Wildcat Team Tennis Exhibit Improvement
Since Tony Martinez has been tennis coach at Sulphur Springs, the past few years his Wildcats’ team tennis squad has opened the regular season against Denison and Sherman, two pretty good tennis programs. During that time, the Wildcats have been lucky to win a match or two against them. There is a tennis term called being “skunked” and it refers to getting beaten badly and there has been a lot of that for the Wildcats’...
Wildcat Team Tennis Begins Competition; Freshman Football Workouts Underway
The Wildcats’ team tennis squad got SSHS athletic competition started this school year with a match at Denison that got underway at 8:30 a.m. Monday (August 6). The Wildcats continue their Grayson County tour Monday with a 1:30 p.m. match at Sherman. The two match day is part of a six match schedule this week. The Wildcats play at Waxahachie Tuesday (August 7) at 10 a.m. Then the Wildcats have three straight matches at home,...
Wildcat Team Tennis Opens Season At Denison, Sherman Monday, August 6
The Wildcats’ team tennis squad is practicing at night this week preparing for a heavy schedule of tennis the first two weeks of the season. Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez has scheduled ten matches the first two weeks of the season. Coach Martinez said his players put in the work this summer and are in shape. He said they are ready for the schedule. The Wildcats open the season Monday with a match at Denison at 8:30 a.m....
SSISD Tennis Camp Start Delayed Until Tuesday
The first day of the SSISD Tennis Camp was rained out Monday (July 30). Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said the four-day camp will now be held Tuesday through Friday at the Wildcat Tennis Complex. Coach Martinez said anticipating the rain, lots of the parents of campers were told about the possible change in schedule. Camp for boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade will take place from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. A camp...
While Winning, Losing Benitez Represented SSHS Wildcat Tennis Well
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said senior Alex Benitez represented Sulphur Springs very well at the Regional Tennis Tournament last week in Allen. Coach Martinez said Benitez did that while winning and losing. Other than Benitez, only a girl from Greenville won a first round match while Texas High and Hallsville came up empty. In round two, Benitez was paired up with Michel Zobel, a German exchange student, with Midlothian and...
Winners from the CANHelp Play it Forward Tennis Tournament
Winners from the CANHelp Play it Forward Tennis Tournament: Dakota Elswich / Jennifer Figueroa 3rd place AdvancedRobert Stevens/ Mollie Millsap 1st place Advance consolation Amanda Foster / Tyler Dennis 3rd place round robin Alex Botello / Alex Romero 2nd place round robin Jonah Kirkpatrick/ Alex Benitez 1st Place Advance Mark Temporal / Chase Crouch 2nd place Advance Adela Martinez CanHelp Logan Vaughan / Craig Johnson 1st place...
4th Annual Tennis Tournament Benefits Community, Hosted By CANHelp
By Savannah Owens CANHelp’s 4th Annual Tennis Tournament was held on Saturday April 14th, 2018. There were a total of 16 teams including locals to groups from Tyler and Dallas. The categories included students and advanced players. Four years ago, CANHelp members wanted to host a fundraiser, and they partnered with Coach Martinez and the SSHS tennis team to put on this event. Shanna Martin said the event has “continued to...
Wildcat Tennis Coach Anticipates Good Things to Come for Program
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said he has slept very well the past two nights thinking about the good, young players he has for the next few seasons. A lot of them had good moments during the District Tennis Tournament played in Texarkana on Wednesday and Thursday. Coach Martinez said his whole entire team, competed and he added he was happy with them. The highlight of the tournament for the Wildcats was senior Alex Benitez...
Wildcat District Tennis Tournament; Benitez Advances
Wildcats’ tennis boys’ singles player Alex Benitez broke a long drought Wednesday (April 4) at the District Tennis Tournament in Texarkana when he qualified for the Regional Tennis Tournament. Benitez was scheduled to play Texas High’s top boys’ singles player in the district final Thursday. One has to go back to 2007 to find when a Wildcats’ boy last qualified for the Regional Tournament. That player was...
CANHelp's Annual "Play it Forward" Tennis Tournament
It began in 2000 as Community Action Network, a resource guide of available community services within Hopkins County. In just a short time, the network expanded to CANHelp, a non-profit organization based in faith and devoted to it’s mission: “to provide compassionate, comprehensive solutions that empower the underserved in our communities to make positive, lasting changes in their lives”. CANHelp also operates a...
