By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Red Oak boys’ basketball program has a new, well-decorated head coach. Chris Davis was officially named the Hawks’ new head coach Tuesday morning. He replaces Jason Sasser, who departed the program in August to pursue other career opportunities. Both head coaches came …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Midlothian Panthers exploded for three touchdowns in the second quarter to throttle the visiting Forney Jackrabbits on Friday. Surprisingly, two of those second-quarter touchdowns came via the passing game in the (1-1) Panthers’ 42-13 win at Midlothian ISD Stadium. The Midlothian defense …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports ARLINGTON — In the era of high-octane offenses, the Waxahachie Indians have quickly found a unique identity on the football field.  These boys can — and will — bring the hat. Early and often, too.  The Indians stifled the Arlington Lamar Viking offense …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Five Ellis County football teams picked up wins during week two of the high school football season. Stats, standout players and recaps will be added throughout the weekend. As always, fans can catch a full recap of all things Ellis County athletics every …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports ENNIS — For the second-consecutive football season, Ennis and Red Oak opened state-ranked in the top-15 of Class 5A and faced off in week one. And the two teams once again put on quite the offensive show — combining for over 1,000 yards …

The Spirit of Waxahachie Indian Band and Waxahachie Cherokee Charmers performed at halftime of the Waxahachie football game against Rowlett on Friday, Aug. 27 at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium. PHOTO GALLERY All photos by Kirk Holt/KBEC Sports

KBEC Sports Eleven Ellis County football teams opened their seasons Friday evening. Stats, standout players and recaps can be found below. As always, fans can catch a full recap of all things Ellis County athletics every Monday night from 6-7 p.m. on KBEC 1390AM/99.1FM and online at elliscosports.com during “The …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE — A much-welcomed and well-timed return of the tomahawk chop helped usher in a new season for the Waxahachie Indians. It also provided quite the motivational boost for a gassed Tribe that has officially started the football season with a thrilling overtime season-opening …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports  MAYPEARL — The 7th annual Robert Woodhouse Invitational ushered in a bit of normalcy and a ton of pride for the Waxahachie cross-country team Saturday at Camp Lakeview in Maypearl. The morning began with the third and final inductee into the Waxahachie Cross Country …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Dress rehearsals are over for the Waxahachie Indian football team and the countdown to Friday’s season opener has begun. The second and final tune-up came this past Thursday on the road against Red Oak at Billy Goodloe Stadium. The two sides held a …