SSHS Coach Talk: Baseball, Softball, Soccer
Hammack on Texas High Win Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he expected a good competitive game with Texas High Tuesday night (March 20)at Wildcat Park as the Wildcats won, 6-4 against a Tigers’ team ranked #25 in the state in one poll. He said the Wildcats got off to a good start scoring three runs in two different innings to go ahead 6-0. Coach Hammack said the Wildcats pretty much controlled the game but he was...
Wildcat Baseball Coach Pleased With Stadium and Team Play
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he couldn’t have asked for a better start to the district season or at a new field after his team defeated Pine Tree, 12-2 Tuesday night at sparkling, new Wildcat Park. The game was called with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning because of the ten-run rule. Coach Hammack said it was big for the Wildcats to put four runs on the new Wildcat Park scoreboard in the bottom of the...
SSHS Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Soccer: Coaches Talk Recent Games, Look to the Future
Cipoletta on Frisco Lone Star Win Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta credited his team with playing some of their best defense of the year in a 58-41 area round win over Frisco Lone Star Friday night at Princeton. Coach Cipoletta was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show. Coach Cipoletta said his team also did a good job of being focused and of executing the game plan. Part of the plan was to...
Hammack on Wildcats Baseball
The Wildcats’ baseball team played its’ fourth and final scrimmage last Friday at North Lamar. Wildcats Coach Jerrod Hammack expects the Panthers to end up a playoff team. He said the weather was nice and warm Friday and he said the North Lamar field never looked better. Coach Hammack said he started a lineup that may be his opening day lineup Thursday. He said pitcher Ryan Humphries was sharp striking out 6. Coach Hammack...
SSHS Coaches Offer Youth Sports Camps
Again this summer, the Sulphur Springs ISD will offer sports camps in baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, football and tennis. Two camps will be offered next week. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack will offer baseball hitting camps Monday through Wednesday mornings in the Multipurpose Building. One camp is for youngsters entering first through the third grades and there is another for children entering fourth...
SSHS Volleyball Coach Moves to Denton Braswell
Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens is once again in the market for a Head Volleyball Coach. Volleyball Coach Allison Irvin and her husband Football Assistant Coach Johnny Irvin both had resignations accepted by the Sulphur Springs School Board at Monday night’s meeting. Ms. Irvin has been hired as the Head Volleyball Coach at Denton Braswell, a new school set to open in August. Coach Johnny Irvin is...
Wildcats Baseball Coach Hammack Evaluates Scrimmage Play
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack called his team’s scrimmage at Wylie East Tuesday night and early measuring stick for his team. He was mostly pleased with his team following a 3-2 loss against an always good Wylie East team. Over 8 innings, Wylie East managed only 3 hits against Wildcats pitching. The Wildcats had five or six hits but didn’t have as many timely hits. Coach Hammack said ace pitcher Tyler Follis had...
Volleyball Camp Opens Under New Lady Cats Volleyball Coach
New Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Allison Irvin opened a three-day volleyball camp Tuesday in Wildcats Gym. Twenty-five girls entering 4th through the 7th grades showed up. Ms. Irvin said the young girls would be taught proper technique and form leading up to games on Thursday. A camp for 8th and 9th graders is taking place afternoons. Coach Irvin is being helped by Assistant Coaches David Carrillo and Jerrod Hammack along with some...
Softball and Baseball Already Locked in to District Games
Both softball and baseball for Sulphur Springs have begun district play. Starting with Wildcats baseball, Coach Jerrod Hammack’s squad fell in Texarkana 10-0. Playing Liberty Eylau on Tuesday, Mar. 14 Sulphur Springs fell behind early and never recovered. The Leopards put two runs on the board in their first at-bat, and the hits kept coming for L.E. They added two more over the next two innings, but the fourth is when the...
Four Teams in Action Tuesday
Tuesday, Mar. 14 is a busy one for Sulphur Springs, as four teams are in action. Starting off with Wildcats Soccer, hosting Senior Night on Tuesday, Mar. 14. at Gerald Prim Stadium. Coach Alexi Upton’s squad hopes to send their season off with a bang, as they play in their final regular season contest. Sulphur Springs is 10-1, tied for first with Paris heading into both squads’ final district contest. A big win over North...
