Coaches Pleased With Continuing Improvement
WILDCATS BASKETBALL Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta saw lots of signs that his team used last Friday’s loss to Mt. Pleasant as a learning experience moving forward. He said the team hopefully either wins or learns from a loss. Tuesday night the Wildcats won at Greenville, 84-54. Coach Cipoletta said his team played really well on both sides of the ball. He said the Wildcats executed on offense a lot better Tuesday than...
Chapman on Lady Cats Pine Tree Win
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman admits when he was a young coach, he was one who stressed offense. Later experience taught him that offense might win games but it was defense that wins championships. In his eight years in Sulphur Springs, he has emphasized defense and he hopes his players enjoy playing defense. They seem to. Time and time again this season, the Lady Cats stingy defense has been the key to victory. The Lady...
Channel 18 Coaches Show: Wildcats Begin District Tuesday at Pine Tree; Lady Cats Host Pine Tree Monday
Clark Cipoletta on Wildcats Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta, on KSST Radio and Channel 18 TV’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show, said the win over Royse City Friday night in the Middle School Gym didn’t come easy. The Wildcats won 62-45. Coach Cipoletta said there might have been some hangover from the tough Paris loss earlier in the week. Coaches are also big on routines and Coach Cipoletta said some of the...
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...
Coach Chapman Welcomes VB Players to BB Practice
The Lady Cats’ basketball team opens play with a scrimmage at Canton Saturday. Coach Jeff Chapman welcomed volleyball players to basketball practice just over one week ago. Three starters return: high scoring Desi Debase, defensive-minded Chrissalynd Person and tall Kasey Moore at the post. Coach Chapman is looking for three-point shooters. The Lady Cats open the regular season by hosting Clarksville November 14.
Lady Cats Basketball Again at Home Tuesday
Coach Bryan Jones and his team wrap-up a two-game home-stand Tuesday, Jan. 17 as they host Liberty Eylau. Tuesday’s game hosting the Lady Leopards is the fourth district game for Sulphur Springs, looking to rebound from Friday’s home loss to Paris. Friday, Jan. 13 had women’s basketball in the SSHS Main Gym for their first home district game. The Lady Cats came into Friday’s district match-up sporting an...
Lady Cats Basketball Team Uses Stifling Defense To Get 39-19 Win at Pleasant Grove
On a night when points were hard to come by, the Lady Cats Basketball Team used tough defense to take a 39-19 win on the road at Pleasant Grove Friday evening. Lady Cats Coach Brittney Tisdell said the Lady Cats kept the Lady Hawks scoreless into some point in the second quarter. She called the Lady Cats defense outstanding. The Lady Cats got a varsity personal best scoring night from senior Bre’Asia Ivery who scored 11 points....
Wildcats Basketball Wins Big
Wildcats Basketball Team is on Fire at Home Defeating Pleasant Grove, 103-52 Tuesday Night The Wildcats Basketball Team went over the century mark Tuesday night (November 19) with a 103-52 victory over Pleasant Grove at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School. The Wildcats started off hot and just got hotter throughout the game. After the game went back and forth in the early going the Wildcats built a 21-13 first quarter lead. By...
Lady Cats Open Season with Win
The Lady Cats’ basketball team opened the season with a 37-26 victory over Paris in Wildcats Gym Saturday. The victory marked the coaching debut in Sulphur Springs for Brittney Tisdell. The game also saw former Lady Cats Coach Jeff Chapman return to the gym as head coach at Paris. The Lady Cats outscored Paris in every quarter and built the lead throughout the game. The Lady Cats led 11-7 after the first quarter, 18-12 at...
Lady Cats Scrimmage Saturday
After a planned Saturday morning (November 10) game with Emory Rains was canceled, Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell booked Mount Vernon for an early morning Saturday scrimmage. Coach Tisdell explained that Rains coach canceled the game Friday due to a rash of players injuries and illnesses. After the scrimmage, Coach Tisdell said the Lady Cats came out ahead of Mount Vernon. There was no attempt to embarrass the game Lady...
