P a ge 2 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6 : I ss u e 2
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Athletic Director : Robby Clark
Palestine Athletics
Welcome back , Wildcat fans ! We are excited to kick off the new school year with a full athletic calendar . Our student athletes BRING have THE worked HEAT ! Whataburger hard in preparation is hosting for a “ Bring the new the season . Cross Country is ready for their first meet in Union Grove Heat ” on event Saturday for Palestine , Volleyball High School is in full on swing September with 7th the . varsity team competing in the Groesbeck tournament today and tomorrow Coaches , will Team be competing Tennis hosted against their administrators first home to match see of the season on Thursday , and varsity football will kick off who can eat the most jalapenos their season on September 1 st in 60 seconds ! versus Mabank . We encourage our fans to come out and support all our fall sports .
As This a reminder will be an , please exciting don event ’ t forget with band Meet , Kik the Kats Wildcats , , Monday , August 28 th , 7:00 p . m ., Wildcat Gym ! We look forward to and introducing cheerleaders our cheering football , for cross their country favorite , contestant fall tennis . , and volleyball teams , as well as student trainers , band members , cheerleaders and Kik Kats . Representatives from the PISD Athletic Booster Club will be available , also , to answer The event any is questions open to the you public may and have will about start at memberships 6:00 p . m . and volunteer opportunities .
Door prizes will be given . For up to date information , schedules , and upcoming events , please visit the Athletic webpage at
www Boys . palestineschools Cross Country : . org , Departments , Athletics . Congratulations to the boys Cross Country Varsity and JV teams for winning the Union Grove Invitational over the weekend . The Varsity boys defeated 26 teams at the meet with Michael Guzman coming in second out of 206 runners . Other runners were Luis Rangel ( fifth place ), Cristian Guzman ( eighth place ), Francis Sis ( 11th place ), Daniel Sanchez ( 15th place ), Garrett Bowden ( 17th WE place WILL ) and PUT Cristian FOOTBALL Castillo ( 24th SCRIMMAGE place ). INFO HERE …. COACH ROBINSON IS WORKING ON THAT …..
The JV Boys defeated several 5A schools to win their division and were led by Alexis Mendoza ’ s third place finish . Other top 15 finishers were Brian Armenta ( seventh place ), Michael Chaidez ( eighth place ), and Michael Flynn ( 12th place ). Great job by both In squads Volleyball and good action luck : this weekend at the SFA meet .
The Ladycats played Pittsburg at home last Friday night in their first home game of the season . JVB lost a tough Football : match in 3 ( 25-13 , 18-25 , 11-15 ). JVA defeated Pittsburg ( 25-22 , 22-25 , 25-23 )! The Varsity girls lost in three ( 20-25 , 17- The Junior Varsity Football team defeated Mabank 28 to 7 Thursday night . The Wildcats begin the season 1 and 0 . As a Coaching 25 , 17-25 ). Faith Newman picked up 22 digs . McKenzie King had 22 assists . Destiny Mathews had 10 kills while Shayla staff we were very proud of the Team ' s attitude , effort and hard play . The Wildcats led 14 to 0 at the Half . Christian Hutchinson Arthur threw two
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Our varsity girls showed heart and fight in their 5 game match with Alba-Golden . We came up short , but very proud of The Wildcat Varsity Football team will take on the Mabank Panthers tonight at Wildcat Stadium . Kickoff is at 7:30 . the effort the girls gave ( 26-24 , 15-25 , 25-23 , 22-25 , 12-15 ). We will be playing in the Groesbeck tournament this Friday and “ OT Saturday with the ! Wildcats ”, will be aired on KYYK postgame . Interviews with coaches and players will be conducted after each home game from Little Mexico . You are invited to eat out after the game and interact with the coaches and players .
Volleyball : The Ladycats traveled to Lufkin Tuesday night . Our JVB team was defeated ( 18-25 , 20-25 ). Our JV team lost ( 22-25 , 19-25 ). The Varsity girls lost a tough one in 4 ( 14-25 , 24-26 , 25-21 , 26-28 ). The girls fought hard making some really big plays at the net . Jabria Simmons led in blocks with 7 . Shayla Arthur had 4 blocks and 6 kills . Destiny Mathews led the offense with 9 kills . Mckenzie King had 17 assists on the night . Faith Newman had 11 digs and Jenna Rogers and Ke ' Ondra White each added 10 digs . The Ladycats will play Mabank at home tonight with varsity starting at 4:30 pm followed by JV and F in 2 gyms . We look forward to seeing our fans pack the gym !
Tennis : The Palestine team tennis team defeated Mexia 17-2 Thursday night in first home match of the year and the first time to play under the new lights . Palestine swept all the singles matches and boys doubles matches in the win . On the boys side , players to get wins included Alex Shiller , Isaac Fulgham , Seth Sheeley , Edgar Ayala , Jorge Giron and Hunter Harroff . On the girls side , players to get wins included Monique Ybarra , Camryn Lupo , Serena Coker , Taylor Kelly , Cassidy Lupo and Kassidy Turner . The Wildcat Tennis team will host Madisonville next Thursday , September 7th starting at 4 p . m .
Thank you for all the support of the Palestine Tennis program .