Basketball Game Day: Wildcats, Lady Cats
Wildcats Basketball Game Day The #8 ranked Wildcats’ basketball team hopes to take another step toward a district championship Friday night (January 19) as they travel to Hallsville for a district game. There is a freshman game at 5 p.m., a JV contest at 6:15 p.m. and a varsity game at 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats varsity is 5-0 in district play. They have won four straight games and their season record is 22-3. Hallsville is 2-3 in...
#11 Wildcats, #9 Lady Cats, and Saltillo Basketball in Tournament Play Beginning Thursday
This week the Sulphur Springs Wildcats will play in a three-day Allen tournament beginning Thursday, December 28. The tournament is a varsity only tourney featuring lots of Class 6A teams, some with top 25 rankings. The Wildcats resume district play at Marshall on January 2. They are home January 5th against Texas High. The Wildcats are ranked #11 in Texas Class 5-A boys basketball. The Lady Cats are # 9 in Texas Class 5-A girls...
Basketball Tournaments: Miller Grove; Wildcats in Garland; Lady Cats in Winnsboro
MILLER GROVE TOURNEY Miller Grove is hosting a three-day boys invitational tournament that is underway Thursday and will continue through Saturday. Games start each day at 9:30 a.m. with the last game beginning at around 7:30 p.m. Nine teams are participating and each is expected to get in six games during the busy tournament. Tournament teams include CHESS, Trenton, White Oak, Sulphur Springs JV, Miller Grove, Boyd JV, Cooper, Ector...
Texas Basketball Coaches Association Poll Ranks Lady Cats at #18 in 5-A
The Lady Cats’ basketball team is off to a good start this season and Lady Cats Coach Jeff Chapman talked about his Lady Cats on KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show this past Saturday (November 25). The Lady Cats are 4-0 so far with wins at Emory Rains, at North Lamar, at home against Hugo, Oklahoma and at Paris. The Lady Cats are currently #18 ranked according to a Texas Association of Basketball...
Lady Cats Begin Basketball Season with 73-46 Win on the Road
The Lady Cats’ basketball team used a pair of long scoring runs to open the season with a 73-46 road win over a scrappy Emory Rains team Saturday afternoon. The Lady Cats opened the game with a17 point run. Then they struggled as Emory Rains cut into the lead. The Lady Cats led 20-10 after the first quarter. Rains outscored the Lady Cats 17-6 in the second quarter and actually took a 27-26 halftime lead. Rain also scored to...
Lady Cats Girls Basketball Camp Off to Good Start
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman opened his three-day girls basketball camp Monday morning in the main gym on the Sulphur Springs High School campus. It’s running from 9 a.m. until noon through Wednesday. Coach Chapman welcomed 24 girls and he said it was a pretty good turnout. With those numbers, he said each kid would be able to receive individual instruction on basketball fundamentals. Day one featured how to hold a...
Lady Cats Girls’ Basketball Camp June 19-21
Successful Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman will offer his girls’ basketball camp next week Monday through Wednesday, June 19-21, from 9 a.m. until noon each day. Camp will be held in the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School. The camp is designed for girls entering 4th through the 9th grades. Cost of the camp is $40 for each girl. Girls can be registered in advance or they can sign up on the first day of the...
Game Day Basketball: Wildcats at Home; Lady Cats in Hallsville
The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams take on Hallsville Friday night. The Wildcats play the Bobcats in Wildcats Gym with a freshman game at 5 p.m., a JV contest at around 6:15 p.m. and a varsity game at around 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats varsity is currently 4-1 in district play and in second place. They are 19-5 for the season. The match up with Hallsville is a good one. The Bobcats are 3-2 in district play and their season...
Lady Cats’ Basketball Even Record; Host North Lamar Tuesday
The Lady Cats’ basketball team evened their season record at 1-1 with a 66-31 win at Emory Rains Saturday morning. The Lady Cats outscored Rains in every quarter. Kaylee Jefferson led the Lady Cats with 20 points and Sadavia Porter added 12. All of the Lady Cats scored including Autumn Tanton with 8, Daieyshia Pruitt with 7, Imani Taylor with 6, Tori Moore with 5 and Destinee Weeks and Rita Hill with 4 each. The Lady Cats return...
Seven Lady Cats Named All District Basketball
Seven members of the District Champion Lady Cats Basketball players received All-District honors during a recent meeting of the district’s coaches. Lady Cat Sophomore Post Kaylee Jefferson shared the district’s MVP Award with Hallsville Point Guard Alisha Leathers. Lady Cats making the First Team All-District were Freshman Point Guard Sadavia Porter, Junior Forward Daieyshia Pruitt and Junior Guard Tori Moore. The Lady...
