Game Day: #9 Ranked Lady Cats Host Marshall; #8 Ranked Wildcats at Marshall
Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball teams resume district play on this Tuesday (January 2) game day. Marshall is the opponent for both teams. The Wildcats will be traveling to Marshall. The freshmen team begins play Tuesday at 5 p.m. A JV game will follow at around 6:15 p.m. The varsity contest starts at around 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats, now ranked #8 in Class 5A, are 1-0 in district play with a home win over Pine Tree back on...
Wildcats End Play in Allen Invitational; Travel to Marshall Tuesday
The Wildcats’ basketball team , ranked #11 in Class 5A, completed play in the tough In-N-Out Burger Allen Holiday Invitational Tournament Saturday morning with an 87-76 loss to Jesuit Dallas, the #16 ranked team in Class 6A. Jesuit led 26-21 after one quarter and slowly built the lead throughout the contest. The Rangers hit 14 three-point baskets. Keaston Willis led the Wildcats with 24 points including four three-pointers....
Wildcats Lose to Class 6A #15 Cibolo Steele
The Wildcats’ basketball team had an eleven game winning streak end as they lost to a powerful Cibolo Steele team, 60-47 in a quarterfinal game of a tough In-N-Out BurgerAllen Holiday Invitational Tournament on Friday (December 29). The Wildcats will now play Dallas Jesuit Saturday morning (December 30) at 9:45 a.m. The Wildcats are now in a bracket to determine who will finish in fifth place in this tough tournament. The...
Update: Wildcats in In-N-Out Burger Allen Holiday Invitational
The Wildcats’ basketball team opened play in the three-day In-N-Out Burger Allen Holiday Invitational Tournament with an afternoon game Thursday (December 28) with a 68-44 win over the Cardinals of John Paul II of Plano. The Wildcats next game is 8:30 p.m. Thursday night against the winner of the Burgees and Naaman Forest game. The tournament features a number of ranked teams in both Class 5A and Class 6A. Wildcats Coach Clark...
Wildcats Defeat Pine Tree 70-50
The Wildcats’ basketball team, ranked #11 in Class 5A, used a 19-0 run late in the second quarter and early in the third quarter to win their district opener against a pesky Pine Tree team, 70-50 Tuesday night in Wildcats Gym. When the run started, the Wildcats actually trailed the Pirates, 32-29. The Wildcats scored the last 12 points in the second quarter to take a 41-32 lead into halftime. After the break, the Wildcats scored...
Game Day: Wildcats Host Pine Tree
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta says in his three years as Wildcats head coach, his team has never been able to defeat Pine Tree by much of a margin. The Wildcats, ranked #11 in Class 5A, open district play in their last game before the Christmas break as they play host to Pine Tree in Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. There will be a freshman game at 5 p.m. a JV game at 6:15 p.m. and the varsity game at 7:30 p.m. As good as the...
#11 Wildcats Outscore Royce City 59-30
The Wildcats’ basketball team, ranked #11 in Class 5A, once again played solid defense to defeat an opponent. The Wildcats outscored Royse City, 59-30 at Royse City Friday night. It was the Wildcats final non-district game as district play gets started next week. Friday the Wildcats only allowed the Bulldogs single digit scoring in each quarter. Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said the defense did a great job making every Royse...
Game Day: Lady Cats in Hallsville; Wildcats visit Royce City
There is Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball on this Friday (December 15) game day. For the Lady Cats, they’ll have their second district game Friday night in Hallsville. The JV Gold plays at 5 p.m., the JV Blue at 6:15 p.m. and the varsity Lady Cats at 7:30 p.m. Lady Cats Coach Jeff Chapman notes that Hallsville has a new coach this year so he expects some changes in their system. Tuesday night Coach Chapman said he had...
Wildcats Continue to Improve as They Move Toward District Play
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta liked what he saw from his team Monday night at home in a 64-41 win over Paris. He said this might have been some of the best team basketball the Wildcats have played. Coach Cipoletta said the team did a super good job of not taking the first shot available, of giving up a good shot for a great shot. He said the team was unselfish. Coach Cipoletta referred to their play as Spurs basketball. He...
Wildcats Defeat Paris
Over the years, Paris has been a tough basketball match up for the Wildcats. On Monday night (December 11) before a large crowd, the Wildcats took a dominating win over Paris, 64-41 in Wildcats Gym. Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said the game represented some of the best team basketball the Wildcats have played this year. He noted the team had more than 25 assists. Coach Cipoletta called it San Antonio Spurs type basketball and he...
