Wildcats Varsity Football Game At Crandall Friday Is Postponed
With Wildcats Varsity Football players quarantined until October 23, there will be no district opener this Friday night, October 16, in Crandall. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens calls the Crandall game a postponement and indicates he’s hopeful the game can be made up at a later date. Wildcats Football at other levels is continuing this week. The 8th Grade Wildcats will play at Texas High Middle School Tuesday at 5 p.m. The...
Wildcats Friday Night Football Opponent Hallsville Led By Tommy Allison
Veteran Texas high school coach Tommy Allison is in his first year as head football coach at Hallsville, the Wildcats Homecoming opponent Friday night, October 9, at Gerald Prim Stadium. Coach Allison came to Hallsville after nine years as head coach at Robinson, a Class 4A school near Waco. He also coached at Class 2-A Cayuga where he led the Wildcats there to a state championship in 2009. He’s spent 26 years in coaching...
Wildcats Football Head Coach Discusses Lovejoy Loss and Upcoming Hallsville
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens was not thrilled with the result of Friday night’s tough loss to the Lucas Lovejoy Leopards, as the Wildcats lost 48-13. “We had some opportunities there,” Coach Owens said about Friday night’s game, adding that it was similar to the season-opener against Frisco Wakeland in that the Wildcats had opportunities for success. The varsity football coach found the sliver lining, though,...
Wildcats Football Defensive Coordinator Discusses Lovejoy Loss and Upcoming Hallsville
On Tuesday KSST met up with Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra to discuss last week’s game against Lucas Lovejoy. While the outcome may not have gone as hoped for the varsity squad, the defensive-minded coach for the Wildcats football team thought there were positives and negatives to take away from Friday night’s 48-13 loss to the Lucas Lovejoy Leopards. Coach Guerra thought his unit’s performance against the...
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Discusses Wakeland Loss and Upcoming Home Opener
Matt Young “It was kind of an up-and-down night,” Wildcats offensive coordinator Matt Young said of the season-opening 38-10 loss to Frisco Wakeland last Friday night. “We had one three-and-out in 11 drives [Friday night]” OC Matt Young said, but added there was still plenty of room to improve. Coach Young said the Wildcats offensive efficiency rating “was 49 percent,” but added that the group tries...
Wildcats Football Defensive Coordinator Discusses Wakeland Loss and Upcoming Home Opener
On Wednesday KSST met up with Wildcats defensive coordinator Alex Guerra to discuss last week’s game against Frisco Wakeland. While the outcome may not have gone as hoped for the varsity squad, each coach for the Wildcats football team thought there were positives and negatives to take away from Friday night’s 38-10 loss to the Frisco Wakeland Wolverines. “We came out wide-eyed in the very beginning on the first...
Wildcats Football Head Coach Discusses Wakeland Loss and Upcoming Home Opener
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens was not thrilled with the result of Friday night’s tough loss to the Frisco Wakeland Wolverines, as the Wildcats lost 38-10. Coach Owens says there was a lot of growth in a lot of areas, as Coach Owens says he’s got some players that are still “wide-eyed” due to the glitz and glamour associated with Friday Night Lights. Real-time game experience is pivotal, Coach Owens argues,...
Volleyball, Cross Country, and Football on Tap This Game Day Friday
On this game day Friday (October 2), there is Lady Cats Volleyball, Sulphur Springs Cross Country, and Wildcats Football on the schedule. The Lady Cats Volleyball Team, who are 4-5 this season, were to be playing in only their third home game of the still-young regular season Tuesday evening. Unfortunately for the Lady Cats, the Mount Pleasant varsity team has been quarantined due to COVID-19. They ended up forfeiting the game,...
Wildcats Football Team Opens 2020 Season With Road Loss Against Frisco Wakeland, 38-10
The Wildcats Football Team had a tough start to the 2020 season losing a one-sided game, 38-10 against Frisco Wakeland at Toyota Stadium in Frisco Friday night, September 25. The Wolverines put points on the board in every quarter. Wakeland got off to a good start taking the opening kickoff and going 75 yards for a touchdown. Talented Wolverine running back Jared White got the game’s first score on a 5-yard run. Wakeland was up...
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Said He Saw Good and Bad During Thursday Scrimmage
The good, the bad and the ugly. That’s how Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens described the Wildcats scrimmage with Mount Pleasant Thursday night (September 17) at Gerald Prim Stadium. The two teams tied 14-14 in the scrimmage, which went 3-quarters with controlled kicking situations. He said it was about what he expected from a scrimmage where his team was seeing someone for the first time. It was live action and he said...
