This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured on-air interviews with a Waxahachie basketball senior and pair of WHS head coaches. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens first spoke with senior hooper AB Shorter and head boys’ basketball coach Greg Gober. Sims and Stevens then spoke with Waxahachie head …
Read More »Rogers notches win No. 200 in Red Oak softball tourney victory
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Red Oak Lady Hawks began their second softball tournament of the season with a little celebration. Red Oak head softball coach Jonathan Rogers notched career win No. 200 in the team’s 10th game of the young season. The milestone victory came Thursday …
Read More »No. 12 Red Oak outlasts No. 13 Midlothian in double-overtime thriller
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports RED OAK — Eleven Red Oak seniors celebrated their final home game in style Tuesday, defeating state-ranked Midlothian to clinch an undefeated boys’ basketball district championship. Following May’s commencement exercises, junior point guard Darren Eubanks will be the lone Hawk hooper left to …
Read More »The Press Box: A repeat champ and soccer seniors: Ep. 16 (Feb. 17, 2020)
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured on-air interviews with a Midlothian wrestler aiming for his second-consecutive state championship and two senior soccer captains from Waxahachie. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens first spoke Midlothian senior Jackson Carter and wrestling coach Kevin Reed about the Panthers return trip …
Read More »Lady Panthers soccer defeats Red Oak, finishes 14-5A first half perfect
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports MIDLOTHIAN — So far so good for the Midlothian Lady Panthers during district play on the soccer pitch, as the team completed its perfect run through the first round of 14-5A on Friday. The Lady Panthers defeated neighboring rival Red Oak, 2-nil, at …
Read More »PLAYOFF ROUND-UP: A look at Ellis County girls’ basketball ahead of round one
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE The Waxahachie Lady Indians missed the postseason under first-year head coach Ashlaa Zuniga in a stacked District 7-6A. The Lady Indians placed seventh with a 2-11 record, which was two games better than (0-13) Grand Prairie and two back of (4-10) Mansfield. …
Read More »Press Box: UIL realignment special: Ep. 14 (Feb. 3, 2020)
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured on-air interviews with four Ellis County high school football coaches and a full breakdown of the bi-annual UIL Realignment. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Tater Brown (who filled in for Brian Stevens) spoke with head football coaches Todd Alexander (Waxahachie), Doug Wendel …
Read More »SMITH: Social media, wannabe reporters have made a mockery of National Signing Day
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports National Signing Day was once a day of celebration. It originated with ballcaps donning logos of several universities atop a folding table and one high school senior seated in a letterman jacket, beaming with intel possessed by only his or her closest circle. …
Read More »2020-22 UIL realignment shakes up Ellis County sports landscape
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Several Ellis County high schools officially moved football classifications, while others will see new athletic and extracurricular district competition in 2020-22 following UIL bi-annual redistricting announcements made Monday morning. What changed? Compared to the previous realignment, which occurred ahead of the 2018-19 school …
Read More »Press Box: Kobe’s legacy on Ellis County hoops: Ep. 13 (Jan. 27, 2020)
This week’s episode of “The Press Box” focused on Kobe Bryant and his impact on the local basketball culture. The show featured live on-air interviews with the head coaches and standout players from the Ferris and Midlothian High boys’ basketball teams. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens first spoke …
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