SPECIAL to KBEC Sports ARLINGTON — Sam Houston senior Qua Grant has been named the Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Grant, a 2018 Waxahachie graduate, was also a first-team All-WAC selection and named to the all-newcomer team. Senior guard …
Read More »Playoff bound! Waxahachie hoops makes improbable run to 6A playoffs
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Roughly one month ago, the season for the Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians was about as hopeless as one could project. The Tribe, under first-year head coach Corey Johnson, was banged up and starting several underclassmen. They had also just begun the second half of …
Read More »Runnin’ Indians upset DeSoto to jump back in 6A playoff hunt
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports An 18-point second quarter proved the difference for the Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians in an upset win against DeSoto. Waxahachie (9-18, 3-6) rallied to enter the halftime locker room knotted at 25. The Runnin’ Indians then found the bottom of the net just enough …
Read More »Maypearl tabs Aledo, Hardin-Simmons grad as next head football coach
KBEC Sports report Following a relatively short search and several dozen applicants, Maypearl ISD has named Marte Amrine Jr. its next head football coach and athletic coordinator. The official approval by the Maypearl ISD Board of Trustees came during its Jan. 26 meeting. Amrine is an Aledo graduate and played …
Read More »Legendary Waxahachie volleyball coach Faussett-Stoops retires, Weber named replacement
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The winningest volleyball coach in Waxahachie’s history and a top-10 all-time in Texas called it a career on Wednesday. Waxahachie head volleyball coach Sandy Faussett-Stoops made the decision public following a family vacation to Hawaii and at the end of the fall semester. …
Read More »No. 6 Midlothian rolls in area football championship, faces state-power Aledo in round 3
Midlothian quarterback Chad Ragle accounted for six total touchdowns to power the Panthers into round three of the Texas high school football playoffs. After entering halftime clinging to a 20-14 advantage, 5A No. 6 Midlothian outscored Amarillo 36-14 in the second half for the easy 56-28 win at Memorial Stadium …
Read More »Waxahachie fends off Rockwall for first-ever 6A area football championship
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Anxiety crept in late, but the Waxahachie Indian defense continued to prove its worth in a thrilling 31-25 6A Region II area championship victory against Rockwall on Friday at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Waxahachie led 31-18 with 6:40 to play in the …
Read More »Football Friday: 4 Ellis County programs advance to round 3 of football playoffs
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Four Ellis County programs won area championships in the second round of the Texas high school football playoffs. The week started with seven schools. Regional quarterfinal details are still pending at this time. Stats, quotes and links to photo galleries will be added …
Read More »Football Friday: 7 Ellis County programs win bi-district championships
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Seven Ellis County programs triumphed in the bi-district round of the Texas high school football playoffs this past week. Scroll below to see predictions for the area round, recaps from the first week of the postseason and background on each of the seven …
Read More »No. 10 Waxahachie volleyball headed to 6A Region II tourney for first time in program history
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports CORSICANA — The 1oth-ranked Waxahachie Lady Indians are headed to the 6A regional tournament for the first time in program history. Waxahachie triumphed in a five-set thriller against Hewitt “Don’t Call Us Waco” Midway on Tuesday night in the 6A Region II quarterfinal …
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