Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton Comments on Wins at Saturday's First Scrimmage.
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton does not want his Wildcats to get too hyped up over three scrimmage game wins Saturday (December 14) at Gerald Prim Stadium. The wins came against 3A teams Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, Sabine and Mineola. Coach Upton said his Wildcats took care of business. All of his players saw action and played a equal number of minutes. Coach Upton said he liked that the Wildcats generated lots of scoring chances....
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton Discusses Team's First Scrimmage This Saturday on Coaches Show
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton, in his second year here, says he is excited and ready to get things rolling. This Saturday (December 14) the Wildcats have their first scrimmage of the season at The Prim against Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, Sabine and Mineola. Coach Upton was on KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show last Saturday. The Wildcats scrimmage Chapel Hill at 9 a.m., Sabine at 11 a.m. and Mineola at...
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton is Excited By First Day of Practice Monday
After the long off season, the Wildcats Soccer Team began practice Monday (December 2) officially. Coach Alexi Upton says the first three days of practice are big ones for Wildcats JV players trying to impress him so they can land a spot on the varsity. He says a ton of players will be trying out. Coach Upton says the Wildcats have done a good job working on their conditioning so that is not expected to be a big point of emphasis in...
Coach Upton Says High School Soccer Competition Has Advanced Over the Years
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton said opponent Nevada Community played really well in a 1-1 tie with the Wildcats Tuesday night (January 8) at Gerald Prim Stadium. He said several of the Braves play advanced club soccer. Coach Upton said soccer has advanced to where there are no longer any free games. He said everyone is good, knows how to play and will compete with you. Coach Upton said if the Wildcats would have cashed in on some...
Wildcats Soccer hits second round roadblock in 2-0 Area loss to Palestine
Coach Alexi Upton and his team never recovered from a 2-0 deficit at the half, falling with that score to Palestine in the second round playoff game. Tuesday, Mar. 28 in Tyler, Sulphur Springs looked to get a big upset of the #1 team in all of 4A. Instead, Palestine played their pace on the pitch. They stymied any sort of Wildcat momentum consistently, frustrating Coach Upton’s squad. That, and two big goals prior to the half...
Tuesday Gameday has four teams in action, including Area playoff soccer double-header
Tuesday, Mar. 28 is an another busy gameday for Sulphur Springs sports, as four teams are all in action. Starting out on Tuesday is Lady Cats soccer, playing in their Area playoff game with Palestine. Coach Adriana Brena and her squad are riding high following their 9-0 dismantling of Chapel Hill in the Bi-District match. Seven scorers came up big last Thursday and hope to do the same Tuesday, Mar. 28 when they take on 16-4A runner-up...
Wildcats Soccer Finishes as Co-District Champions
Wildcats soccer with their win Tuesday have secured a share of the district championship. Sulphur Springs just had to beat North Lamar convincingly at home for Senior Night, getting 4+ goal differential against the Panthers which in turn would give the Wildcats at least a share of the district title. They did just that, putting three goals in the net in the first 23 minutes of Tuesday night’s game en route to a huge 4-0 blowout...
Men’s Soccer Wins Big Over Chapel Hill, at Pittsburg Friday
Sulphur Springs scored early and often in Tuesday’s home win. Wildcats soccer won 6-0 over Chapel Hill at Gerald Prim Stadium. In only the fifth minute the men’s soccer team drew first blood, leading 1-0 over the Red Devils thanks to an unassisted goal by Jaxon Haire. Not too long after that, the Wildcats scored again when Alexis Pasion gave a pass to Edgar Salazar who put one in. Pasion also scored the third goal, then...
Wildcats Soccer Falls in PKs at Paris
Coach Alexi Upton and his squad did not have the outing they were hoping for, falling in PKs at Paris. Friday’s loss at Wildcat Stadium is the first for the men’s soccer program since non-district play wrapped up in late-January. In Paris Friday, Mar. 3, Sulphur Springs looked to complete the season sweep over the other Wildcats, in doing so winning the District 15-4A title. Unfortunately for Coach Upton and his squad,...
Wildcats Soccer One Game Away From Perfect First Half of District Play
Wildcats basketball isn’t the only team celebrating perfection. Coach Alexi Upton and his team are one road contest away from a perfect first half of district play. Sulphur Springs is 5-0 heading into their round-one finale at North Lamar. The soccer squad won yet another district match-up Tuesday at home, dispatching Pittsburg 2-1. It took until the second period for the Wildcats to score on the Pirates, but Edgar Salazar made...
