Girls Basketball

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 …

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 …

*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 …

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 Sports report HUTCHINSON, KS — The historic and highly-decorated freshman campaign for Mya Williams received its cherry on top this past week when the 2021 Waxahachie graduate was named to an NJCAA Division-I first-team All-American.  Williams, a 5-foot-8 guard, became just the third Blue Dragon women’s basketball player to earn …

KBEC Sports report HUTCHINSON, KS — Led by freshman Mya Williams, the Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball team had several members earn spots and win individual awards on the 2022 NJCAA Women’s Division I All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and All-Region VI teams released on Monday. Williams was named the …

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 State-ranked Midlothian Heritage secured a fourth-consecutive girls’ basketball district championship in convincing fashion Friday. The Jaguars built a 37-8 halftime lead against Life Waxahachie and cruised to the 64-21 win. Underclassmen Kora Huff (13 points), Jules Burrows (12) and Jerzie Bryant (10) all …

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 …