February 2, 2022
All the rest, Avalon High School, Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Cross Country, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Boys Swimming, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Boys Wrestling, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Girls Wrestling, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Palmer High School, Powerlifting, Red Oak High School, Softball, Venus High School, Volleyball, Waxahachie High School
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 …
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December 10, 2021
Avalon High School, Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Cross Country, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Boys Swimming, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Palmer High School, Red Oak High School, Softball, Volleyball, Waxahachie High School
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 …
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October 22, 2021
Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Cross Country, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Boys Swimming, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Softball, Volleyball, Waxahachie High School
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
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October 30, 2020
Boys Soccer, Boys Swimming, Boys Tennis, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Golf, Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, Softball, Volleyball, Waxahachie High School
The 2020 Waxahachie High School Homecoming Parade was held Friday afternoon, Oct. 30. Due to roadway construction in downtown, the route began in front of Marvin Elementary and traveled down Brown Street to Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium. GALLERY All photos by Kirk Holt/KBEC Sports
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August 18, 2020
Avalon High School, Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Cross Country, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Boys Swimming, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Boys Wrestling, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Girls Wrestling, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Ovilla Christian School, Palmer High School, Powerlifting, Red Oak High School, Softball, Venus High School, Volleyball, Waxahachie High School
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC 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, …
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May 31, 2020
Girls Golf, Waxahachie High School
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A 2020 Waxahachie graduate will continue her golf career at the NCAA level in the fall. Kayli Nash, a soon-to-graduate senior, recently signed her National Letter of Intent to play golf collegiately at East Texas Baptist University, a Division III program located in …
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April 17, 2020
Avalon High School, Baseball, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Ovilla Christian School, Palmer High School, Powerlifting, Red Oak High School, Softball, Venus High School, Waxahachie High School
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Finality came by way of UIL press release Friday afternoon — high school sports are finished for the 2020-21 season. The announcement was delivered at little surprise following a directive issued earlier in the day by Governor Greg Abbott, who requested all Texas …
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March 25, 2020
Avalon High School, Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Football, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Palmer High School, Red Oak High School, Softball, Volleyball, Waxahachie High School
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports As school districts have turned to virtual learning and classrooms amid the COVID-19 outbreak, local athletic departments are now pivoting toward much of the same. Those same district officials are also beginning to make tough decisions related to annual spring athletics events, namely …
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March 19, 2020
Avalon High School, Baseball, Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Palmer High School, Red Oak High School, Softball, Venus High School, Waxahachie High School
KBEC report AUSTIN — Any last hopes for a return to the playing field for high school teams in Texas were all but dashed Thursday afternoon following the latest action taken by the University Interscholastic League. Via an official press release, the UIL extended the length of the suspension of all UIL-sanctioned activities due to …
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February 15, 2020
Avalon High School, Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Cross Country, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Boys Swimming, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field, Boys Wrestling, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, Girls Track & Field, Girls Wrestling, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Palmer High School, Red Oak High School, Softball, Volleyball, Waxahachie High School
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured on-air interviews with four Ellis County high school football coaches and a full breakdown of the bi-annual UIL Realignment. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Tater Brown (who filled in for Brian Stevens) spoke with head football coaches Todd Alexander (Waxahachie), Doug Wendel …
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