Girls Basketball

KBEC Sports report Following a relatively short search and several dozen applicants, Maypearl ISD has named Marte Amrine Jr. its next head football coach and athletic coordinator. The official approval by the Maypearl ISD Board of Trustees came during its Jan. 26 meeting. Amrine is an Aledo graduate and played …

KBEC Sports report HUTCHINSON, KS — The historic and highly-decorated freshman campaign for Mya Williams received its cherry on top this past week when the 2021 Waxahachie graduate was named to an NJCAA Division-I first-team All-American.  Williams, a 5-foot-8 guard, became just the third Blue Dragon women’s basketball player to earn …

KBEC Sports report HUTCHINSON, KS — Led by freshman Mya Williams, the Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball team had several members earn spots and win individual awards on the 2022 NJCAA Women’s Division I All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and All-Region VI teams released on Monday. Williams was named the …

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 …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports State-ranked Midlothian Heritage secured a fourth-consecutive girls’ basketball district championship in convincing fashion Friday. The Jaguars built a 37-8 halftime lead against Life Waxahachie and cruised to the 64-21 win. Underclassmen Kora Huff (13 points), Jules Burrows (12) and Jerzie Bryant (10) all …

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 …

The annual Waxahachie Homecoming Parade was held Friday, Oct. 22 ahead of the Waxahachie volleyball and football games against Mansfield. PHOTO GALLERY All photos by Travis M. Smith/KBEC Sports

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Eleven Waxahachie student-athletes recently signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.  The ceremony was held inside the Performance Arts Center on Thursday, April 29. The celebration welcomed family, friends and teammates and was as close to “normal” as any indoor …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports MIDLOTHIAN — For senior forward Liz Schmidt, the 12th-ranked Midlothian Heritage girls’ basketball team has done a little more than simply win their third-consecutive undefeated district championship.  The Jaguars, who are absolutely rolling into the Class 4A playoffs, have cemented their legacy. They’ve also …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports OVILLA — The state-ranked Ovilla Christian Lady Eagles found themselves in quite the last-second predicament in a recent non-district basketball game. And Maddie Remek delivered against Henrietta Midway as the buzzer rang on the Lady Eagles’ home court. The work, however, was far from …