By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports ROUND ROCK — Three outs were recorded between the following two photos. Four runs were scored, too. Unfortunately, the two freeze-framed captures of emotion perfectly tell the tale of how Friday morning unfolded during the 3A state semifinal baseball championship between (30-10) …

WAXAHACHIE — Twenty-nine of the best softball players in Ellis County stepped onto the turf at Lady Indian Park in Waxahachie for the third annual All-Ellis County All-Star game on Wednesday. Due to weather concerns and eventual storms, the game was called after three-and-a-half innings, ending in a 3-3 tie. …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports MAYPEARL — For some, the run by the Maypearl Panther baseball team to the Class 3A state tournament could be viewed as improbable.  The Panthers were not ranked to begin the season, nor were they at the halfway mark. They were not picked …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports CLEBURNE — Kade Bing was simply too much for the Maypearl Panthers on Friday evening in game two of the 3A Region III championship.  Bing, a 6-foot-1 left-handed senior, struck out 13 Panthers in the 4-1 West victory at Cleburne High School. He …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports CLEBURNE — Tanner Terry wasn’t just terrific on Thursday. The senior was literally unhittable. Terry (12-0, 1.22 ERA) struck out eight (29-7) West Trojans and walked four for a 2-0 no-hit win in game 1 of the best-of-three 3A Region III championship. Terry …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Before the first pitch is ever thrown, every high school baseball senior in the state dreams of playing after graduation. That dream is now a reality for the Maypearl Panthers. A third two-game playoff sweep has the Panthers storming into the 3A …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Weather conditions worsened on day two of the 3A state golf championships, but that didn’t send the Maypearl Panther golf team out-of-bound in their hopes of a top-10 placing. The Panthers began day two in 6th place and ultimately finished 7th in …

By Travis M. Smith/Ellis County Sports The Ovilla Christian Eagles will play for a TAPPS Division 5 state baseball title on Saturday following a 4-3 victory Friday against Christian Life Prep. The Eagles outhit the Knights 9-6 and capitalized on four errors at Clay Gould Ballpark on the University of …

By Travis M. Smith/ECS A sixth-inning blast and clutch pitching propelled the Ovilla Christian baseball team past Bethesda Christian this past Thursday and back into the TAPPS state tournament. With the Division 5 regional championship tilt knotted at 5 in the top of the sixth, Lucas Seymore blasted the 1-0 …

By Travis M. Smith/ECS A five-game winning streak has the Waxahachie Indians running high at the right time as they head into the 6A postseason. Waxahachie capped a two-game sweep of Dallas Skyline with a 6-1 victory Monday evening. The game, held at historic Paul Richards Park as part of …