Boys Basketball

Ellis County Sports report WAXAHACHIE, TX — A partnership eight years in the making has brought together The Waxahachie Sun and Ellis County Sports Media, LLC as the premier hyperlocal content and sports-focused leaders in Ellis County. The ultimate mission remains the same — to provide a first-class, community-first approach …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports WAXAHACHIE — Corey Johnson knows how to win in the postseason. He has two Texas high school basketball state championships to prove it.  Waxahachie’s second-year head boys’ basketball coach also knows how to identify next-level talent and a state-gold-standard team. And in …

*Editor’s note: The below article originally appeared in the Waxahachie Daily Light during the week of July 19, 2019. Ellis County Sports managing editor Travis Smith served in the same role with the WDL at that time. The WDL has since turned over its website, resulting in the loss of …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports BROOKLYN, New York — Marcus Sasser became the first-ever Red Oak graduate drafted into the National Basketball Association on Thursday. The 22-year-old guard also broke a 23-year Ellis County drought when he was selected No. 25 overall in the NBA draft. Through …

ECS staff report *Taps the mic thrice* Welcome to Ellis County Sports, a community-first effort to ensure our student-athletes, coaches, programs and history continue to shine as bright as ever. These are your teams. And these are their stories. The ever-changing media landscape has changed once again. And we cannot …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports ARLINGTON — Sam Houston senior Qua Grant has been named the Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Grant, a 2018 Waxahachie graduate, was also a first-team All-WAC selection and named to the all-newcomer team. Senior guard …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Roughly one month ago, the season for the Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians was about as hopeless as one could project. The Tribe, under first-year head coach Corey Johnson, was banged up and starting several underclassmen. They had also just begun the second half of …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports An 18-point second quarter proved the difference for the Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians in an upset win against DeSoto. Waxahachie (9-18, 3-6) rallied to enter the halftime locker room knotted at 25. The Runnin’ Indians then found the bottom of the net just enough …

KBEC Sports report Following a relatively short search and several dozen applicants, Maypearl ISD has named Marte Amrine Jr. its next head football coach and athletic coordinator. The official approval by the Maypearl ISD Board of Trustees came during its Jan. 26 meeting. Amrine is an Aledo graduate and played …

KBEC report Following a successful six-year run, Greg Gober formally stepped down as the head boys’ basketball coach at Waxahachie High School on Wednesday. Gober led the Indians to a 141-47 record during his tenure on his hometown sideline. Those efforts included a USAToday national ranking in 2018, several Class …