Reneau Signs with Austin College
Wildcats’ football inside linebacker Jaxon Reneau signed a letter of intent Friday to play college football at Austin College in Sherman. Reneau said Kangaroos’ assistant football coach Joe Morgan visited Sulphur Springs and met with several Wildcats’ football players. Reneau said Coach Morgan called him back later and asked hium to take an official visit. Reneau visited the Sherman campus and he said he liked it, He...
Game Day: Wildcat Soccer at Prim; Lady Cats at Mt Pleasant
There are also big soccer district games on the schedule on this Friday game day. Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats are playing Mount Pleasant. The Wildcats will be traveling to Mount Pleasant. Wildcats Soccer Coach Nicky Wiggins put it well. “There is nothing pleasant about playing in Mount Pleasant”. After losing their first district game at home to a very good Pine Tree team, the Wildcats have won their last two district games, at...
Wildcat Tennis Focusing on Conditioning
The Wildcats’ tennis team played in their second tournament of the season last Friday at Kilgore. Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said it was a tough tournament featuring good teams such as Nacogdoches, All Saints and Whitehouse. He said the boys doubles team of Alex Benitez and Jonah Kirkpatrick finished in sixth place in A Division play. Another boys doubles team of Jordan Gonzales and Logan Shumacher finished in fifth place in B...
Coach Talk: Wildcat, Lady Cat Soccer
Wiggins on Wildcats Soccer Win The Wildcats’ soccer team had been in a drought for goal scoring coming into Friday’s game at home against Texas High but then a gully washer occurred. The Wildcats scored ten times in a 10-1 win. Texas High actually scored first on a corner kick. Then the Wildcats missed several chances. After the Wildcats finally tied the match with a goal, two more followed in the first half. The Wildcats...
SSHS Soccer Coaches Reflect on Wins Against Marshall
Wildcats Soccer 2, Marshall 0 (Overtime) The Marshall Mavericks’ soccer team frustrated the Wildcats for a longtime Wednesday evening in Marshall. The Mavericks packed in their defense and appeared to be playing to earn a tie and get into penalty kicks. Fortunately for the Wildcats, they finally broke through and scored a pair of goals in overtime. In the first half of overtime, Johnathan Alvarez got a nice pass from Angel...
National Signing Day: SSHS Has Five Student-Athletes to Sign Wednesday
Humphries to SHSU On National Signing Day Wednesday, Wildcats senior quarterback Ryan Humphries signed a letter of intent to play college football at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Humphries said he first talked with Bearcats’ coaches early in his junior year. He also attended their camp this summer. Humphries said they called him after Christmas and told him they wanted him. He said he likes Huntsville. Humphries...
Game Day: Wildcat, Lady Cat Soccer Open District Play
Basketball Plus Soccer Game Day The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams, both tied for first place in the loss column in district play, have a bye on this Friday game day (February 2). There will be soccer. The Wildcats’ soccer team opens district play at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night against Pine Tree. There will be a JV contest at 5:30 p.m. with a varsity match to follow at around 7 p.m. The Wildcats have not...
Owens Calls New Alignment for SSHS Sports Exciting
“We are excited about the new places and new faces,” said SSHS Athletic Director and Football Head Coach Gregg Owens as the new district alignments were announced Thursday morning. Owens said, “It will be a new challenge with new teams, but the biggest challenge [for football] will be the nine (9) team district.” He said a team must win a lot of games to get in the playoffs. “It’s really exciting because it’s different,” he said....
Wildcat Soccer Defeats Pflugerville Weiss 4-2
The Wildcats’ soccer team won their last game in the 2018 Longhorn Challenge High School Soccer Showcase Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats topped Pflugerville Weiss, 4-2. Johnathan Alvarez scored two goals for the Wildcats. Assists were made by Julio Robles and Alexis Escobedo. Omar Hernandez and Miguel Rubio also put the ball in the net. Assists on both of these goals went to Alex “Orange” Diosdado. The Wildcats are now 3-5 for...
SSHS Hosts Powerlifting Meet Saturday
This year’s Sulphur Springs Powerlifting Meet at the Multipurpose Building Saturday (January 13) could be a huge one. Wildcats Powerlifting Coach Casey Jeter said there might be as many as 500 lifters competing including 100 to 150 girls. Coach Jeter said that would make this meet the largest in the state except for the state meet. Weigh in begins at 6:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The first lifters should get started at 9...
