By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Cullen Stone proved to be the hero Midlothian Heritage needed Friday night on the gridiron against Decatur. Oh, and there was also a goal-line stand as the clock expired to boot. The senior running back carried the football 18 times for a game-high …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports LAFAYETTE – Hannah Ramirez, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette senior libero, claimed the first Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week award of the 2020 season, the league office announced Tuesday. Ramirez collected 40 digs at an average of 5.71 digs per set — the …

By Chelsea Groom | Life Schools | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports Meet Kayla Jenkins: A Life High School Waxahachie graduate, track star and soon-to-be criminal justice lawyer. Currently attending Texas Southern University on a track scholarship, Jenkins is running her race with her sights set on a Criminal Justice degree.  …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Though the high school hoops season is still two months away, Waxahachie senior CJ Noland made quite the splash on Tuesday. Noland took to Twitter to officially announce his top-seven potential Division-I destinations, knocking out a host of suitors across the country. Texas …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Waxahachie football faithful will have to hold a little water before cheering Jalen Reagor toward an NFL end zone. Reagor, a 2017 Waxahachie graduate and 2020 first-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles, sustained a shoulder injury Sunday that will force the rookie …

By Dr. Jerome Stewart | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports Jim Wood began his high school volleyball coaching career with one personal goal: Record 500 wins. The longstanding Maypearl head coach has always put team successes above his own, of course. But inside the gymnasium at Tolar High School on Friday, …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Palmer Bulldogs dominated Kemp on both sides of the football in Friday night’s season-opener. Kemp mustered just 66 total yards of offense in the Bulldogs’ 35-7 home win, while Palmer quarterback Julian Villasenor paced his offense with four total touchdowns. “I’m just …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Senior quarterback Daelin Rader and the Midlothian Heritage offense had its way with visiting Wichita Falls Hirschi in the 2020 season opener on Friday. The Jaguars ultimately out-gained the Huskies 444 yards to 274 en route to opening the football season with a …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Life Waxahachie will deploy an entirely new offensive playbook in 2020 following a change in head coach during the offseason.  Micah Stanley, formerly the Mustangs’ offensive coordinator, replaced Heath Blalock as the Life Waxahachie head football coach in December. He will bring with …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Write it in stone: The Midlothian Heritage Jaguars will be in the postseason.  The 2020 Midlothian Heritage Jaguars will look to build on a program-best 2019 playoff run under a new offensive coordinator and without one of the state’s top wide receivers.  Heritage …