Football

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports WACO — A former Ennis football standout turned war hero has been forever memorialized with a bronze statue on the campus of Baylor University.  U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Andrew Jackson “Jack” Lummus Jr. will now stand alongside U.S. Army Corps Col. John Riley Kane thanks to …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Waxahachie has its new head football coach — and he comes with a state championship pedigree. The Waxahachie ISD Board of Trustees made the hire of Shane Tolleson official with a unanimous vote Monday afternoon following a recommendation by Waxahachie ISD superintendent Bonny …

As the coaching search continues in Waxahachie and the pool has dwindled from over 120 applicants to four finalists, KBEC Sports is curious — what do you want to see in a head football coach? And not just in Waxahachie, but in any high school football program. The Waxahachie coaching …

By Chelsea Groomer | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last year, Lanita Smith feared she would never see her son play football in-person again. Three Life Waxahachie football coaches erased that fear this past season — just in time for Elijah Smith, a Life Waxahachie …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Following the first-ever 6A postseason berth in program history, Waxahachie head football coach Todd Alexander announced his plans to step down Thursday morning. Alexander first informed his coaching staff and then the returning players shortly before the first class bell rang. He notified …

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 …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports MIDLOTHIAN — Two Midlothian Heritage big men signed Division-I letters of intent Wednesday to continue their football careers, becoming the fourth and fifth Jaguars in program history to accomplish the career milestone.  The ceremony for Carson Walker (University of Houston) and Coby James (Northwestern …

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 The magical first-ever run to the Class 6A football playoffs came to a screeching halt for the Waxahachie Indians on Friday in Temple. The Indians had their opportunities to take the lead or remain close early in the 6A Division II bi-district contest …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Three seasons ago, Brandon Hawkins Jr. was working as a cornerback for the Waxahachie Indians on the gridiron. BJ, as he is more commonly referred to, then starred as a wide receiver during his junior campaign in 2019. He is now taking snaps …