Waxahachie High School

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports An Anthony Mata two-run home run and Casey Kelly’s stellar night on the mound fueled the Waxahachie Indians to a District 11-6A opening victory Tuesday night at home against Cedar Hill. Unfortunately, the results were mixed for the Waxahachie Indians on the baseball …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports As if Tuesday’s win wouldn’t already be memorable enough for Waxahachie head girls’ soccer coach Jason Venable, the match against visiting DeSoto at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium ended in a first for the hall-of-famer. It took precisely 810 matches for Venable to see …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The state-ranked Waxahachie Indians are off to quite the impressive start to the baseball season. Their 5-1 run through the annual Robert Dulin Memorial Tournament further proved it, too. Waxahachie fell in the opening tourney game against Midlothian on Thursday afternoon, 4-0. The …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports There would be no last-second magic for the top-ranked Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians against No. 2 Duncanville in Tuesday’s 6A Region II championship.  The No. 1 (20-3) Runnin’ Indians fell to No. 2 (26-1) Duncanville, 70-65, inside Michael Key Turner Gymnasium in what was …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Tuesday’s 6A Region II semifinal was not the barnburner that some outside of Waxahachie expected. Instead, the top-ranked Runnin’ Indians asserted their dominance against Cypress Woods from the opening tip to the final buzzer at Temple High School. Waxahachie ultimately throttled (22-4) Cypress …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians are four wins from a 6A state championship, following a 78-67 victory Saturday against Ellison in Waco. To those who have intently followed the program this year, it comes as very little surprise that this team has continued its …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports LORENA — The Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians had their way with the Belton Tigers in Tuesday’s 6A Region II bi-district championship. Health-and-safety protocols and snowpocalypse be danged, too. Waxahachie nearly busted the scoreboard in its 99-62 victory. The Runnin’ Indians had practiced just four …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Waxahachie has its new head football coach — and he comes with a state championship pedigree. The Waxahachie ISD Board of Trustees made the hire of Shane Tolleson official with a unanimous vote Monday afternoon following a recommendation by Waxahachie ISD superintendent Bonny …

As the coaching search continues in Waxahachie and the pool has dwindled from over 120 applicants to four finalists, KBEC Sports is curious — what do you want to see in a head football coach? And not just in Waxahachie, but in any high school football program. The Waxahachie coaching …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports RED OAK — A matchup of two Ellis County and state-ranked 5A teams went down to the wire Tuesday in Red Oak. No. 24 (17-4, 9-1) Midlothian skated by host No. 12 (19-5, 9-1) Red Oak, 33-32. The Lady Hawks had won the previous …