Youth Basketball Camp on Deck Next Week
New Wildcats basketball coach Brandon Shaver will be leading the charge for SSISD’s youth basketball camp that will be held next week. The camp runs the second week of July and will last four days from July 12-15 (Monday through Thursday). The basketball camp will be run by Wildcats HC Brandon Shaver and is welcome to students ranging from entering kindergarteners to eighth grade. Sessions will run in the afternoon, from 5 P.M....
New Wildcats Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver Applauds Buy-Ins From His Athletes
New Wildcats basketball coach Brandon Shaver applauded his athletes for what he’s seen so far through three weeks of Edge. When the Edge for basketball concluded last Thursday, July 1, it marked the halfway point for the summer strength and conditioning program. Coach Shaver said the Edge has been going really well and numbers have been great. The Wildcats played in a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, or TABC event last...
Lady Cats Head Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell Heading Home to North Lamar
Lady Cats Head Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell has accepted the position as Head Basketball Coach at North Lamar High School. Coach Tisdell confirmed the news by text Wednesday, June 23. Coach Tisdell created a winning basketball culture in Sulphur Springs as Head Lady Cats Coach for the past 3 seasons. She had a record of 52-40 overall as Lady Cats Coach but was 15-7 in district play for two of the previous three seasons. Her team...
Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats Softball Teams Host Texas High on Tuesday
Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and the Lady Cats Softball Team have home games on this game day Tuesday (April 13). Both host district games with Texas High with quite a bit on the line. The Wildcats come into the game in a three-way tie for second place with Texas High and Longview. All three have 5-3 district records. The Wildcats are 9-13 for the season and Texas High is 11-5-1. Plans call for a JV game at 4 p.m. The Varsity game...
Wildcats Basketball Team Hits Second-Round Roadblock in 44-36 Area Loss to Midlothian
It was a tale of two halves, Thursday, Feb. 25, as even though the Wildcats Basketball team led Midlothian in the area round of playoffs, the Wildcats could not keep up with the high-flying offense of the Panthers in the second half as the Wildcats fell to Midlothian in the Area round of playoffs, 44-36. Coach Clark Cipoletta’s squad took a big 13-4 lead after the first quarter, and looked to be on their way to a commanding win...
Wildcats Basketball Faces Midlothian in Area Game Thursday
Details have been firmed up for the Wildcats Basketball Team’s Area round game. The Wildcats will be playing Midlothian Thursday night, Feb. 25 at 8 P.M. at Athens. The Wildcats enter the game with a season record of 18-9 after their 59-51 bi-district win over Jacksonville Monday night at Hallsville. The Wildcats are the #2 seed in District 15-5A. Midlothian has a season mark of 21-5. Their 11-1 district record made them...
Lady Cats Basketball Team Hits Second-Round Roadblock in 43-21 Area Loss to Royse City
The Lady Cats Basketball team never recovered from a slow start in a season-ending 43-21 loss in the Area round of playoffs in Caddo Mills versus the Royse City Lady Bulldogs on Monday, Feb. 22. Royse City stymied the Lady Cats, putting pressure on Coach Brittney Tisdell’s squad with every step they took. While the Lady Cats tried their best to develop a rhythm, the Lady Bulldogs defense would not budge an inch. At halftime,...
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Announces New Date of Area Playoff Match
On Friday, Feb. 19 Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell announced that her squad would finally be able to take on Royse City in the Area round playoff game on Monday, Feb. 22. The game is set to tip-off at 6:30 P.M. in Caddo Mills. Lady Cats basketball were originally slated to take on Royse City on Monday, Feb. 15, but inclement weather forced the game to be postponed not once, but twice. Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney...
Wildcats Basketball Bi-District Information Has Been Firmed Up
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta announced Wednesday, February 17 that the Wildcats would be playing Jacksonville in the Bi-District round playoff game Monday at 7:30 P.M. in Hallsville. The Wildcats beat the Anna Coyotes 64-56 at Anna on Saturday, Feb. 13 in a warm-up game in preparation for the play-offs. Jacksonville, the #3 seed team from District 16-5A, will be looking to get the upset against a well-coached...
Lady Cats Basketball Area Information Has Been Firmed Up
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell announced Saturday (February 13) that the Lady Cats would be playing Royse City in an Area round playoff game Monday at 6 pm. in Greenville. Both teams won bi-district contests on Friday. The Lady Cats squeezed by Nacogdoches, 56-54 at Athens. The Lady Bulldogs shocked Midlothian, the #18 ranked team in the state, 42-38, in double overtime. The Lady Cats, the #1 seed from District 15-5A, are...
