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Wildcats Basketball Players Improving in The Edge With Different Season Ahead
Jul29

Wildcats Basketball Players Improving in The Edge With Different Season Ahead

Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta gives The Edge strength, conditioning and skills program a big thumbs up. The program for Wildcats middle school and high school players started June 8 and will conclude after Friday’s (July 31) session. Coach Cipoletta says The Edge has been awesome. He says he’s thankful this time of the year and with current circumstances to be able to get into the gym and to get as much work in...

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Wildcats Basketball Team Plays Lancaster Close But Their Season Ends With Regional Quarterfinal Loss
Mar04

Wildcats Basketball Team Plays Lancaster Close But Their Season Ends With Regional Quarterfinal Loss

The #10 ranked Wildcats Basketball Team kept hanging around close to #1 ranked Lancaster, but never could get into the lead ending up with a 44-38 loss in a regional quarterfinal game at Rockwall Heath Tuesday night, March 3. The only Wildcats lead was 2-0 as Cameron Kahn scored the game’s first basket. Lancaster led 11-5 after the first quarter. The Wildcats trimmed a point off the lead at the half but still trailed 26-21 The...

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Wildcats Basketball Team Looks Forward to 2020 After Good Start to Season in the Old Year
Jan03

Wildcats Basketball Team Looks Forward to 2020 After Good Start to Season in the Old Year

The Wildcats Basketball Team had a very good 2019. So far this season they are ranked #5 in Class 5A and their season record is 15-6. The Wildcats wrapped up the old year with a third place finish in the prestigious Whataburger Tournament at Mansfield Legacy High School last weekend. The Wildcats won three of four games in that tournament all against ranked teams. Now they want to get the new year off to a good start. On this game day...

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Wildcats Basketball Team Opens the Regular Season With Two Point Win in Overtime
Nov17

Wildcats Basketball Team Opens the Regular Season With Two Point Win in Overtime

Last Year’s Wildcats’ Basketball Team had the knack of winning lots of close games down the stretch. They started the 2019-2020 season in the same way. The Wildcats, ranked #5 in Class 5A, battled Decatur, ranked #7 in Class 4A, into overtime before eking out a 73-71 win Saturday (November 16) in the Cowtown Showdown at North Crowley. The Wildcats got a huge game from senior Sadaidriene Day Day Hall, a IUPUI commit, who...

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Wildcats Basketball Team Opens the Regular Season Against Decatur Saturday in the Cowtown Showdown
Nov15

Wildcats Basketball Team Opens the Regular Season Against Decatur Saturday in the Cowtown Showdown

After two scrimmages against four teams, the Wildcats Basketball Team, ranked #5 in Class 5A, will open the 2019-2020 season Saturday (November 16) at 11 a.m. against Decatur, ranked #7 in Class 4A, in the Cowtown Showdown at North Crowley. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta indicates the Decatur Eagles will present a good challenge for the Wildcats. Last year’s Wildcats had a 29-9 season record. They were district...

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Saturday Basketball! Lady Cats Open Season at SSMS Versus Mineola, Wildcats Scrimmage at McKinney Boyd
Nov08

Saturday Basketball! Lady Cats Open Season at SSMS Versus Mineola, Wildcats Scrimmage at McKinney Boyd

The Lady Cats Basketball Team opens the regular season at home Saturday morning (November 9) with a game against Mineola. Head Coach Brittney Tisdell is in her second year with the Lady Cats. Due to the Veterans Program in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School on Monday, the Lady Cats Saturday game will be played in the main gym at Sulphur Springs Middle School. There will be a JV game starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. The varsity...

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Lady Cats Basketball at Emory Rains Saturday; Wildcats Open Season Saturday Against State Ranked Arlington Bowie
Nov09

Lady Cats Basketball at Emory Rains Saturday; Wildcats Open Season Saturday Against State Ranked Arlington Bowie

Lady Cats Basketball The start of the regular season will be delayed one day for the Lady Cat’s basketball team. Their planned season opener at Winnsboro Friday night has been canceled due to a scheduling mix up. The Lady Cats are now scheduled to open the regular season Saturday against Emory Rains. There is also a change for that game. The site has been moved from Sulphur Springs to Emory Rains. Times of the games remain the...

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Wildcats’ basketball Team Will Open their Regular Season Tuesday night
Nov24

Wildcats’ basketball Team Will Open their Regular Season Tuesday night

The Wildcats’ basketball team will open their regular season Tuesday night at home as they host Wills Point for a 7:30 p.m. game. The game will mark the debut of Wildcats Varsity Head Coach Clark Cipoletta. The Wildcats had two scrimmages early in the month. Since then football season ended and several football players joined the basketball team.

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SSISD Hires Hudson Coach as Wildcats Head Basketball Coach
Jun15

SSISD Hires Hudson Coach as Wildcats Head Basketball Coach

Meeting Monday, June 12, the Sulphur Springs School Board approved the hiring of Cannon Earp as the new Wildcats Head Basketball Coach. Coach Earp has been the Head Basketball Coach at Hudson for the past three seasons. A native of Crockett, Coach Earp was also a head coach before that at Fairfield for one year. His greatest success as head coach though came at Gladewater, who he coached to two state semifinal appearances in 2014 (1A...

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Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver Heading to Lake Travis
May24

Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver Heading to Lake Travis

Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver has accepted the position as Head Basketball Coach at Lake Travis High School. Coach Shaver continued a basketball culture set forth by his predecessor Clark Cipoletta in Sulphur Springs as Head Wildcats Coach for the past two seasons. He had a record of 59-18 overall as Wildcats Coach. His teams captured back-to-back district championships, including an undefeated one in 2022-23. Coach...

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