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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 Seven Waxahachie student-athletes signed their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday afternoon to continue their playing careers after high school. Five of those 2021 graduates will soon move on to the NCAA Division-I level. The group was headlined by DI signees CJ Noland …

By Michael Hill | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports ARLINGTON – After the first two series of the season were postponed and rescheduled due to positive COVID-19 cases, the UT Arlington volleyball team competed this past weekend and finally had players eligible for Sun Belt Conference weekly awards. One of those just …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Sterns brothers and Houston Baptist University are going to be a problem for Division-I defenses. Houston Baptist University wide receivers, Jerreth and Josh Sterns, have already proven to be quite the handful for the University of North Texas and Texas Tech secondaries. …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports LAFAYETTE – Hannah Ramirez, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette senior libero, claimed the first Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week award of the 2020 season, the league office announced Tuesday. Ramirez collected 40 digs at an average of 5.71 digs per set — the …

This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured an in-depth conversation with a former NFL veteran and Waxahachie graduate on his son’s upcoming date with the NFL Draft.  On-air hosts Seth Sims, Tater Beard and Brian Stevens spoke with 1994 Waxahachie graduate Montae Reagor about his NFL career and the …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports One Waxahachie and Southwestern Assemblies of God University alumna has been officially tasked with leading a highly-populated and upstart girls’ basketball program into its very first season. Belton ISD made the announcement of Taylor Hill, a 2012 Waxahachie and 2016 SAGU graduate, as …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Basketball fans, especially those in Ellis County, who haven’t already taken an interest in the West Texas A&M University men’s basketball program should do so — quickly. Sure, the (32-1) Buffs are currently the third-ranked team in Division II and are set to …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma baseball freshman Peyton Graham has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week after hitting .500 in five games last week, the conference office announced Monday. Graham went 10-for-20 at the plate, scoring nine runs and tallying four RBIs to lead …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Peyton Graham departed from Waxahachie in May intending to find a role as a true freshman on the diamond with the University of Oklahoma. He found it, and is now a middle of the order bat and starting third baseman for one of …