SPECIAL to KBEC Sports When you catch 150 passes in a 14-game season, it’s pretty clear you don’t miss anything thrown your way. For Jerreth Sterns, that currently includes his first NFL opportunity. Sterns grabbed that opportunity smoothly on Saturday night when he made his professional debut for the Tampa …
Read More »Midlothian football counting down to kickoff; continuing support of longtime assistant coach
KBEC Sports report The Midlothian Panthers hosted the annual Blue-White spring football game ahead of a busy summer break that included a trip to the championship bracket of the Texas 7-0n-7 state tournament in College Station. KBEC Sports was on-hand to capture the spring game, which included a new-look spread …
Read More »Ennis’ Gilkey named top-10 QB recruit in Texas ahead of senior campaign
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Ennis Lions will soon embark on the 2022 football season with one of the most prolific and highly regarded signal-callers to call Texas home. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football recently released its top-10 quarterback list for the senior Class of 2023, and Ennis’ Jackson …
Read More »2022-24 UIL Realignment: Ellis County high schools land in new districts
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports ….and we wait no more! The UIL released the new fall and winter sports districts for high school athletics at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Scroll down to see where your program landed! Congratulations are in order for the Italy Lady Gladiator volleyball …
Read More »SAGU quarterback Jordan Barlow signs pro contract; plans to return as coach in 2022
SPECIAL to KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE – Jordan Barlow hasn’t just started at quarterback each of the past two seasons for Southwestern Assemblies of God University — he’s dominated the position. The now-graduated signal-caller has also now signed a professional contract with the Quad City Steamwheelers of the Indoor Football League. Barlow …
Read More »Ennis’ KD Davis named to All-Conference USA first team
KBEC Sports report DALLAS – Ennis graduate and University of North Texas junior linebacker KD Davis was named First-Team All-Conference USA, while three Mean Green players earned second-team honors and five others were honorable mention selections, the league recently announced. Davis, who led the Mean Green in tackles for the third …
Read More »Legendary Ennis quarterback Graham Harrell named OC at West Virginia
SPECIAL to KBEC Sports MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown has announced the hiring of Graham Harrell as the Mountaineers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Brown also announced additional changes to the offensive staff that will include Gerad Parker as the co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, and Chad Scott, the run …
Read More »Former Ennis state champion QB named offensive coordinator at La Tech
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The rise of Jake Brown from state champion quarterback with the Ennis Lions to Division I offensive coordinator has happened — quickly. Newly hired Lousiana Tech head coach Sonny Cumbie has selected Brown as the program’s co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. The …
Read More »UIL announces conference cutoff numbers: Midlothian Heritage to 5A, several others see district shakeup
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports One Ellis County high school jumped classifications, while several narrowly missed the same fate or watched districts dissolve following the UIL releasing conference cutoff numbers. The UIL released the cutoff numbers and preliminary enrollment figures for the biannual 2022-24 reclassification and realignment on …
Read More »Sterns brothers, Western Kentucky set to face UTSA in Conference USA title game Friday
KBEC Sports report Jerreth and Josh Sterns transferred from Division-I FCS Houston Baptist University to Division-I FBS Western Kentucky University to leave their mark on a grander stage. The Waxahachie graduates will have that opportunity Friday evening inside the Alamo Dome when the Hilltoppers take the field against UTSA in …
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