District Game Day: Track, Tennis
District competition gets underway on this Tuesday (April 4) for Wildcats and Lady Cats’ track athletes and for Wildcats’ tennis players. District track is taking place Wednesday and Thursday at Pine Tree while district tennis is going on in Wednesday and Thursday in Texarkana. Track athletes will be hoping for good enough performances to qualify for the Area tournament on April 19 again at Pine Tree. Wildcats Track Coach...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Finish Third at Lindale Meet
Wildcats Track In their last tune up meet before the district meet, the Wildcats’ track team scored 80 points and finished third at a Lindale meet last Thursday (March 29). Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said he limited the number of events some athletes participated in to save them for the district meet coming up Wednesday and Thursday (April 4-5) at Pine Tree. At Lindale, the Wildcats did very well in the high jump. Jeremiah...
12 Wildcats Set Personal Bests, Lady Cats Finished Sixth in Paris Track Meet Thursday
Wildcats Track at Paris With seven of their best athletes missing Thursday (March 22), the rest of the Wildcats’ track meet competed at a Paris meet Thursday. The seven will be at the Jesuit Relays Friday and Saturday. Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said 12 athletes achieved personal bests in Paris. Jeremiah Roland took second in the high jump again clearing 6-foot-4 inches. Roland just missed at 6-foot-6 on several occasions....
Lady Cats Third; Wildcats Track Results From First Meet
Wildcats Track at Gilmer Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said it was great for his athletes to compete at a Gilmer meet last Friday (March 9). He called it the East Texas Junior Olympics and he added it featured the best of the best in East Texas including Carthage, Paris, Pittsburg, Liberty-Eylau and Gilmer. Coach Young said in just about every race, there were kids who would be going to the State Meet. The meet was the first for...
Wildcats First, Lady Cats Second at Monday Track Meet
Wildcats Results at SSHS Track Meet The Wildcats’ track team won their own meet Monday that did not include field events due to wet ground. Wildcats Coach Matt Young said the Wildcats still racked up 130 points. The Wildcats had the top three finishers in the 3200-meter run: Landon Thornton, Andrew Escobar and Christian Palomino. The Wildcats finished second in the 4 X 100-meter relay. Coach Young said it was the first time this...
Baier Finishes Fifth at State Track Meet; Sets Personal Best Time
Sophomore Lady Cat hurdler Abbi Baier finished fifth in the 300-meter hurdles at the State Track Meet in Austin Friday night. Baier’s time was 44.75 seconds, her best time ever. The winners time was 43.68. Baier came into the race with the fourth best time in the field. She finished second in the race at the regional track meet. Baier was taken to Austin by Lady Cats Track Coach Triston Abron and hurdles coach Derek...
Sophomore Baier Qualifies for State 300-Meter Hurdles
Sophomore Lady Cats’ track athlete Abbi Baier qualified for the state meet in the 300-meter hurdles at the regional meet Saturday at UTA Stadium in Arlington. Baier, was seeded fourth in the field for the final on Saturday but took second. Lady Cats Coach Triston Abron said Baier just beat out a Royse City hurdler to earn the state berth. The state meet takes place May 12-13 in Austin. Coach Abron believes Baier is the first...
Six Lady Cats, Two Wildcats Advance to Regional Track Meet
Lady Cats at Area Track Meet Six Lady Cats’ track athletes qualified in seven events at the area track meet Thursday at Lovejoy Stadium. The Lady Cats finished fourth in the area meet. With only three races to go, they were in second place but only had one athlete in the final three events. Imani Taylor won the long jump by about 8 inches. Freshman Sydney Washburn qualified with a third place finish in the 3200-meter run. Taylor...
Lady Cats Win District Track Championship; Seven Advance to Area
When the dust finally settled at the district track in Pine Tree Wednesday, the Lady Cats’ track team ended up as district champions by three points over second place Mt. Pleasant. The Lady Cats won despite not fielding a team in the 4 X 400-meter relay, the last event of the meet. Mt. Pleasant did enter a team but they did not finish high enough to overtake the Lady Cats. Lady Cats Coach Triston Abron said high school Assistant...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Track Wrap Up District Wednesday
Weather permitting, the district track meet for the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ track teams will wrap up Wednesday in Pine Tree with lots of finals. Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said he had three athletes qualify for Wednesday final in the 110-meter hurdles. Ryan Humphries qualified for the final in the 100-meter dash. Ricardo Torres will run in the final in the 400-meter run. Humphries and Mason Buck will compete in the final in...
