Lady Cats Play for District Volleyball First Place Tie Friday
Late Tuesday night, KSST Sports learned that the first place Lady Tigers of Texas High had lost a volleyball road contest at Hallsville. That upped the ante for this Friday’s Lady Cats’ volleyball team’s home contest against Texas High. With the T High loss and the Lady Cats win over Greenville at home Tuesday night, the Lady Cats find themselves just one game out of first place. A win Friday would put the Lady Cats...
SSHS Sports Banquet Honors Announced
Wildcats’ baseball and track athlete Mason Buck won the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat and volleyball and basketball players Tori Moore and Sheretta Hill shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat at the 2016-2017 Sulphur Springs Wildcat All-Sports Banquet Monday night. Basketball player Dane Rutherford and football and baseball athlete Easton Silman shared the James Cameron Fighting Heart Award for a Wildcat and...
Tuesday is Wildcat Game Day
There are playoff basketball and district soccer games on this Tuesday game day. The Wildcats’ basketball team, the second place team in district, will face North Forney, third in its’ district, in a bi-district game at Lindale at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Wildcats are 25-6 for the season. Their 25 wins matches the best in school history. The playoff is a first for Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta and for all the...
Lady Cats Ready to Play North Forney in Bi-District
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman will be getting his district champion Lady Cats’ team ready to play North Forney in a bi-district game. Coach Chapman said details are still tentative but they are looking at playing at Rockwall Heath on Monday at 6 p.m. Again that is not set in stone. One thing that is not happening is a warm up game before the playoff game. Coach Chapman still remembers a knock down drag out warm up game...
Lady Cats Win 19 Straight Games; 12-0 District Season; Face North Forney in Bi-District Play
The Lady Cats’ basketball team defended last year’s district championship and ended this season unbeaten in district play after a 49-34 win over Mt. Pleasant Tuesday night in Wildcats Gym. The Lady Cats led by only 5 points, 30-25, going into the fourth quarter. The Lady Cats put the game away by outscoring the Lady Tigers 19-9 in the last quarter. Sophomore Sadavia Porter and junior Kaylee Jefferson led the Lady Cats...
Lady Cats Defeat Texas High to Keep District Record Perfect
The Lady Cats’ basketball team got off to a good start and outscored Texas High in every quarter on the way to a 77-50 win at Texarkana Tuesday night. The Lady Cats led 24-13 after one quarter, 41-27 at the half and 65-39 after three quarters. Autumn Tanton led the Lady Cats in scoring with 20 points. Sadavia Porter added 16 points, Kaylee Jefferson scored 12 points and Daieyshia Pruitt chipped in 11 points. Destinee Weeks...
Lady Cats Dominate Pine Tree in 70-27 Win
The Lady Cats’ basketball team outscored Pine Tree handily in each quarter to take a dominating , 70-27 win at Longview Pine Tree Tuesday night. The Lady Cats led 19-5 after one period, 36-11 at halftime and 51-21 after three quarters. Sadavia Porter and Kaylee Jefferson each scored 18 points. Sheretta Hill scored 15 points, Autumn Tanton had 9 points, Tori Moore had 6 points and Daieyshia Pruitt 4 points. The Lady Cats shot 50%...
Lady Cats Remain Undefeated in District Play
The Lady Cats’ basketball team build a solid lead through three quarters and then kept the lead despite a Hallsville fourth quarter rally to win 59-46 on the road Friday night. The Lady Cats led 16-7 after the first quarter, 37-20 at the half and 51-30 after three quarters. The Lady Bobcats outscored the Lady Cats 16-8 in the fourth quarter but it wasn’t enough. Kaylee Jefferson and Autumn Tanton both had 14 points for the...
Coaches Pleased With Continuing Improvement
WILDCATS BASKETBALL Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta saw lots of signs that his team used last Friday’s loss to Mt. Pleasant as a learning experience moving forward. He said the team hopefully either wins or learns from a loss. Tuesday night the Wildcats won at Greenville, 84-54. Coach Cipoletta said his team played really well on both sides of the ball. He said the Wildcats executed on offense a lot better Tuesday than...
Lady Cats in First Place with Win at Mt Pleasant
The Lady Cats’ basketball team came away with a big district win at Mt. Pleasant, 43-41 Friday night. The Lady Cats seemed to be cruising at halftime as they led 26-16. They held the Lady Tigers to a single point in the second quarter. Mt. Pleasant fought back in the third quarter and the Lady Cats took a slim 33-31 lead into the final quarter. The Lady Cats matched Mt. Pleasant point for point in the fourth quarter to come out...
