Red Oak High School

The Red Oak boys’ soccer team held on for a 4-3 win at home against West Mesquite in the 5A Region II bi-district championship on Friday at Billy Goodloe Stadium. The Hawks, now 15-3-6, finished third in District 14-5A behind district-champion (13-8-3, 9-1-2) Midlothian and (17-6-1, 8-3-1) Joshua. Corsicana finished …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Though not officially official, the Red Oak Lady Hawks will look unofficially secure a 5A soccer playoff berth on Tuesday. The Lady Hawks will host the visiting fifth-place Ennis Lady Lions at 5:30 p.m. at Billy Goodloe Stadium. With a win, Red Oak …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports RED OAK — A matchup of two Ellis County and state-ranked 5A teams went down to the wire Tuesday in Red Oak. No. 24 (17-4, 9-1) Midlothian skated by host No. 12 (19-5, 9-1) Red Oak, 33-32. The Lady Hawks had won the previous …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports RED OAK — With three wins this past week, the Red Oak Lady Hawks are once again marching toward the 5A basketball playoffs. The Lady Hawks entered the Christmas break as the 19th-ranked team in Class 5A, as polled by the Texas Association of …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports All it took was one turn of the head Saturday afternoon to miss one of the biggest plays in the history of the Red Oak football program. The fact that the drama unfolded in the second overtime and moved Red Oak deeper into …

Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Red Oak Hawks used over 700 yards of total offense to undress Justin Northwest in the first round of the playoffs Friday.  Three-hundred-seventy of those yards came on the ground in the Hawks’ 62-7 5A Division-I Region 1 bi-district championship win. The Hawks …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports RED OAK — An all-around stellar gameplan and execution led the Red Oak Hawks to a home victory against Burleson Centennial in their regular-season finale on Friday.  For anyone who missed the 35-21 Red Oak win, senior quarterback Josh Ervin is thriving once again …

This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured an in-depth conversation with Midlothian Heritage head football coach Lee Wiginton and his son and senior standout, Haydon, plus conversations from the hardwood. On-air hosts Seth Sims, Tater Beard and Brian Stevens first spoke at length with Midlothian head volleyball coach Shain …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports MIDLOTHIAN — Two things were certain ahead of Friday’s crucial district tilt between Red Oak and Midlothian on the gridiron. Each of 2,000-plus in attendance was prepared for quite a bit of offense, especially on the ground. The second? Whichever team found itself …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Special teams and defensive touchdowns late in the fourth quarter sealed a district victory for Red Oak against a pesky Richland team on Friday. Though (2-1, 2-0) Red Oak dominated the first half and gained over 550 total yards of offense, (3-2, 0-2) …