Midlothian Heritage High School

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports GEORGETOWN — Dreams of a back-to-back fairytale came to a heartbreaking end for the Midlothian Heritage girls’ soccer team on Thursday. Heritage walked onto the pitch at Bernard E. Birkelbach Field in Georgetown as the 4A girls’ soccer defending state champions. They exited …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Midlothian Heritage girls’ soccer is back where it belongs — in the postseason and driver’s seat to Georgetown.  The young Jaguar side proved its more-than-capable of a third state tournament run on Tuesday evening with a 6-nil victory against Burkburnett. The 4A Region …

KBEC report The longest-running, independently-owned radio station in Texas will change hands this week, as the sale of KBEC 1390AM/99.1FM has cleared all hurdles and neared the signature finish line. Jon Garrett, a longtime Waxahachie resident and successful under-40 businessman, is set to finalize paperwork Thursday and take ownership of the station …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports ….and we wait no more! The UIL released the new fall and winter sports districts for high school athletics at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Scroll down to see where your program landed! Congratulations are in order for the Italy Lady Gladiator volleyball …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports State-ranked Midlothian Heritage secured a fourth-consecutive girls’ basketball district championship in convincing fashion Friday. The Jaguars built a 37-8 halftime lead against Life Waxahachie and cruised to the 64-21 win. Underclassmen Kora Huff (13 points), Jules Burrows (12) and Jerzie Bryant (10) all …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Midlothian and Midlothian Heritage girls’ soccer programs put on an exhibition of things to come at Midlothian ISD Multipurpose Stadium — both for this season and for the next, as both sides will compete in Class 5A (and likely in the same …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports One Ellis County high school jumped classifications, while several narrowly missed the same fate or watched districts dissolve following the UIL releasing conference cutoff numbers. The UIL released the cutoff numbers and preliminary enrollment figures for the biannual 2022-24 reclassification and realignment on …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Five of the nine Ellis County high school football programs escaped their respective bi-district championships to qualify for the area round of the Texas high school playoffs. The county began the playoffs by being represented across all six classifications, though only four remain. …

KBEC Sports report For the third time in program history, the Southwestern Assemblies of God University football team will appear in the NCCAA Victory Bowl.  There will also be eight student-athletes from seven Ellis County high school programs taking the field for the Lions Saturday at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium …

Nine Ellis County high school football programs escaped their respective districts to qualify for the bi-district championship. The county is represented across all six classifications 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, …