Some SSHS Sports Camps Get Started Tuesday Along With The Edge For Wildcats Tennis
The summer sports calendar at Sulphur Springs High School gets underway in a big way Tuesday (June 1). There will be three sports camps starting as well as The Edge in tennis. Camps include a combined volleyball and girls basketball camp for one price as well as baseball camp and softball camp. All three camps will run Tuesday through Thursday. The combo volleyball and girls basketball camp will take place at the Main Sulphur Springs...
Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta Heading to Allen
Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta has accepted the position as Head Basketball Coach at Allen High School. Coach Cip confirmed the news by text Tuesday (May 11). Coach Cipoletta created a basketball culture in Sulphur Springs as Head Wildcats Coach for the past 7 seasons. He had a record of 150-82 overall as Wildcats Coach but he was 131-40 for the past 5 seasons. His teams captured two district championships. Coach...
Wildcats Point Guard LaModrick Johnson Signs With Concordia University Wednesday
The Wildcats 6-foot-3 point guard LaModrick Johnson made it official Wednesday afternoon in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School as he signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at Concordia University in Austin. LJ is the son of Chris and Ann Spivey. Johnson said he has been talking with the Concordia head coach for several months now. He said the coach watched him on tape and then invited him to take a visit....
Former Wildcats Basketball Player Going to UNLV From OU
Former Wildcats’ basketball star Victor Iwuakor is transferring from Oklahoma to the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Iwuakor, a 6-foot-8 power forward, played the past two years for the Sooners. Iwuakor will be playing for Kevin Kruger, the son of former Oklahoma Coach Lon Kruger, who has announced his retirement. Kevin was an assistant for his father at Oklahoma before getting the UNLV job. KSST is proud to be the official...
Two Former Wildcats Players Have Selected New Basketball Homes
Former Wildcats’ basketball standouts have transferred to new programs. Keaston Willis is headed for Louisiana Tech and Sadaidriene “Day Day” Hall has signed with Stephen F. Austin. Willis, a 6-3 guard, has played the past two seasons at Incarnate Word in San Antonio, where he averaged 19 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2 assists. In mid-March, Willis announced he was entering the transfer portal. After drawing interest from several...
Wildcats X-Man Xavier Cork is Transferring To TCU
Former Wildcats’ basketball standout Xavier Cork is transferring from Western Carolina to TCU in the Big 12 Conference. The 6-9 Cork has been with the Catamounts for the past two seasons playing 58 games. This past season, Cork led the Southern Conference shooting 64.1% from the field. He also averaged 12.1 points and 6.1 rebounds for Western Carolina. Xavier Cork, pictured here when he signed to play basketball at Western...
At Marshall, Wildcats Baseball Still a Go For Friday at 7 p.m., Lady Cats Softball Playing Monday
The rainy weather is impacting baseball and softball on this game day Friday (April 16). Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats’ softball team were scheduled to play Marshall in Marshall Friday. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo expects that his game will be rescheduled for Monday with a JV game at 4:30 p.m. and then the Varsity game at 6 p.m. at Marshall. However as of now, Wildcats Coach Jerrod Hammack and the Marshall...
Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats Softball Teams Host Texas High on Tuesday
Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and the Lady Cats Softball Team have home games on this game day Tuesday (April 13). Both host district games with Texas High with quite a bit on the line. The Wildcats come into the game in a three-way tie for second place with Texas High and Longview. All three have 5-3 district records. The Wildcats are 9-13 for the season and Texas High is 11-5-1. Plans call for a JV game at 4 p.m. The Varsity game...
Seven Wildcats Make All-District Basketball Team Including One Superlative
Wildcats junior post player Justin Haire was chosen as the Offensive MVP on this year’s All-District Basketball Team in District 15-5A. Haire was one of seven Wildcats on the team selected by the district’s coaches who could not vote for their own players. Senior guard Boo Wilkerson and sophomore post Kordrick Turner were named to the All-District First Team. Senior point guard Lamodrick Johnson and junior guard Caleb...
Wildcats Basketball Team Hits Second-Round Roadblock in 44-36 Area Loss to Midlothian
It was a tale of two halves, Thursday, Feb. 25, as even though the Wildcats Basketball team led Midlothian in the area round of playoffs, the Wildcats could not keep up with the high-flying offense of the Panthers in the second half as the Wildcats fell to Midlothian in the Area round of playoffs, 44-36. Coach Clark Cipoletta’s squad took a big 13-4 lead after the first quarter, and looked to be on their way to a commanding win...
