By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Following a season cut short by COVID-19, the team at KBEC Sports has diligently pieced together the first-ever KBEC Sports All-Ellis County boys’ soccer teams. And the decisions on placement were not easy, as a large component to constructing the teams includes overall and postseason team …
Read More »KBEC Sports announces 2019-20 All-Ellis County girls’ soccer teams
Following a season cut short by COVID-19, the team at KBEC Sports has diligently pieced together the first-ever KBEC Sports All-Ellis County girls’ soccer teams. And the decisions on placement were not easy, as a large component to constructing the teams includes overall team success. With no playoff runs to …
Read More »The Press Box: Maypearl baseball and senior salutes: Ep. 25 (April 20, 2020)
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured an in-depth conversation with three members of the (11-1-1) Maypearl Panthers baseball team after their season was cut short due to COVID-19. The link to the podcast can be found at the bottom of this article. On-air hosts Seth Sims, Tater Beard …
Read More »Something to cheer about: Life Waxahachie cheer tryouts go online due to COVID-19
SPECIAL to KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE — As Ellis County continues the “shelter-in-place” orders to manage the COVID-19 curve, the Life High School Waxahachie and Life Middle School Waxahachie cheer teams are proving their resilience through a virtual solution. They held their regularly planned tryouts — online. “We still wanted to …
Read More »UIL cancels all spring sports, state championships amid COVID-19 fallout
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 …
Read More »The Press Box: All-Ellis County boys’ basketball announcements: Ep. 22 (March 30, 2020)
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured the live on-air announcements of superlative winners for the KBEC Sports All-Ellis County girls’ basketball teams. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens spoke with Red Oak head coach Jason Sasser and senior Keshawn Green, Midlothian head coach Steven Middleton and freshman …
Read More »KBEC Sports announces 2019-20 All-Ellis County boys’ hoops teams
By KBEC Sports There was no shortage of talent on the hardwood in Ellis County during the 2019-20 season. When the dust settled and we all had a little time to breathe and reflect, the team at KBEC Sports compiled the 2020 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County boys’ basketball teams. The teams are broken down …
Read More »Ellis County athletic programs begin virtual coaching, canceling spring sports amid COVID-19
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 …
Read More »The Press Box: All-Ellis County girls’ basketball announcements: Ep. 21 (March 23, 2020)
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured the live on-air announcements of superlative winners for the KBEC Sports All-Ellis County girls’ basketball teams. The on-air announcement was also made of all All-Ellis County first- and second-team members, as well as honorable mentions. On-air hosts Seth Sims and “The Voice …
Read More »KBEC Sports announces 2019 All-Ellis County girls’ basketball teams
KBEC Sports report There was no shortage of talent on the hardwood in Ellis County during the 2019-20 season. When the dust settled and we all had a little time to breathe and reflect, the team at KBEC Sports compiled the 2020 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County girls’ basketball teams. The teams were broken down …
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