Three football teams returned from a bye week and several others continued their roll in district action across Ellis County on Thursday and Friday. Midlothian Heritage kicked the week-seven action off with a 600-yard drubbing of Quinlan Ford. Ellis County Sports Sports had photojournalists and correspondents on hand to watch, photograph and …
Read More »Life Waxahachie’s Veasley named Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week
By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports For the first time in five weeks, a student-athlete lapped the field in the Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week poll. Life Waxahachie running back SirMichael Veasely received 6,739 of the 12,249 votes (55.02%) during the week five voting period. Veasley rushed 11 …
Read More »Vote now for the week four Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week!
By Ellis County Sports Sports Week four of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Thursday!
Read More »Maypearl’s Hamby selected as week four Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week
By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports A two-athlete race came down to the wire in the week four Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week poll and just under 3,000 votes decided the winner. When the final votes were tallied, Maypearl running back Grant Hamby received 18,063 (50.71%) of the …
Read More »Veasley rushes for 194 in Life Waxahachie’s homecoming win
By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports The Life Waxahachie Mustangs ran away with a homecoming win Friday night against the Farmersville Farmers. Behind the 194 yards and four touchdowns on 11 carries posted by Sir Michael Veasley, the Mustangs racked up 417 rushing yards in the 56-14 victory. “I …
Read More »Carpenter’s triple-double helps Midlothian Heritage take down Life Waxahachie
By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Throw the records out of the nearest window in District 17-4A, as the volleyball season has turned toward the district slate. Midlothian Heritage, a 2018 state semifinalist, traveled to neighboring Life Waxahachie to open their respective 17-4A seasons on Friday. And it was …
Read More »Week five: Second-half heartbreaks and runaways across Ellis County
By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports The final scores from Friday, Sept. 27 are listed below and will be hyperlinked as recaps, stats and more are compiled. WAXAHACHIE 34, #20 Cedar Hill 62 Burleson Centennial 23, MIDLOTHIAN 21 ENNIS 37, Terrell 0 MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE 14, #3 Waco La Vega …
Read More »Vote now for the week 4 Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week!
Week four of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday!
Read More »May scores 3 TDs to lead Life Waxahachie by Nevada Community
By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Big plays and an even bigger second quarter propelled the Life Waxahachie Mustangs past Nevada Community on Friday. The Mustangs compiled 386 total yards of offense and scored the first seven touchdowns of the game in the 48-7 non-district home win. The victory …
Read More »Week four recap: Upsets, close calls and comebacks across Ellis County
By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Sports Week four of the high school football season in Ellis County saw Red Oak knock-off a state-ranked power in the Ellis County Sports Sports Game of the Week, Midlothian Heritage pull off quite the comeback and several county teams win in blowout fashion. The final …
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