Midlothian

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A controversial winning-percentage decision has 41 Midlothian seniors on the outside looking unjustly in of the 5A football playoffs.  The Panthers did their part Friday evening by soundly defeating the Richland Royals, 68-30, behind 572 total yards of offense.  Laine Martin scored four …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The historic volleyball season came to an end Tuesday for the Midlothian Lady Panthers at the hands of perennial state power Lucas Lovejoy in the 5A Region II semifinals. Lovejoy advanced to the regional finals with 25-19, 25-14, 25-12 straight-set victory at Ellis …

This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured an in-depth conversation with Midlothian Heritage head football coach Lee Wiginton and his son and senior standout, Haydon, plus conversations from the hardwood. On-air hosts Seth Sims, Tater Beard and Brian Stevens first spoke at length with Midlothian head volleyball coach Shain …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports MIDLOTHIAN — Two things were certain ahead of Friday’s crucial district tilt between Red Oak and Midlothian on the gridiron. Each of 2,000-plus in attendance was prepared for quite a bit of offense, especially on the ground. The second? Whichever team found itself …

The week of Oct. 19-23 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 Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by The Press Box and KBEC 1390AM/99.1FM. Each week, the winner of the fan vote …

The week of Oct. 12-17 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 Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by The Press Box and KBEC 1390AM/99.1FM. Each week, the winner of the fan vote …

By KBEC Sports A second volleyball player was selected as the KBEC Sports Player of the week following a record-setting and jawdropping vote total.  Midlothian Heritage senior Elizabeth Schmidt received 440,434 (49.73%) of the 885,686 total votes, just edging Palmer running back Bralen Lopez by 13,142 votes.  Schmidt helped the …

The week of Oct. 5-9 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 Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by The Press Box and KBEC 1390AM/99.1FM. Each week, the winner of the fan vote …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports MIDLOTHIAN — The Midlothian Heritage Jaguars snapped a rare two-game skid by thumping Alvardo in their District 5-4A opener on Friday. The Jaguars scored 41 points in the first half on their way to a comfortable 56-23 home victory at Midlothian ISD Multipurpose …

KBEC Sports report Fans of Ellis County athletics cast over 400,000 votes over the past four days in the return of the KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. And, for the first time, a non-football student-athlete claimed the weekly recognition. Midlothian sophomore Kenna Buchanan received 53.47% of the 454,736 …