Wildcats, Lady Cats Receive Major Awards at All-Sports Banquet
Major awards were all shared at the 2017-2018 Sulphur Springs Wildcat All-Sports Banquet Monday night (May 7). Football, baseball and track athlete Ryan Humphries and football player and powerlifter D’Idrec Dugan were co-winners of the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat. Track, volleyball and basketball player Imani Taylor and Volleyball and basketball player Kaylee Jefferson shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat....
Wildcats’ Iwuakor Weights Options for Future College Play
In the Tuesday (April 17) edition of the Denton Record-Chronicle, staff sports writer Brett Vito reports on the North Texas Mean Green making an in home visit in Sulphur Springs Monday (April 16) as they recruit 6-foot-7-inch Wildcats basketball player Victor Iwuakor. North Texas has a full head of steam coming off of a College Basketball Invitational tournament championship and their first winning season in six years. The North Texas...
Wildcats Soccer to Play Lovejoy
The Wildcats’ soccer team plays Lovejoy again this year in a bi-district playoff match Thursday (March 29) at 7 p.m. at Pirate Stadium on the campus of Wylie East. The Wildcats are the four seed in their district while Lovejoy is a district champ. On KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show, Wildcats Soccer Coach Nicky Wiggins said that Lovejoy is a solid team with no apparent weaknesses. He said the...
All-Region Basketball Teams Include Players From Area Schools
Sulphur Springs Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta had two of his players selected to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ Class 5A All-Region Basketball Team in Region II for the 2017-2018 season. 6-3 junior guard Keaston Willis and 6-8 junior forward Victor Iwuakor were chosen. Several other area schools had players selected. Mount Vernon’s junior guard Brandon Aguilar and senior guard Tyler Cooper made...
Iwuakor Named District MVP; All-District Team Announced
Eight Wildcats’ basketball players made the All-District team selected by the district’s head coaches recently. Wildcats’ junior post player Victor Iwuakor was chosen as the District’s Most Valuable Player. Junior guard Keaston Willis, sophomore forward Godsgift Ezedinma and sophomore point guard Michael Jefferson were selected First Team All-District. Senior Bryson Lynn and senior Dedric Godbolt made Second...
Cipoletta Reflects on Wildcats Regional Quarterfinal Loss
After having time to think about the Wildcats’ basketball team’s regional quarterfinal loss to Prosper in triple overtime Tuesday night in Princeton, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta talked with KSST Sports Thursday morning. He said it was just one of those games, a very good game and he said Prosper was a very good team. Coach Cipoletta added the Wildcats played their hearts out. He said you come up short sometimes. Coach...
Triple Overtime Loss for Wildcats at Regional Quarterfinal Game
The Wildcats’ basketball team came up short in their regional quarterfinal game against Prosper at Princeton Tuesday night but the Wildcats put up a tremendous fight in a triple overtime loss to the Eagles, 69-64. With the Wildcats trailing by three but hoping to get off a tying shot, Prosper got a big steal. A lay up was missed but a second Eagle grabbed the rebound and dunked the ball to give Prosper a five point lead....
Scouting Report: Wildcats vs. Prosper
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta gave a scouting report on the Prosper Eagles on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show last Saturday. The Wildcats meet Prosper in a regional quarterfinal game at Princeton Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Coach Cipoletta said the Eagles are a very good team. They are 31-3 for the season and are ranked #5 in the state in Class 5A. The Wildcats come in ranked #13 and they...
SSHS Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Soccer: Coaches Talk Recent Games, Look to the Future
Cipoletta on Frisco Lone Star Win Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta credited his team with playing some of their best defense of the year in a 58-41 area round win over Frisco Lone Star Friday night at Princeton. Coach Cipoletta was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show. Coach Cipoletta said his team also did a good job of being focused and of executing the game plan. Part of the plan was to...
#13 Wildcats Defeat Frisco Lone Star; Face #5 Prosper in Princeton Tuesday
The Wildcats’ basketball team advanced into the Regional Quarterfinals with a 58-41 win over Frisco Lone Star Friday night in Princeton. The Wildcats built their lead in every quarter. The Wildcats led by 5, 16-11 after one quarter. They increased the lead 12 points, 32-20 after outscoring the Rangers 16-9 in the second quarter. The lead went up to 15 points at 43-28 after the Wildcats outscored Lone Star 11-8 in the third...
