Wildcats Come Up Short Against Denton Guyer
Despite Furious Fourth Quarter Rally, Wildcats Can’t Make Up Deficit in 70-64 Home Loss to Denton Guyer After suffering through a bad third quarter, the Wildcats Basketball Team, ranked #17 in Class 5A, staged a serious fourth quarter rally but could not come all the way back in a 70-64 home loss to Denton Guyer, the #5 ranked team in Class 6A, Tuesday night (December 17) at the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School. Guyer trailed at the half, 32-29 but then came out hot in the third quarter. Guyer’s 8-0 run put them up 37-32....
read moreWildcats Basketball, Wildcats and Lady Cats Soccer on Game Day Tuesday
Basketball and soccer are happening on this Tuesday (December 17) game day. The Wildcats Basketball Team faces one of their biggest challenges of the season as Denton Guyer will be at the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School Tuesday taking on the Wildcats. There will be a freshman game at 5 p.m. A JV contest will follow at around 6:15 p.m. The varsity game is expected to get underway at around 7:30 p.m. Guyer is ranked #5 in Class 6A. The Guyer Wildcats have a 10-2 season record. The Sulphur Springs Wildcats, ranked #17 in Class 5A, have a...
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Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton Comments on Wins at Saturday's First Scrimmage.
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton does not want his Wildcats to get too hyped up over three scrimmage game wins Saturday (December 14) at Gerald Prim Stadium. The wins came against 3A teams Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, Sabine and Mineola. Coach Upton said his Wildcats took care of business. All of his players saw action and played a equal number of minutes. Coach Upton said he liked that the Wildcats generated lots of scoring chances. He said they could have done a better job of finishing. Still the Wildcats had 10 goals in the three games. He...
read moreLady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell Said Lady Cats Had Rough Night Friday
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell said she knew Pleasant Grove was a good team before her Lady Cats played them in Texarkana Friday evening. As expected the talented Lady Hawks made it a rough night for the Lady Cats. Pleasant Grove won 84-47. Still Coach Tisdell found some silver linings. She said she was super proud of her team that trailed by only 9 points, 31-22 at halftime. Coach Tisdell said she had heard that three of the Lady Hawks were being pursued by Division I colleges and she said one girl had a strong third quarter and...
read moreWildcats Basketball Coach Cipoletta Says Team Got Better During Forney Tournament
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta declared this past weekend’s (December 12-14) Forney Tournament a successful one for his Wildcats saying they got better as a team against good competition. The Wildcats made it to the Tournament Championship Game where they lost 47-46 to The Colony when a last second three-point shot refused to fall. Coach Cipoletta said anytime you can get to a tournament championship game you have to be excited about it. He said the Saturday loss did not take away from how well the Wildcats played at times....
read moreWildcats Soccer Dominate At Prim
Wildcats Soccer Team Wins Three Games at First Scrimmage of the Season Saturday at The Prim Wildcats second year Head Soccer Coach Alexi Upton called Saturday (December 14) an amazing day as the Wildcats had their first scrimmage of the season at Gerald Prim Stadium. Playing two 25:00 halves, the Wildcats shut out Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, 3-0, edged by Sabine, 2-1 and then topped Mineola, 5-0. Against Chapel Hill, the Wildcats got goals from Omar Hernandez assisted by Hector Hidalgo, from Straton Salverino assisted by Cristin Ramirez and...
read moreWildcats Basketball Settle For Second
Wildcats Basketball Team’s Last Shot Does Not Fall as They Have to Settle for Second Place in Tourney After falling behind by 11 points at halftime due to a less than stellar first two quarters, the #3 ranked Wildcats Basketball Team staged a serious comeback in the second half that came up just one point short. The Colony, ranked #14 in Class 5A, hung on to win 47-46 to take the Championship Game of the 2019 Forney ISD Winter Classic at Forney High School Saturday (December 14) night. The Wildcats trailed 47-43 with 37.7 seconds left...
read moreWildcats Win Another Close One
Wildcats Basketball Team Toughs Out Win Over Wylie Friday, Plays For Tourney Championship Saturday The #3 ranked Wildcats Basketball Team just outlasted Wylie winning 46-43 in the Forney ISD Winter Classic Friday (December 13) at Forney when the last three three point shot by Wylie went in but the officials correctly waived it off as it was clearly taken after time expired. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta called the game a dogfight, and gritty and tough. Points were very hard to come by. The Pirates led after one quarter, 10-7. The...
read moreSaltillo ISD Gearing Up For Homecoming On Dec. 20
Saltillo Homecoming Court senior candidates (left) Emily Salazar, Jocelyn Ochoa, Hannah Wartenbee, Danielle Ross, Cheyenne Neal, Graycie Hodges and Chaeli Spear. Satlillo ISD is gearing up for this year’s Homecoming, scheduled on Friday, Dec. 20. The evening will include two basketball games, starting at 5:30 p.m. with junior varsity, followed by the varsity boys. The Lions are taking on Dodd City. The Class of 2000 will be honored between the games and at a reception in the library following the varsity boys game....
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