“Updated” Coach Owens on Greenville Friday Night
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens discussed Greenville and the Wildcats at his weekly news conference Wednesday morning. The Lions provide the opposition for the Wildcats’ Homecoming game Friday night. Coach Owens is impressed by Greenville’s size in the offensive and defensive lines. He says their tendency is to run 60% of the time. Coach Owens says the Greenville offensive scheme is designed to put pressure on the defensive ends on...
Coach Owens Reflects on Mt. Pleasant Friday
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens admits it’s a little scary taking on a Mt. Pleasant team that still has not won a game after four weeks of play including one district game. Everybody is still in the race. However Coach Owens prefers to have his players focus on what their purpose is on every play. Keys to Friday night’s game remain the same as last week for Coach Owens: make tackles and don’t make turnovers.
Coach Owens Frustrated
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says when you play good football teams, they will expose your weaknesses. He feels that’s what has happened to the Wildcats, 1-2 for the season with losses to quality teams Rockwall-Heath and Whitehouse. For the next two weeks going into the district opener against Texas High at Prim Stadium, Coach Owens says the coaches will use the exposed weaknesses to challenge the Wildcats to get better. He...
Coach Owens on Whitehouse
Expect an offensive explosion Friday night in Whitehouse as the Wildcats’ football team takes on Whitehouse in the Wildcats last non-district game of the year. The Wildcats are 1-1 while Whitehouse is 2-0 with a road win at Texas High and a neutral site victory over rival Chapel Hill. During his weekly news conference Wildcats Coach Greg Owens talked about Whitehouse. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens believes the keys to success in...
Coach Owens Wednesday Press Conference: Sherman Next
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens likes his team a lot this week. He liked the way they played with great effort in the loss to Rockwall-Heath last Friday. He especially liked the play of the offensive and defensive lines. He liked the fact that team members were hurt by the loss showing they cared. He likes the way they have responded in practice this week. Coach Owens feels they are hungry to get better. By Don Julian, KSST News...
Coach Owens on the Game vs The Hawks
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens notes that Rockwall-Heath is #8 in the state in class 5A in one poll for a reason. He says they are really good. They have an offensive tackle headed for Texas A&M and a safety going to Texas. On offense Coach Owens says the Hawks play smash mouth power football and they like to run the ball. Their offensive line and defensive secondary are strengths. He adds they ought to help the Wildcats get...
Coach Owens On Last Friday’s Scrimmage
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens admits to sometimes walking off the practice field disgruntled about the way things are going. His Offensive Coordinator Matt Young has found a way to get Coach Owens to feel better. Coach Young tells him all the players walked off the field. There were no injuries. That was the case in the scrimmage Friday night at Liberty-Eylau. Another positive was the video shot at the scrimmage. Coach Owens says...
Coach Owens Summarizes 1st Week of Practice
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says after one week of practice his team is nowhere near where they need to be and they know it. He says coaches are throwing a lot at players and the athletes’ retention levels are very good. Still Coach Owens says the first day of pads Friday featured sloppy mechanics and technique. The team has one more week of practice before their first scrimmage action next Friday in Liberty-Eylau. A first...
Matt Young
Memorial service for Matt Young, age 49, of Lindale, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at the Hopkins County Civic Center Auditorium with Greg Owens officiating. Visitation will follow the service. Honorary pallbearers will be his brothers-in-law. Matt, who was diagnosed with cancer in June of 2022, passed away at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler on Sunday, January 5, 2025. Matthew Thomas...
Wildcats Colt Silman and Jakobe Yarbrough Sign On to Play at Next Level
Wildcats football players Colt Silman and Jakobe Yarbrough both signed their national letters of intent Wednesday, Feb. 2 at the Multi Purpose Building to play football at the next level. Wide receiver and corner Colt Silman heads to ETBU in nearby Marshall and Yarbrough is a bit further from home in Conway, AR to play at Hendrix College. Silman is set to play WR at ETBU. The senior slot receiver is the son of Bruce and Julie Silman....
