Trumann Democrat: Sports

Ladycats fall to Paragould, but make it to finals in tourney (10/01/08)
It was a bust week in volleyball for the Lady Wildcats. The Lady Cats fell to Trumann in regular action, but made it to the finals in the ASU Playday Tournament. Paragould knocked off the senior girls 25-18, 25-27, 25-11 and 25-14 in a road match Sept. 29...

Wildkittens lose another heartbreaker (10/01/08)
Wildkittens lose another heartbreaker The Wildkittens could easily be 3-1. Instead, they're 0-4 with back-to-back losses in the final seconds. Up 20-0 at halftime against Highland, the Kittens appeared to have this one in the bag...

Gutierrez kick lifts Wildcats past Pirates in OT (10/01/08)
Gutierrez kicks lifts Wildcats past Pirates in OT By MARK RANDALL, Democrat Sports Staff When the Wildcats defense stopped Gosnell from converting for two points during overtime, head coach Greg White knew the game wasn't going to go into a second overtime...

The Wildcats Secret Weapon (10/01/08)
Democrat Sports Staff The Gosnell Pirates got a taste of the Wildcats' secret weapon this week. His name is Luis Gutierrez. And the rest of the 3-4A conference, if they don't already know his name, had better learn it quick. Luis's extra point kick gave the Wildcats a 35-34 victory before a Homecoming crowd...

Junior Lady finish runner-up in Blazer Blast tourney (09/24/08)
Junior Lady finish runner-up in Blazer Blast tourney By MARK RANDALL, Democrat Sports Writer The junior Lady Wildcats volleyball squad won its first trophy under Coach Matt Mink this weekend with a second place finish in the Blazer Blast tournament at Valley View...

Wildkittens lose heartbreaker to Gosnell by inches (09/24/08)
The Wildkittens learned a tough lesson about football this week……..inches count. The Kittens were stopped about eight inches short of the end zone in a 20-14 conference loss to Gosnell at home last Thursday...

Strong second half effort not enough for Wildcats (09/24/08)
Something in head coach Greg White's gut told him that the Wildcats weren't ready to play Paragould. The team seemed a bit lethargic coming in to the game against the Rams. Lethargic could best describe the way the defense played in the first half allowing the Rams to rack up 35 points at halftime...

Truman Tough on display against Paragould (09/24/08)
I don't have a lot of history watching the Trumann Wildcats play over the years. But when I took over as sports writer I heard a lot of talk about "Trumann Tough." As I talked to the coaches I figured out that "Trumann Tough" means a lot of things. ...

Banged up Kittens shut out by Nettleton (09/17/08)
In the after game huddle following the Wildkittens 22-0 loss to Nettleton, head coach Nick Richardson didn't do any yelling. He just got straight to the point. "We got whipped," Richardson said. "That's just the way it is. We weren't very tough tonight. We have got to have somebody who wants to play ball. We have got to start delivering blows instead of taking them."...

Volleyball round-up: Ladycats finish 2nd in tourney (09/17/08)
Volleyball round-up: Ladycats finish 2nd in tourney The Lady Wildcats finished second to West Memphis in the first annual Lady Hornets Classic volleyball tournament in Harrisburg on Sept. 13. The Lady Wildcats squad went 7-1 in pool play, knocking off Harrisburg in the semi-finals match before falling to West Memphis...

Turnovers sink Cats in 41-35 loss to Nettleton (09/17/08)
Democrat Sports Staff Call it the curse of Nettleton, if you will. Last year it was two disputed touchdown plays and a missed field goal that sailed just wide of the goal post with one second remaining on the clock to sink the Cats...

Kittens lose in final seconds to Paragould in season opener (09/10/08)
Kittens lose in final seconds to Paragould in season opener By MARK RANDALL, Democrat Sports Writer Wildkitens head coach Nick Richardson must have yelled "Number Nine!" from the sidelines at least 30 times...

Trumann native sets new lifting record (09/10/08)
Trumann native sets new lifting record By MARK RANDALL, Democrat Staff Writer The date Aug. 16, 2008 will always be special for Harley Timbs. It's the day which he set a new state bench pressing record when he benched 730 pounds. But more importantly, he did it on his uncle Buddy's birthday...

Junior high squad continues to shine while senior high has yet to gel (09/10/08)
Junior high squad continues to shine while senior high fails to gel By MARK RANDALL, Democrat Sports Staff Last season wasn't that much fun for junior high lady Wildcats volleyball team. But this year it's another story...

Cats run over Rivercrest (09/10/08)
Wildcats head coach Greg White knew he had a good offense, but was a little anxious and nervous about their running game going in to the game against Rivercrest...

Kicker to give Wildcats the boot (09/04/08)
Lou Geutirrez had been kicking soccer balls around ever since kindergarten but had never played football before. "I was coming to the games and I liked it," Geutirrez said. "So I decided to play. I asked coach last year if I could kick and they said yes. So I started kicking last year."...

Cats execute well in scrimmage games (09/04/08)
Democrat Sports Staff Head coach Greg White thought execution was good and the intensity was there for the Trumann Wildcats, who put up 70 points in wins over Cross County and Manila during a two-team scrimmage Tuesday, Aug. 26...

Kittens earn split in scrimmage games (09/04/08)
The Wildkittens were down on themselves a bit after losing 8-6 to Cross County in the opening game of a two-team scrimmage on Tuesday, Aug. 28. But they came back out a little later and held on for a 16-14 win in the second match against Manila to earn a split...

Lady Cats drop game to 5A Lady Jackets (09/04/08)
Democrat News Staff Bailye Ballard had 41 digs and Morgan McKenzie added 18 assists, but it wasn't enough as the Lady Wildcats lost to Wynne 25-15, 25-18, 20-25, and 25-12 Thursday, Aug. 28 in Trumann...

Bulked up Jones ready to lead Wildcats to playoffs (08/27/08)
Blaike Jones was nervous at first when he was called on to take over as starting quarterback for the Wildcats three games into the season last year. Senior Kyle Barker started the season at quarterback, but Wildcats head coach Greg White decided that since Barker was the fastest and best athlete on the team and the team was lacking at receiver, he would be better off by putting Barker at wideout...

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