By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Six short days ago, CJ Noland was ill, suffering from side-effects related to an allergic reaction ahead of the Runnin’ Indians day-three push toward a tournament title in Cypress. He recovered just fine and, most likely, could’ve played in some capacity in the …
Read More »No. 9 Red Oak Lady Hawks defeat Burleson Centennial
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Three Lady Hawks scored in double-figures to lead Red Oak to a 52-44 victory at home against Burleson Centennial on Dec. 3. Micah Cooper, Breanna Davis and Aniyah Johnson each scored 11 points in the win that saw the Lady Hawks pour in …
Read More »No. 19 Maypearl girls’ hoops opens district slate with win
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Behind three double-digit scoring performances, the Maypearl Lady Panthers basketball team continued its torrid roll into the District 17-3A portion of the schedule on Tuesday. The Lady Panthers outscored visiting Rio Vista 28-0 in the first quarter and then heled a 40-4 lead …
Read More »GALLERY: Runnin’ Indians handle stacked iSchool hoops team
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Despite three seniors ranked inside the top-60 in the state, iSchool of Lewisville could not slow down the Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians in a non-district hoops contest. The Runnin’ Indians defeated the stacked iSchool squad, 77-68, inside Mike Turner Gymnasium on Nov. 26. CJ …
Read More »The Press Box: Ep. 7 (Dec. 16, 2019): Boys’ hoops and football state championships
This week’s episode of The Press Box featured in-depth discussions on the ongoing high school boys’ basketball season and a preview of this week’s state football championships. Hosts Brian Stevens and Seth Sims spoke with head boys’ basketball coaches Greg Gober (Waxahachie), Jerrel Chumley (Ferris) and Jason Sasser (Red Oak), …
Read More »Johnson’s 27 leads state-ranked Red Oak girls’ hoops to road win against Waxahachie
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Classifications do not matter much when in-county rivals take to the basketball court for a non-district game. And that is precisely how Friday’s tilt between the Class 6A Waxahachie Lady Indians and 5A Red Oak Lady Hawks played out. Red Oak, which entered …
Read More »Lady Indians play host to Aussie Travelers in game bigger than basketball
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Any pregame routine the Waxahachie Lady Indians had on the basketball court or in the hours leading up to tipoff was thrown out Friday. After all, it’s a little difficult to focus on a gameplan while playing host to eight standout hoopers from …
Read More »PODCAST: The Press Box: Ep. 4 (Nov. 25, 2019)
Episode four of The Press Box, hosted by Brian Stevens and Justin Burns (filling in for Seth Sims), featured on-air interviews with head boys’ basketball coach Steven Middleton (Midlothian), KBEC Sports Player of the Week CJ Palmer (Red Oak) and “Tater” Brown, the play-by-play voice for Midlothian Panther Radio. The crew …
Read More »Red Oak, Midlothian girls’ hoops crack TABC top-25 after week 1
By KBEC Sports Two Ellis County 5A girls’ basketball teams are ranked in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches top-25 poll following the first full week of the season.
Read More »4 Ellis County boys’ basketball teams ranked in opening TABC top-25
By KBEC Sports Four boys’ basketball teams were ranked inside the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches top-25 following the opening weekend of the 2019-20 season. Statewide rankings provided by the TABC are below. Congratulations to the Waxahachie, Red Oak, Midlothian and Life Waxahachie boys’ basketball teams.
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