By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Several Ellis County high schools officially moved football classifications, while others will see new athletic and extracurricular district competition in 2020-22 following UIL bi-annual redistricting announcements made Monday morning. What changed? Compared to the previous realignment, which occurred ahead of the 2018-19 school …
Read More »GALLERY: 2019 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball awards
KBEC Sports report KBEC Sports and Ellis DownHome are excited to formally introduce you to the 2019 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball teams! The KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball teams, sponsored by Ellis DownHome and The Waxahachie Sun, were first announced on Dec. 2, 2019. Superlative honors were released live …
Read More »The Press Box: An injury and how-to on recruitment: Ep. 12 (Jan. 20, 2020)
By KBEC Sports This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured live on-air interviews with a Life Waxahachie senior basketball player and his head coach, plus a knowledge drop by a local collegiate coach on the football recruiting process. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens first spoke with Life …
Read More »2019 All-Ellis County football superlative honors released
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A final bow was put on the 2019 Ellis County football season Monday night with the live on-air announcement of six player-of-the-year recipients, one outstanding coach and the best team to take the gridiron this past season. The eight standout award winners hail …
Read More »PODCAST: The Press Box: All-Ellis County football superlatives announced: Ep. 11 (Jan. 13, 2020)
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured the live on-air release of the 2019 All-Ellis County football superlative honors and in-depth interviews with award winners. Hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens spoke with student-athletes Collin Drake (Ennis), Konner Jones-Searcy (Midlothian Heritage), BJ Hawkins (Waxahachie) and Joshua Ervin (Red Oak), …
Read More »KBEC Sports announces 2019 All-Ellis County football teams
With the shoulder pads long put away and banquet season kicking off, it is time to look back on the football season that was across Ellis County. The 2019 season saw both Ennis and Red Oak nearly upset an eventual 5A state champion, Midlothian Heritage reach the fourth round for …
Read More »The Press Box: Buckets, goals and wrestling mats: Ep. 10 (Jan. 6th, 2020)
This week’s episode of The Press Box featured an in-depth interview with Waxahachie Runnin’ Indian standout BJ Francis and Midlothian wrestler Marshall Hodges. Hosts Seth Sims and “Tater” Beard, who filled in for Brian Stevens, also spoke with Waxahachie head boys’ soccer coach Seth Riley and Red Oak head girls’ …
Read More »TABC boys’ basketball rankings: Jan. 6
Class 6A 1. Duncanville (14-2) 2. Dickinson (16-5) 3. South Grand Prairie (16-4) 4. Waxahachie (18-3) 5. Summer Creek (20-4) 6. Killeen Ellison (20-4) 7. Austin Westlake (20-1) 8. Allen (16-4) 9. Atascocita (20-4) 10. Beaumont United (18-2) 11. North Shore (20-2) 12. Richardson (21-2) 13. Desoto (10-7) 14. Permian …
Read More »The Press Box: Ep. 8 (Dec. 23, 2019): Football standouts talk NLI signings
This week’s episode of The Press Box featured two in-studio interviews with recent Division I football signees plus a recap of the Texas high school football state championships and the ongoing basketball season. Hosts Brian Stevens and Seth Sims first spoke with brothers and Waxahachie standout wide receivers Josh and …
Read More »The Press Box: Ep. 6 (Dec. 9, 2019): All-Ellis County volleyball announcements
A KBEC Sports report This week’s episode of The Press Box announced the superlative winners of the 2019 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball teams! Hosts Brian Stevens and Seth Sims spoke with head coaches Mollie McBride (Ovilla Christian), Sandy Faussett-Stoops (Waxahachie) and Hope Porter (Red Oak), as well as student-athletes …
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