Lady Cats Basketball Lost at Texas High; Prepare for Bi-District Play Against Jacksonville
The Lady Cats’ basketball team got off to a good start but it was the Texas High Lady Tigers with a strong finish that ended up with a 67-58 win at home on senior night Tuesday night (February 5). The win gave the Lady Tigers a co-district championship with Royse City. Both finished 9-1 in district play. Texas High won a coin flip and will be district #1 playoff seed. The Lady Cats are the district’s #3 seed. The Lady Cats...
Lady Cats Defeat Greenville; Final District Game Friday Against Mount Pleasant
The Lady Cats’ basketball team raced out to a big lead against Greenville and then turned the game over to their reserves mid way through the third quarter as the Lady Cats defeated the Lady Lions, 52-23. The Lady Cats led 18-9 after the first quarter, 31-13 at the half and 46-21 after three quarters. The Lady Cats gave up only 2 points to Greenville in the fourth quarter. Sadavia Porter led the Lady Cats with 15 points, Autumn...
Lady Cats Strong Start Overwhelms Lindale
The Lady Cats’ basketball team was strong from the start as they overwhelmed Lindale, 62-21 Friday evening (January 25) in a district game at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School. The win broke a two game district losing streak as they Lady Cats improved to 4-3 in district play. The Lady Eagles are now 1-6. Using a relentless press, the Lady Cats jumped out to a 22-7 first quarter lead. It was 34-12 at halftime and 53-14...
Lady Cats Third Quarter Rally Not Enough to Overcome #14 Royse City
The #14 ranked Royse City Lady Bulldogs’ basketball team survived a big Lady Cats’ third quarter and then padded their lead some in the fourth quarter to take a 58-53 win at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School Tuesday night (January 22). The Lady Bulldogs outscored the Lady Cats 18-10 in the first quarter and 15-10 in the second quarter to take a 33-20 lead into the half. The Lady Cats rallied in the third quarter...
Lady Tigers Strong Second Quarter Defeats Lady Cats
The Texas High Lady Tigers used a very strong second quarter to defeat the Lady Cats’ basketball team, 60-48 at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School Friday evening (January 18). After both teams scored 14 points in the opening quarter, the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Cats, 23-7 in the second quarter to open up a 37-21 lead. The Lady Cats trimmed two points off the lead in both the third and fourth quarters but that...
Basketball: Wildcats, Lady Cats Coaches Commend Teams in Mt Pleasant Victories
Cipoletta Proud of His Winning Wildcats Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta said he was proud of the way his team played in a Tuesday night (January 15) win at Mount Pleasant. He said the team had to step up since the Wildcats had to play without key cog Sadaidriene Day Day Hall who was out with a concussion. Junior Cameron Kahn and senior Xavier Cork really stepped up according to Coach Cipoletta. He called Mount Pleasant the...
Porter Scores Game High 29; Lady Cats Defeat Mount Pleasant 58-31
Led by dynamic point guard Sadavia Porter, the Lady Cats’ basketball team built a 10 point lead during the third quarter against Mount Pleasant and then blew the game wide open in the fourth quarter taking a 58-31 win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday evening. Porter almost matched the Lady Tigers offensive output all by herself scoring a game high 29 points including a dramatic long three-point basket just before the third quarter...
Lady Cats Stifling Press Leads to Decisive Win
The Lady Cats’ basketball team took a decisive 66-20 district win over Greenville Friday night (January 11) in the Main Sulphur Springs High School Gym. The Lady Cats’ stifling press forced numerous early turnovers as the Lady Cats raced out to a 25-3 first quarter lead. The Lady Cats led at the half, 46-7. Lady Cats Coach Brittney Tisdell took off the press and let everybody play. Eleven Lady Cats played and eight of them...
Lady Cats Defeat Lindale 57-35
The Lady Cats’ basketball team had a good game in many ways as they defeated Lindale, 57-35 Tuesday evening (January 8) at Lindale. The Lady Cats are now 1-1 in district play and 19-4 for the season. Coach Brittney Tisdell said every member of the team got to work on the press against the Lady Eagles. She said defensively the Lady Cats played really well and that secured the win. Coach Tisdell said on offense, working against...
Basketball: Lady Cats Stats in Royse City Loss
Against Royse City in a 69-53 Lady Cats’ loss on Friday evening (January 4), the Lady Cats were led in scoring by point guard Sadavia Porter who scored 26 points. 15 of those points came during a strong third quarter for the Lady Cats that saw them cut their deficit from 13 to 9 points against the Lady Bulldogs. Porter picked up her fifth foul early in the fourth quarter. Autumn Tanton scored 14 points and had 11 rebounds for a...
