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 …
Read More »Ellis County Sports, The Waxahachie Sun partner to dominate local sports media fields
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 …
Read More »Panthers ready for State-ment: Heroics, team-first approach has Midlothian in 5A tourney
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 …
Read More »Longtime Waxahachie coach, community leader Jimmie Ray to have school named in his honor
*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 …
Read More »Ellis County Sports launches with familiar faces to lead local sports coverage
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 …
Read More »2022-24 UIL Realignment: Ellis County high schools land in new districts
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 …
Read More »UIL announces conference cutoff numbers: Midlothian Heritage to 5A, several others see district shakeup
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 …
Read More »GALLERY: 2021 Waxahachie Homecoming Parade
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
Read More »11 Waxahachie student-athletes sign with collegiate athletic programs
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 …
Read More »GALLERY: Waxahachie boys’ soccer continues march with first 6A playoff win
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 …
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