By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Despite a promising start, the Midlothian Panthers fell to South Oak Cliff in the 5A Division II Region II bi-district championship on Thursday. The Golden Bears scored once in each of the second, third and fourth quarters for the 21-7 victory. They will …
Read More »Football roundup: Bi-district playoffs begin in Ellis County
By KBEC Sports The high school football season turned to the bi-district round of the postseason this week. Final scores for all Ellis County teams will be updated below as they become available. Game recaps can be found by clicking on the hyperlink associated with each final score. THURSDAY MIDLOTHIAN …
Read More »Midlothian wins five-set thriller to advance to 5A regional tourney
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Midlothian Lady Panthers won a five-set regional-quarterfinal thriller Tuesday night against Forney at Duncanville High School. Midlothian dropped the first and third sets but hung tough to take sets two, four and five for the 5A Region II quarterfinal win, 20-25, 25-19, …
Read More »KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll: Week 11
Week 11 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 Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by Ellis Down Home and KBEC 1390AM/ 99.1FM. [yop_poll id=”10″]
Read More »11 Ellis County athletes compete at state cross country meet
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Three Ellis County student-athletes placed inside the top-25, while eight others competed well in the 2019 UIL cross country state championships on Saturday. Class 4A saw the largest Ellis County contingent and several of the highest finishes on the day at Old Settler’s …
Read More »Waxahachie defense chosen as week 10 KBEC Sports Players of the Week
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Despite a sport now built on offense, it was a defensive effort that earned the support of voters following week 10 of the high school football season in Ellis County. The Indian defense received 21,161 of the 38,233 votes (55.35%) to win the …
Read More »Midlothian volleyball wins bi-district, area championships
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Midlothian Lady Panthers cruised into round three of the 5A volleyball playoffs following a pair of victories this past week. The Lady Panthers first swept Mesquite Poteet in the bi-district round and followed with a four-set win Friday against Greenville. Midlothian head …
Read More »KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll: Week 10
Week 10 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 Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by Ellis Down Home and KBEC 1390AM/ 99.1FM. …
Read More »PODCAST: The Press Box: Ep. 1 (Nov. 4, 2019)
Episode one of The Press Box, hosted by Brian Stevens and Seth Sims, featured on-air interviews with head football coaches Chris Ross (Red Oak), Doug Wendel (Midlothian), Don Waddle (Palmer) and Malcolm Cole (Avalon). The crew also spoke to Life Waxahachie running back SirMichael Veasley and broke down all of …
Read More »Veasley named week 9 KBEC Sports Player of Week after over 500K votes cast
By KBEC Sports Over half-a-million votes were cast in the week 9 KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. One familiar name rose above the field of four student-athletes, too. Life Waxahachie senior running back SirMichael Veasley captured a record-setting 231,115 of the 550,028 votes cast (42.02%) to win his …
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