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 »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 »Life Waxahachie sends 8 to the 4A state track-and-field championships
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The now-perennial power Life Waxahachie track-and-field team is sending eight student-athletes to the 4A state championships this week. The group, led by ninth-year head coach Lyle Linscomb, will compete Thursday for state gold at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the …
Read More »Life Waxahachie students learning sports medicine through hands-on training
By Chelsea Groomer | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports You see them on the sidelines giving aid to players. You catch a glimpse of them buzzing around teams with water bottles in hand — constantly ready, these unsung heroes of the field are just as crucial to athletics as the sport …
Read More »A hurtling success: Life Waxahachie grad plans to go from track to courtroom
By Chelsea Groom | Life Schools | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports Meet Kayla Jenkins: A Life High School Waxahachie graduate, track star and soon-to-be criminal justice lawyer. Currently attending Texas Southern University on a track scholarship, Jenkins is running her race with her sights set on a Criminal Justice degree. …
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