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Ellis County Sports report WAXAHACHIE — The All-Ellis County All-Star Games began as a way to honor local high school senior baseball and softball players who had their final season representing our communities stolen by COVID mandates. The several hundred spectators gathered on a berm at the Waxahachie Sports Complex …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports GEORGETOWN — For the past couple decades, not years, Midlothian has become synonymous with soccer dominance. Panther blue, however, had not yet made its way to Georgetown.  The narrative changed Saturday afternoon in Wichita Falls.  Three Midlothian Panthers then found the back of …

*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 …

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 …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports ….and we wait no more! The UIL released the new fall and winter sports districts for high school athletics at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Scroll down to see where your program landed! Congratulations are in order for the Italy Lady Gladiator volleyball …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports One Ellis County high school jumped classifications, while several narrowly missed the same fate or watched districts dissolve following the UIL releasing conference cutoff numbers. The UIL released the cutoff numbers and preliminary enrollment figures for the biannual 2022-24 reclassification and realignment on …

The annual Waxahachie Homecoming Parade was held Friday, Oct. 22 ahead of the Waxahachie volleyball and football games against Mansfield. PHOTO GALLERY All photos by Travis M. Smith/KBEC Sports

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Eleven Waxahachie student-athletes recently signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.  The ceremony was held inside the Performance Arts Center on Thursday, April 29. The celebration welcomed family, friends and teammates and was as close to “normal” as any indoor …

By Travis M. Smith| KBEC Sports The Waxahachie boys’ soccer team netted its first-ever 6A playoff victory Thursday — and did it in upset fashion at Panther Stadium in Hewitt. Waxahachie, which finished fourth in District 11-6A, knocked off District 12-6A champion (13-2-5) Belton, 1-nil. Bryan Dominguez scored the game-winning …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The City of Midlothian has continued its dominance on the soccer pitch, as all four varsity programs have once again and officially claimed district titles. And, following Friday’s tilts, each of the four has also won their respective bi-district championships too. Again.  This …