finished up in the bottom of the seventh and got the pitching win.
The victory at Marshall was the Wildcats first since 2010 after five straight losses. The Wildcats improve to 2-0 in district play and they are now 8-7 for the season. The Wildcats have now won five straight games. The Wildcats play Texas High at new Wildcat Park Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
YouTube Live – SSISD LadyCat Soccer v.s. Greenvile – Senior Night
Live video stream should start around game time: 7:00pm.
Game Day: Wildcats Travel to Marshall
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack says Marshall seems to be a difficult place to play for his Wildcats. The Wildcats travel to Marshall for a game Friday night (March 16) at 7 p.m.
Coach Hammack says he thought the Wildcats were going to break through last year at Marshall. The Wildcats led for most of the game, 4-0. The Mavericks kept chipping away at the lead and eventually won, 5-4. It was the Wildcats first district loss last year after several wins. Coach Hammack says it’s a challenge attempting to win at Marshall. He says his current team is very capable of winning there. Coach Hammack says they just have to play like they are capable of playing. He is confident with Triston McCormick pitching and he says his team is playing with confidence.
The Wildcats have won four games in a row including their district opener against Pine Tree at new Wildcat Park, 12-2 on Tuesday. Coach Hammack is especially pleased with the Wildcats’ offense and he says they are very capable of scoring double digit runs in a game. The Wildcats have scored in double digits in all four of their recent wins. He says he’s ready to quit talking about his team struggling at Marshall and is ready to talk about the team being successful in Marshall. The Wildcats last won in Marshall in 2010. They have lost the last five times they have played there including last year’s loss.
Game Day: Soccer
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ soccer teams are coming down the stretch in district play with only two matches left to play. Every match could impact the teams seeding in the playoffs or even might determine whether or not they make the playoffs. Both teams lost matches to Mount Pleasant on Tuesday night (March 13). On this Friday game day (March 16), the Wildcats and Lady Cats are matched up against Greenville.
The Lady Cats’ soccer team is playing the Lady Lions at Gerald Prim Stadium and it’s Senior Night. The Lady Cats enter the contest with a district mark of 6-4 and a season record of 14-6-3. The last time the two teams played, the Lady Cats won 4-1 at Greenville back on February 19. We will bring you all the action of Lady Cats Soccer live versus Greenville on Senior Night on KSST Radio. We will also videotape the game for replay later on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.
The Wildcats’ soccer team is expected to have their hands full as they travel to Greenville and as they battle for a playoff spot. Greenville is right near the top of the district standings. The Wildcats enter the contest with a district mark of 5-5. They are 12-11 for the season. The first time the two teams played, Greenville came out on top 5-0 at Gerald Prim Stadium back on February 19.
Meet Bridgette Taylor Hammers, Emmy Award-Winning Christian Artist
Since graduating Sulphur Springs High School in 1997, Bridgette has not let any grass grow under her dream of a career in music. While pursuing a music major in college and training as an opera singer, she realized that gospel and Christian music was the genre she most wanted to be involved in. When a Curb Records scout in Nashville expressed interest in signing her as a country music artist, she weighed the decision and the opportunity, then followed her heart and what a journey that has turned out to be! With her husband Keith, Bridgette is enjoying an exciting and meaningful career that is music ministry-based.
Not long after they both graduated college in Tulsa, the couple made a move to Dallas where Bridgette gained experience in auditioning for work and by competing in TV singing contests. In Nashville she was hired as an administrative assistant at Septien Entertainment, a music artist development company. All the while she continued to write songs and appear at churches in the vicinity of wherever she was living. In time, they returned to the Metroplex and opened BH Music Studios in McKinney teaching music lessons, vocal performance and marketing for young artists. That provided an income but her calling still lay in ministering to people through Christian music. That next year, through a leap of faith and after much prayer, they decided to close the studio and go into music full-time. It was a decision that gave them the wings they needed. Now with her third CD release of original songs, and with speaking and singing engagements at churches across the country, Bridgette is addressing topics like human trafficking and the tragic effects of today’s society’s on our children. She established findurvoice, a non profit group of young artists who use their talents to help the voiceless be heard. Her newest release “Voices Rise” was written as a response to the 2017 bombing in Manchester, England. Bridgette often performs the National Anthem at sporting events for teams like the Texas Rangers, Houston Mavericks, Frisco Roughriders and at the Baseball Hall of Fame. At her home church, Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen, Texas, she is artist-in-residence and a part of the music worship team when she is not on the road. Her goal is to find new ways to continue to use her voice and talent to help others discover a better world and a better life through Jesus Christ.
Bridgette Taylor Hammers
Pickton Woman Arrest for UUMV and Narcotics
A call to Sulphur Springs Police reporting a possible fraud on Gilmer Street led to the arrest of Rachael Nicole Watson, 38, of Pickton. The officer contacted Watson regarding the fraud and found she was in a stolen vehicle and narcotics thought to be methamphetamine in her purse.
Watson is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams.
SCU Arrests Two for Meth Sales, Possession
March 16, 2018 – Following a two month long investigation by the Special Crimes Unit, Jacob Dean McGary, 29, of Sulphur Springs was arrested Thursday at 10:15 a.m. on a warrant for Manufacture Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 1 more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams, two warrants for more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams and for less than 200-grams in plain sight.
Jacob Dean McGary
McGary had sold meth in undercover buys which led to the warrants. When investigators arrested McGary 15.2-grams were found in the hotel room on Industrial Drive where he lived.
Amber Chandale Goldsmith
Also arrested at the scene was Amber Chandale Goldsmith, 36. Goldsmith was in the hotel room and admitted to having a quantity of meth and pointed the investigators to the 15.2-grams of meth inside the room.
Goldsmith is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams.
