Football

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Ennis Lions will soon embark on the 2022 football season with one of the most prolific and highly regarded signal-callers to call Texas home. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football recently released its top-10 quarterback list for the senior Class of 2023, and Ennis’ Jackson …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports ….and we wait no more! The UIL released the new fall and winter sports districts for high school athletics at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Scroll down to see where your program landed! Congratulations are in order for the Italy Lady Gladiator volleyball …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE – Jordan Barlow hasn’t just started at quarterback each of the past two seasons for Southwestern Assemblies of God University — he’s dominated the position. The now-graduated signal-caller has also now signed a professional contract with the Quad City Steamwheelers of the Indoor Football League.  Barlow …

KBEC Sports report DALLAS – Ennis graduate and University of North Texas junior linebacker KD Davis was named First-Team All-Conference USA, while three Mean Green players earned second-team honors and five others were honorable mention selections, the league recently announced. Davis, who led the Mean Green in tackles for the third …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown has announced the hiring of Graham Harrell as the Mountaineers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Brown also announced additional changes to the offensive staff that will include Gerad Parker as the co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, and Chad Scott, the run …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The rise of Jake Brown from state champion quarterback with the Ennis Lions to Division I offensive coordinator has happened — quickly. Newly hired Lousiana Tech head coach Sonny Cumbie has selected Brown as the program’s co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. The …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports One Ellis County high school jumped classifications, while several narrowly missed the same fate or watched districts dissolve following the UIL releasing conference cutoff numbers. The UIL released the cutoff numbers and preliminary enrollment figures for the biannual 2022-24 reclassification and realignment on …

KBEC Sports report Jerreth and Josh Sterns transferred from Division-I FCS Houston Baptist University to Division-I FBS Western Kentucky University to leave their mark on a grander stage. The Waxahachie graduates will have that opportunity Friday evening inside the Alamo Dome when the Hilltoppers take the field against UTSA in …

KBEC Sports report CANYON – JT Cavender was named to the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) All-South Central Region first team following a stellar freshman season for the West Texas A&M football team. The announcement came Thursday morning and moved Cavender, as well as teammate Tobias Harris, onto the D2CCA All-American …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports ABILENE — A fast start followed by a stellar defensive effort catapulted the Midlothian Panthers into the third round of the football playoffs for the first time since 1988. The (8-4) Panthers’ 21-17 victory against (7-5) Lubbock Coronado also marked the second-ever area championship …