Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Says He’s Taking a Safety First Approach For Players During The Edge
Wildcats Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Greg Owens gave a health update Friday (June 19) after the first two weeks of The Edge conditioning program. He says he knows of no positive tests for the coronavirus for participants of The Edge. Coach Owens says he and SSHS Head Athletic Trainer Tammy Carrell are working with Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams, who is overseeing the safety effort. Coach Owens is telling students...
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Says Football Numbers Are Good For The Edge
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens would always like to see more players attend The Edge conditioning program, which got underway Monday in the Multipurpose Building. However all and all Coach Owens seems mostly pleased with the turnout for the first two days of the program. He says there were about 150 players in attendance on Monday with about 50 each among 11th and 12 graders, 9th and 10th graders and 7th and 8th graders. Tuesday...
Two Wildcats Football Assistant Coaches Submit Resignations
Two New SSHS Coaches Hired At the Monday night meeting, the Sulphur Springs school board accepted the resignations of two Wildcats football assistant coaches. The Sulphur Springs ISD trustees also approved two new coaches, as Athletic Director Greg Owens is shuffling his coaching staff. Wildcats Football Assistant Coach and Assistant Softball Coach Chris Valdovinos is leaving to become the Defensive Coordinator at Mexia for former...
Former Wildcats Football Stand Out Named Head Coach At Commerce
Former Wildcats Football standout Johnny McSheffery has been named the new head football coach at Commerce. Coach McSheffery replaced Cody Farrell who left Commerce to become Athletic Director at Hallsville. Coach McSheffrey was promoted from Commerce Defensive Coordinator to Head Coach on March 3. He has been on the Tigers staff for several years. Prior to that, Coach McSheffery was a Wildcats football assistant. Coach McSheffrey was...
Five Wildcats Football Players Make THSCA Academic All-State Team
Five Wildcats Football players made the Academic All-State list as selected by the Texas High School Coaches Association. Campbell Cody, Cameron Kaufert and Chase Haney made the 2nd Team and Zach Tiemeyer and Brandon Zavala were Honorable Mention selections. All five are seniors. Wildcats Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens sent his congratulations and said he was proud of these young men for maintaining high academic...
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Discusses 20 Seniors and Comments on North Forney Loss
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens wrapped up the 2019 season and talked about each of his twenty seniors on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning (November 9) Coach’s Show. The Wildcats lost their last district game of the season to North Forney, 70-13 last Friday at Gerald Prim Stadium on Senior Night. Coach Owens called the loss a hard pill to swallow. He called North Forney a fast and athletic team with...
Wildcats Football Finishes Season
Explosive North Forney Offense Proves Almost Impossible to Stop in 70-13 Victory at The Prim It was a very tough night for the Sulphur Springs Wildcats Football Team Friday (November 8). An explosive North Forney offense that was hitting on all cylinders defeated the Wildcats, 70-13. The total points matched points given up in a Wildcats loss in 2012 in bi-district to Wylie East, 70-33. Ironically the Wildcats scored first in this...
Wildcats Football Team Wraps Up Season With Senior Night on This Game Day Friday
The Wildcats 2019 football season concludes Friday night (November 8) at Gerald Prim Stadium with a significant date on any team’s schedule, Senior Night. There are 20 seniors listed on the current Wildcats football roster and they will be recognized as well as seniors in band, cheerleaders, Blue Blazes, athletic trainers and other groups. Recognition will take place prior to kickoff of the Wildcats district game with North...
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Says Loss at Kaufman a Disappointing One
On KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18 TV’s Saturday (November 2) Morning Coach’s Show, Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens called Kaufman’s 28-24 come from behind win over the Wildcats a disappointing one and one the Wildcats let slip away. He said a few mishaps by the Wildcats cost them the ballgame. Coach Owens said the Wildcats played hard but could not put the game away. With the Wildcats leading 3-0 after a...
Wildcats Football Lead Vanishes in Fourth Quarter
For three quarters the Wildcats Football Team held a lead at Kaufman only to see the Lions score on a fourth quarter pass to take their first lead of the game on their way to a 28-24 district win at Lions Stadium in Kaufman Friday night. The Wildcats dominated most of the first half as they built a 15-0 lead. On their first drive the Wildcats bogged down near the Lions’ end zone and Brandon Zavala was called on to kick a 33 yard...
