Good and Bad For Injury Plagued Wildcats Basketball Team at Scrimmage Wednesday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta said his team had two good quarters and two he described as terrible during a scrimmage at Frisco Lebanon Trail Wednesday evening (November 11). Coach Cipoletta noted he’s trying to find players to put on the court during a rash of injuries. Wednesday the Wildcats had to do without two expected starters: senior point guard Lamodrick Johnson and post Justin Haire. A third player with...
Wildcats Basketball Team Has First Official Day of Practice Wednesday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta loves basketball practice. So it was no surprise when he described Wednesday’s (October 28) first official day of practice as like Christmas morning. He added he and the team were biting on the bit ready to get started. The 2020-2021 Wildcats will be a mostly young and inexperienced bunch. Three Wildcats got significant minutes last season: senior point guard Lamodrick Johnson, senior...
Wildcats Basketball Team Earns Two Superlatives As Six Make All-District Team
Wildcat Senior Sadaidriene Day Day Hall was named the District MVP and Wildcat senior Cameron Kahn was Co-Offensive MVP on the District 15-5A All-District Basketball Team, released Saturday by Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta. Senior Grayson McClure and junior Boo Wilkerson were named First Team, All-District. Junior Lamodrick Johnson was named Second Team All-District. Sophomore Justin Haire and senior Justin Brock were...
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...
Wildcats Basketball Team Game With Lancaster Set Up For Tuesday Night
Saturday afternoon, Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta announced that the #10 ranked Wildcats Regional Quarterfinal game with #1 ranked Lancaster has been set for Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at Rockwall Heath. Ever since playoff brackets were released this season, people noticed a possible Wildcats and Lancaster match up in the third round. Lancaster defeated Cleburne in bi-district, 96-32 and Texas High in Area, 84-44. The...
Wildcats Basketball Team Puts Complete Game On The Floor In 61-38 Area Win Over Red Oak
The #10 Wildcats Basketball Team continued with another solid playoff performance with a 61-38 victory over #12 Red Oak in an Area game at Forney Friday night, February 28. The Wildcats were good from the opening tap as they roared to a 20-10 first quarter lead. The Wildcats tall duo of Day Day Hall and Cameron Kahn proved to be too much for the shorter Hawks to handle. By the half, the Wildcats lead grew to 33-17. After three...
Wildcats Basketball Team Faces Red Oak in Area Game at Forney on Game Day Friday
The Wildcats Basketball Team plays Red Oak in an Area round game on this Friday (February 28) game day at 7:30 p.m. at Forney. The Wildcats, ranked #10 in Class 5A, advanced to Area with a 78-55 win over Lufkin Monday night at Tyler Junior College. The Red Oak Hawks, ranked #12 in Class 5A, got a Tuesday night win over West Mesquite, 69-62, in DeSoto to advance. The Wildcats have a season record of 27-8 and they were the runner up...
Wildcats Basketball Team To Face Red Oak In Area Game Later This Week
With Wildcats Basketball coaches watching, Red Oak won their bi-district game against West Mesquite Tuesday night, February 25, in DeSoto. Red Oak, ranked #12 in Class 5A, will now play the Wildcats, the #10 ranked team in Class 5A, in an Area game later this week. At last report late Tuesday, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said nothing was set in stone yet. Red Oak, the district champion of District 14-5A, was a perfect 12-0 in...
Wildcats Basketball Team Cranks Up the Offense In 78-55 Win Over Lufkin In Bi-District Monday
The Lufkin Panthers had no answer for the offense of Wildcats senior Sadaidriene Day Day Hall who scored 34 points in the Wildcats 78-55 bi-district win at Tyler Junior College Monday night, February 24. As a sign of things to come, Hall opened the game with a long three-point basket. Hall had 6 first quarter points, 9 points in the second quarter, 8 points in the third quarter and then capped things off with an 11 point fourth...
Wildcats Basketball Team Takes On Lufkin At TJC Monday Night In Bi-District Game
The Wildcats Basketball Team’s bi-district game with Lufkin has been firmed up. The Wildcats and the Panthers will play Monday, February 24, at 7 p.m. in the Wagstaff Arena at Tyler Junior College. The Wildcats are the runner up in district 15-5A and Lufkin is the third place team in district 16-5A. The teams meet last season in a regional quarterfinal game at TJC and the Wildcats won, 56-44. The Wildcats, ranked #10 in Class...
