By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Thirty-seven years ago, the Red Oak Hawks stood alone atop a district football standing. The program is now four wins away from rewriting that history. It was 1982 when the Hawks last won an outright district championship, though they did share a title …
Read More »Week 7: Football playoff picture begins to take shape in Ellis County
Three football teams returned from a bye week and several others continued their roll in district action across Ellis County on Thursday and Friday. Midlothian Heritage kicked the week-seven action off with a 600-yard drubbing of Quinlan Ford. KBEC Sports had photojournalists and correspondents on hand to watch, photograph and …
Read More »KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll: Week 6
Week six 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!
Read More »Week six: Nearly upset and definitely blown out in Ellis County
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 …
Read More »Vote now for the week four KBEC Sports Player of the Week!
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!
Read More »Maypearl’s Hamby selected as week four KBEC Sports Player of the Week
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 …
Read More »Week five: Second-half heartbreaks and runaways across Ellis County
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The final scores from Friday, Sept. 27 are listed below and will be hyperlinked as recaps, stats and more are compiled. WAXAHACHIE 34, #20 Cedar Hill 62 Burleson Centennial 23, MIDLOTHIAN 21 ENNIS 37, Terrell 0 MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE 14, #3 Waco La Vega …
Read More »Vote now for the week 4 KBEC Sports Player of the Week!
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 Friday!
Read More »Red Oak upsets No. 8 South Oak Cliff to take control of 6-5A
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports CJ Palmer and the Red Oak offense capitalized on several South Oak Cliff miscues to upset the eighth-ranked team in 5A on Friday night. Though there are still six regular-season games to play, the 28-21 victory against No. 8 South Oak Cliff and …
Read More »Week four recap: Upsets, close calls and comebacks across Ellis County
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Week four of the high school football season in Ellis County saw Red Oak knock-off a state-ranked power in the KBEC Sports Game of the Week, Midlothian Heritage pull off quite the comeback and several county teams win in blowout fashion. The final …
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