By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports CEDAR HILL — For the 21st consecutive season, the state-ranked Waxahachie Lady Indian volleyball team is playoff bound. No. 20 Waxahachie swept host Cedar Hill (25-10, 25-15, 25-23) on Tuesday to improve to 33-10 on the season and a perfect 11-0 in District …
Read More »Waxahachie alum Nalls again named Big 12 Player of the Week after dominating No. 1 Texas, Texas Tech
SPECIAL to KBEC Sports FORT WORTH — Audrey Nalls has been invaluable in staking TCU to its best start to Big 12 play since 2016, and the conference took notice. Nalls was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks on Tuesday. The 6-1 …
Read More »Football Friday: Lopsided wins highlight Ellis County’s Friday night lights
Previews, score predictions, stats, standout players and recaps will be added throughout the weekend. All computer projections are compiled by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. As always, fans can catch a full recap of all things Ellis County athletics every Monday night from 6-7 p.m. on KBEC 1390AM/99.1FM and online at sports.kbec.com during “The …
Read More »Football Friday: Palmer upsets No. 5, blowouts highlight Week 4 across Ellis County
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Previews, score predictions, stats, standout players and recaps will be added throughout the weekend. All computer projections and rankings are compiled by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. As always, fans can catch a full recap of all things Ellis County athletics every Monday night from …
Read More »Football Friday: District play begins, Life Waxahachie stuns and the Tribe rolls in Week 3
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Previews, score predictions, stats, standout players and recaps will be added throughout the weekend. All computer projections are compiled by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. As always, fans can catch a full recap of all things Ellis County athletics every Monday night from 6-7 p.m. …
Read More »No. 4 Midlothian sweeps Midlothian Heritage in first-ever match, district opener
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports History was made Tuesday evening in front of a near-capacity crowd inside the Midlothian High arena. Midlothian and Midlothian Heritage met on the volleyball court for the first time, and did so as District 8-5A foes. It marked the first-ever UIL-sanctioned game of …
Read More »Padron tosses 8 TDs in Avalon football opener
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports AVALON — The Avalon Eagles opened the 2022 football season with a rout and eyes on the postseason. Led by junior Erik Padron, the Eagles thumped visiting Methodist Children’s Home (Waco) on Thursday evening, 66-20. Padron completed 16-of-his-23 passes (69.6%) for 422 yards …
Read More »Waxahachie defense flexes, offense responds to rout Ennis in 101st Battle of 287
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE — The 101st Battle of 287 ended in quite the celebration for the Waxahachie Indians on their home turf. The always-circled rivalry also sent many of the folks in Ennis Lion maroon headed to the exits midway through the third quarter. Waxahachie rolled …
Read More »GALLERY: Waxahachie, Red Oak hold joint scrimmage ahead of 2022 football season
The 6A Waxahachie Indians hosted their neighboring 5A Red Oak Hawks for a final tune-up and scrimmage ahead of the 2022 football season this past Thursday. No score was kept, but several dozen photos were captured by the KBEC Sports team. Waxahachie opens the football season at home Friday, Aug. …
Read More »GALLERY: No. 20 Midlothian Heritage readies for 5A debut with “Dads” game; 4A No. 1 Stephenville on Friday
The Midlothian Heritage football team recently hosted an open practice that concluded with a “back-in-my-day” game between the fathers and pep rally to kick-off the upcoming season. The dads all tried hard and likely needed several ice packs following their touch-football game, while the actual football team, band and cheer …
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