Baseball

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Tuesday night will be one that the Waxahachie Indians can do a few things with before their next trip onto the baseball diamond. The Tribe could sulk; after all, they did squander a golden opportunity in District 11-6A and a three-run seventh-inning lead …

SPECIAL to Ellis County Sports Sports NATCHITOCHES – Levi David turned in his most dominant start in a Northwestern State uniform on Saturday. He then landed his first Southland Conference weekly award for the efforts. David, a 6-foot-5 sophomore right-handed pitcher and 2017 Waxahachie graduate, earned Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week honors …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports An Anthony Mata two-run home run and Casey Kelly’s stellar night on the mound fueled the Waxahachie Indians to a District 11-6A opening victory Tuesday night at home against Cedar Hill. Unfortunately, the results were mixed for the Waxahachie Indians on the baseball …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports The state-ranked Waxahachie Indians are off to quite the impressive start to the baseball season. Their 5-1 run through the annual Robert Dulin Memorial Tournament further proved it, too. Waxahachie fell in the opening tourney game against Midlothian on Thursday afternoon, 4-0. The …

By Jerome Stewart | Ellis County Sports Sports Maypearl head baseball coach Mike Martin and his Panthers were off to a roaring start last year.  It was the first season as the Panthers’ skipper for Martin and he had the team rolling to start the 2020 season. Maypearl was one of the …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports A green ribbon tied in a single knot around a blue-and-white shoelace wouldn’t typically well the eyes with tears before a non-district volleyball match. The same general thought could easily be applied when looking at photos of students at Ennis, Red Oak, Midlothian, …

By Chelsea Groomer | SPECIAL to Ellis County Sports Sports You see them on the sidelines giving aid to players. You catch a glimpse of them buzzing around teams with water bottles in hand — constantly ready, these unsung heroes of the field are just as crucial to athletics as the sport …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports The Waxahachie community received devastating news Monday afternoon when it learned of a tragic traffic accident involving a baseball senior. That news took an even more heartbreaking tone Tuesday when the community learned that Austin Elbert, 17, had succumbed to his injuries.  “Waxahachie …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports A sand volleyball court in Waxahachie is proving one serve at a time that sports have a way of uniting communities. And, in a world currently void of amateur sport but heavy on hate, the friendly competition has also proven capable of healing, …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports WAXAHACHIE — Six of the newest Waxahachie Indian baseball alums received a monetary boost Wednesday evening ahead of their first days on each respective college campus this fall. The annual presentation of the Dulin Brothers Memorial Scholarship was once again held outside of …