SSHS Tennis Has Bright Future
WILDCATS TENNIS PROGRAM HAS BRIGHT FUTURE Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show last Saturday. Martinez is completing his fifth season here. He said he thought he could begin to turn the program around in three years. He said it began to happen in year five. Numbers used to be a problem for Coach Martinez. Now he said he’ll have 16 or 17 boys next year...
Commerce Tennis Tournament-Big Wins for SS
Sulphur Springs secures 1st place in the Boys and Girls Division. Emily Dick 1st place Consolation Girls Singles Zoe Wilson 3rd place Girls Singles Savannah Lilley and Paige Miesse 1st place Consolation Girls Doubles Carlos Lopez / Jeauxleigh Cantu 1st place Mixed Doubles.
Wildcat Tennis Collected Five Medals at Hallsville Tourney
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said he was happy and perhaps a little amazed by his team’s showing at their first tournament at Hallsville Friday (January 25) in cold weather. He said the team collected five medals. Coach Martinez had said before the match he expected his team to play deeper into tournaments this season. They did that. He said in year’s past, the team exited tournaments quickly. Coach Martinez said he...
Wildcats Open Tennis Season in Impressive Fashion
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez pronounced himself very happy with the results from the Wildcats first tournament of the season at Hallsville Friday (January 25). Aaron Lucas and Logan Schumacher In Boys A Doubles, juniors Aaron Lucas and Logan Schumacher took third place. In Boys B Doubles, juniors Michael McCord and Brandon Dittrich lost in the finals to a tough team from Jacksonville to end up in second place. Coach Martinez...
Wildcat Tennis Opens Season Friday
The Wildcats’ tennis team opens the season Friday at a Hallsville tournament, weather permitting. Tony Martinez is in his fifth year as Wildcats Tennis Coach. His assistant is Coach Mike Meador. Coach Martinez told his team recently they are ahead of where they were at his time last year. He said this year’s team is the best he has had at Sulphur Springs. Coach Martinez expects his players to go deep in tournaments. On the...
Wildcat Team Tennis Seeking First Win
For a third straight day, the Wildcats’ team tennis squad played fairly well but not well enough to get in the win column. Spring Hill topped the Wildcats, 12-7 at the Wildcat Tennis Complex Wednesday. The Wildcats slipped to 0-4 for the season. While some of the Wildcats’ higher seeds struggled to win matches, Coach Tony Martinez got solid performances from several lower seeds. One high seed continued to play excellent...
Wildcat Team Tennis Competitive in Loss to Waxahachie; Host Spring Hill Wednesday
The Wildcats’ team tennis squad played another competitive non-district match on the road Tuesday (August 7) but once again came up on the short end of the scoreboard. The Wildcats lost at Waxahachie, 8-6. Wildcats winners in singles included Chase Crouch, Brandon Dittrich, Jordan Gonzales, Jeaux Leigh Cantu and Heather Harris. The girls doubles team of Page Miessen and Emily Dick also won their match. The Wildcats are 0-3 for...
Wildcat Team Tennis Exhibit Improvement
Since Tony Martinez has been tennis coach at Sulphur Springs, the past few years his Wildcats’ team tennis squad has opened the regular season against Denison and Sherman, two pretty good tennis programs. During that time, the Wildcats have been lucky to win a match or two against them. There is a tennis term called being “skunked” and it refers to getting beaten badly and there has been a lot of that for the Wildcats’...
SSHS 2022 Seniors Receive Almost $5 Million In Scholarship Offers And Military Awards
Sulphur Springs High School 2022 Seniors received almost $5 million in scholarship offers and military awards during the annual Senior Awards Ceremony. Scholarship offers totaled $2,939,460 and military awards accounted for the rest of the $4,919,460 announced during the senior awards assembly. The SSHS Senior Class of 2022 honor graduates, valedictorian and salutatorian, UIL Scholars, National Merit Scholar, and senior state Academic...
Late Night Sports: Friday March 15th, 2019
Wildcats Baseball 9, Greenville 2 Wildcat Jaxon Chaney pounded a grand slam home run and a three-run homer to power the Wildcats’ baseball team past Greenville, 9-2 in their home district opener at Wildcat Park Friday night (March 15). Chaney’s three-run shot was a part of a five run first inning that put the Wildcats up 5-0. His grand slam in the bottom of the sixth made it a 9-1 game. Jace Burchfield also drove in a run...
