Week five of the high school football season in Ellis County saw Midlothian nearly upset top-ranked Aledo, Italy pull off a nail-biter and several other close finishes. The week also saw Palmer defeat visiting Buffalo in the KBEC Sports Game of the Week. The final scores below will be hyperlinked …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A stellar fall season has the Waxahachie tennis team headed to the 6A postseason for the first time in program history. The Indians began the 7-6A season by winning the first two matches — a 15-4 home win against DeSoto and a 16-3 …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports For the first time in five weeks, a student-athlete lapped the field in the KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. Life Waxahachie running back SirMichael Veasely received 6,739 of the 12,249 votes (55.02%) during the week five voting period. Veasley rushed 11 …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The state-ranked Waxahachie Lady Indians recorded a second-consecutive district sweep Tuesday at home against Grand Prairie.  The Lady Indians won the District 7-6A home match in consecutive sets, 25-16, 25-9, 25-10, capturing their 30th win of the season to just 11 losses.  Waxahachie …

By KBEC Sports Week four of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Thursday! [yop_poll id=”4″]

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A two-athlete race came down to the wire in the week four KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll and just under 3,000 votes decided the winner. When the final votes were tallied, Maypearl running back Grant Hamby received 18,063 (50.71%) of the …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Life Waxahachie Mustangs ran away with a homecoming win Friday night against the Farmersville Farmers. Behind the 194 yards and four touchdowns on 11 carries posted by Sir Michael Veasley, the Mustangs racked up 417 rushing yards in the 56-14 victory. “I …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Throw the records out of the nearest window in District 17-4A, as the volleyball season has turned toward the district slate. Midlothian Heritage, a 2018 state semifinalist, traveled to neighboring Life Waxahachie to open their respective 17-4A seasons on Friday. And it was …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A shortage of officials across the state for the Avalon Eagles to move their road contest against Mount Calm from Friday to Thursday. Luckily, the Eagles offense got the message. Avalon scored the first four touchdowns over the first 16 minutes of action …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports It took three possessions, a little of four minutes and an impressive defensive effort for the Ennis Lions to secure the win Friday against Terrell. There should be an emphasis placed on impressive defensive effort too, as the Lions limited the Tigers to …