7-on-7 Benefits Players and Coaches
As the Wildcats’ football offensive coordinator, Matt Young finds a lot to like about 7 on 7. The Wildcats played fourteen games during May and June. Coach Young says the players develop camaraderie. He says when its’ 120 degrees on the turf, players that go through that together can’t help but get closer. Coach Young says Wildcats players learn how to communicate. He says unlike other teams that use dads or former...
Former Wildcat Player/Assistant Coach Follows Former Wildcat at McKinney Job
Former Wildcat soccer player and former Wildcat assistant soccer coach Colby Peak has been selected as the new head soccer coach at McKinney Boyd. Coach Peak has been at Mesquite Poteet since 2011 after leaving Sulphur Springs. A Peak coached Mesquite Poteet team downed the Wildcats in a fourth round playoff match in 2013. Coack Peak will be replacing former Wildcat player Casey Osborn at McKinney Boyd. Coach Osborn, who has coached...
The EDGE for Middle School Athletes
For a second year, the Sulphur Springs Athletic Department is offering The Edge for middle school athletes. It is a four week program taking place Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day until July 6. It began on June 12. The Edge for middle school athletes does not have endurance work like gassers, hill climbing and 100 yard dashes featuring in The Edge for high school athletes. It’s focus is more on...
Ups and Downs of EDGE Attendance
The ups and downs of attendance at The Edge conditioning program this year are typical and par for the course according to Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens. His observation is based on twenty-six years of experience offering The Edge. The first three days of The Edge last week saw around 200 athletes participate. Numbers were not very good last Thursday and this Monday according to Coach Owens. He said...
7-on-7 Go to Triple Overtime Against Marshall; Lost to John Tyler; Defeat College Station
Throughout 7 on 7 football season so far, the Wildcats have mostly matched up with smaller schools. That changed Saturday during a state qualifier tournament in Tyler and the Wildcats held their own in pool play winning two and losing one. They missed out on moving on from pool play due to a tiebreaker. It was the first state qualifier tournament for the Wildcats this year. They opened with a triple overtime win over Marshall. The...
EDGE Conditioning Concludes First Week
The first week of The Edge conditioning program concluded Thursday morning. For high school athletes, their last task was running up and down hills near the lake dam at Coleman Park. Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens said Thursday was a good day. He said the first week was what he called semi-slow. Coach Owens said there was a lot of teaching of fundamentals on how to do drills as the athletes were working...
Day 2 of The Edge; Athletes Investing In Themselves
At the end of the second day of The Edge conditioning program Tuesday morning in the Multipurpose Building, Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Triston Abron asked the athletes if they got better today. He said only they know the answer. Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens told them if each of their reps were done with their best effort, they can’t help but get better. He had them chant, Build My House....
140 Athletes Begin Edge Conditioning Monday
An estimated 140 athletes attended this summer’s opening session of the six-week Edge conditioning program Monday in the Multipurpose Building. After a warm up session, Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens minced few words as the laid down some ground rules. He explained that things would be done the coaching staff’s way. Coach Owens said those attending needed to show up on time. He said those...
The Edge Begins Monday at SSHS Multipurpose Building
Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens is a big believer in the importance of The Edge, a summertime conditioning program for athletes. The free program begins Monday morning at the Multipurpose Building. Coach Owens says the Wildcats are going to be very competitive and players need to show up in shape in August so he doesn’t have to deal with injuries all through the fall. Coach Owens says The Edge is a...
Local Sports Camps Preview: Baseball, Softball June 6-9
There will be two Sulphur Springs ISD youth sports camps coming up next week. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack will be offering his Baseball Hitting Camp next Tuesday through Thursday in the Multipurpose Building. There will be baseball camp for students entering first through the third grades from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day. Then there will be camp for those entering the fourth through the ninth grades running each day...
