Team Tennis Falls in District Championship, Plays Jacksonville Tuesday in Bi-District Playoffs
Coach Tony Martinez and his teams hoped to come out on top in their de-facto district championship, but could only muster a few hard-fought wins. Sulphur Springs won three matches against a stacked Pleasant Grove team. “No two ways about it, just a better team,” Coach Martinez said about the Hawks. The team tennis coach knew his squads were in for a tough day, but wanted his players to salvage a few matches to make the...
Team Tennis Plays For District Championship Tuesday
Wildcat team tennis looks forward to their duel in Texarkana Tuesday, Oct. 4. Coach Tony Martinez says his team is all too excited at the chance of competing for the first ever district championship for team tennis. Sulphur Springs travels to Texarkana Tuesday to take on Pleasant Grove. At 2-0 now, same with the Leopards, the winner of Tuesday’s match claims the district championship, and the #1 seed come playoffs next week....
Team Tennis Wins Big, Continues Home Stand Next Week
Team tennis continues to pick up impressive wins as they continue the push towards the postseason. Coach Tony Martinez and his squads hosted their second straight contest on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Tennis Center. Sulphur Springs cruised Tuesday to a 17-8 win. In doubles, team tennis crushed HSAA, six matches to two. Brody Emmert (No. 4) and Malachi Negrete (No. 5 Tuesday) shrugged off their competition, with the two Wildcats crushing...
Team Tennis Starts District Season 1-0, Continues Home Stand Tuesday
Team tennis continues a lengthy home-stand en route to playoff season. In their first home contest of four straight, Coach Martinez and his squad took care of business. On Tuesday, Sept. 13 Sulphur Springs hosted Atlanta to begin district play. Missing two top players in Ian Westland and Trinity Luckett is never ideal for a squad. Even so, Sulphur Springs did not miss a beat, easily handling Atlanta 10-2 to start district play 1-0....
Team Tennis Starts District Play Tuesday
Wildcat team tennis Coach Tony Martinez is excited to begin district play this week. Sulphur Springs hosts Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Tennis Center. Last week saw team tennis travel to Wills Point, a perennial state contender in tennis. Against stout competition, Coach Martinez’s squad could only manage two wins against a dominant program. Both the mixed doubles team and the #4 player for the Lady Cats, Jessie Lee,...
Wildcats Tennis Coach Discusses Busy Two Weeks Leading In To Start of School
Like Lady Cats volleyball, team tennis has remained busy through the month of August. Believe it or not, Sulphur Springs, with last Saturday’s contest versus Kaufman, team tennis has passed the halfway point on their fall season. Coach Tony Martinez, head coach for tennis in Sulphur Springs, spoke on his team’s month as their fall season keeps chugging along. Prior to the start of school, team tennis were scheduled to play...
Team Tennis Falls 12-7 in Two Straight Contests Tuesday
Team Tennis played in two matches Tuesday, bet fell in both contests 12-7 on August 2. Coach Tony Martinez’s squad first took on Sherman, but the loss to Tyler Tuesday afternoon was the first time for the tennis coach. The team tennis coach missed three of his players Tuesday for various reasons, but expects to have them back ready to go for next Tuesday’s contest. In spite of missing three players Tuesday, Wildcats tennis...
Wildcats Team Tennis Wraps Up Season With Solid Showing at District Championship
Wildcat and Lady Cat tennis had a good showing in their district championship last week. Day one proved incredibly fruitful for Coach Tony Martinez and his squad. Both boys and girls singles won all their matches. Day two, however, saw some tough losses for team tennis. Jeauxleigh Cantu beat a Hallsville player who had gotten the better of Cantu a few years back. This time around though, Cantu took out that same athlete in straight...
Wildcats Team Tennis Has Solid Two Weeks
Last Friday, team tennis travelled to Tyler to participate in their tournament and fared very well. Even with missing a few Lady Cats (Mykylie Meador and Kaylie Schumacher), team tennis had a solid outing in Tyler last Friday. Ella Sand and Trinity Luckett were put together just last Wednesday, but left Tyler last weekend with a huge win. Sand and Luckett placed third in girls’ doubles. In mixed doubles, Oscar Guerrero and...
Friday Game Day Has Both Basketball, Soccer Teams Plus Team Tennis on Deck
Friday, Jan. 21 is a busy one for Sulphur Springs sports. Five teams are on deck today and ready for action. Team Tennis had an early start on Friday, Jan. 21 in Hallsville in the Bobcat tournament. Contests began on this Friday game day at 8 A.M. in Hallsville. Today’s tournament contains the first contests for Coach Tony Martinez’s program in their spring 2022 season. They no doubt hope to get their spring season off on...
