Player of the Week

Episode four of The Press Box, hosted by Brian Stevens and Justin Burns (filling in for Seth Sims), featured on-air interviews with head boys’ basketball coach Steven Middleton (Midlothian), KBEC Sports Player of the Week CJ Palmer (Red Oak) and “Tater” Brown, the play-by-play voice for Midlothian Panther Radio. The crew …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports An old adage reminds us that every vote counts, which was precisely what played out in the KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll following the bi-district round of the football playoffs.  Four votes separated Red Oak running back CJ Palmer and Palmer …

The bi-district championship week of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by Ellis Down Home and KBEC 1390AM/ …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A record-setting number of votes for two Ellis County athletes decided the winner of the week 11 KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. When the final votes were tallied, Palmer running back Dylan Tyree had received 312,205 (53%) of the new-record 589,055 …

Week 11 of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by Ellis Down Home and KBEC 1390AM/ 99.1FM.

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Despite a sport now built on offense, it was a defensive effort that earned the support of voters following week 10 of the high school football season in Ellis County.   The Indian defense received 21,161 of the 38,233 votes (55.35%) to win the …

Week 10 of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by Ellis Down Home and KBEC 1390AM/ 99.1FM.

By KBEC Sports Over half-a-million votes were cast in the week 9 KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. One familiar name rose above the field of four student-athletes, too.  Life Waxahachie senior running back SirMichael Veasley captured a record-setting 231,115 of the 550,028 votes cast (42.02%) to win his …

Week nine of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday!

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Though neck-and-neck for most of the week, a late Friday push and a new record number of votes decided the week 8 KBEC Sports Player of the Week. And it was a long-awaited win in the weekly poll for the passionate Palmer Bulldog …