Baseball

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Jose Olvedo lined a seventh-inning single into left field Saturday afternoon to continue the historic run for Life Waxahachie in the 4A baseball playoffs. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh and Mustangs on first and second, Olvedo singled home Julian …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports A lead-off home run proved to be all the run support Jared Thomas needed to defeat Harker Heights and send the Waxahachie Indians into round two of the 6A baseball playoffs. Xavien Thompson sent the second pitch he saw in the bottom of …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports A balk made it interesting, but Waxahachie’s Anthony Mata came right back on the next pitch for a strikeout to clinch game one of their 6A Region II bi-district championship against Harker Heights. Mata came on in relief of starting pitcher Casey Kelly …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Anthony Mata tossed the barrel around an outside offspeed pitch to send it into the third base coach’s box during the Waxahachie Indians’ regular-season home finale. The senior was battling, already stuck in a 2-1 count with the Indians tied with visiting Mansfield …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports An ever-crowded District 11-6A playoff picture became crystal clear just as the rain clouds took over Monday night in Hewitt. With a torrential downpour quickly approaching, the (22-8, 10-4) Waxahachie Indians defeated host Waco Midway, 6-4.  The game, initially rained out on Friday, …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports A botched double play and heads-up baserunning resulted in a walk-off win for the Waxahachie Indians on Tuesday against Mansfield Lake Ridge.  The victory on the Tribe’s Senior Night also clinched a berth into the Class 6A baseball playoffs. Fittingly enough, a pair …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Xavien Thompson could very well have saved the Waxahachie Indians’ playoff dreams Saturday afternoon. With the Indians clinging to a 5-3 lead and the basepaths full of DeSoto Eagles, the senior centerfielder watched as a sacrifice flyout plated a run to cut the …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Three consecutive shutouts have the Ovilla Eagles rolling through their district baseball slate. The string of wins also has legendary head coach Greg Hayes and the Eagles eyeing yet another run to the TAPPS state tournament. One of those blanks was also the …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Cade Davis strolled to the plate as a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday evening in Duncanville. As he stepped into the right-handed batter’s box, the Waxahachie Indians trailed the Panthers, 2-1. There were two outs and the tying …

Ellis County Sports Sports The Waxahachie Indian baseball program, in partnership with D-BAT Waxahachie, hosted a youth baseball skills camp following Saturday’s non-district game against Red Oak. Youth baseball players in the first through seventh grade were invited to attend the no-cost camp led by D-BAT Waxahachie owner Whoa Dill, who was …