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This is an ongoing report and will be updated frequently through Saturday afternoon. Check back early and often! (4-0, 1-0) WAXAHACHIE 39, (1-3, 0-1) Cedar Hill 21 — FINAL The Indians made the short drive to face the (1-2) Cedar Hill Longhorns for a 7 p.m. kickoff on Friday. It …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports BURLESON — The Midlothian Heritage defense held Burleson to 43 second-half yards in a 38-7 district-opening rout on Thursday. Junior quarterback Carter Rutenbar accounted for all 4 offensive touchdowns for the (4-0, 1-0) Jaguars in their District 5-5A Divison II opener at Burleson …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports WAXAHACHIE — For an undefeated Class 6A high school football team, it almost feels a little too greedy to label Waxahachie’s Friday home win against Grand Prairie as anything other than stellar. The Indian offense scored on every drive except for two — …

Ellis County Sports report Jermy Jackson Jr. spearheaded a Waxahachie defense that shut out Arlington Lamar on Friday. The Texas State University commit spent more time in the Lamar backfield than any Viking running back en route to being named the Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Player of the Week for …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports ARLINGTON — The Waxahachie Indian defense improved the Tribe to 2-0 on the season with a 14-6 victory Friday against (0-2) Arlington Lamar at Cravens Field. Through two weeks of the season, the Indian defense has limited Ennis and Arlington Lamar to 334 …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports MIDLOTHIAN — The only force to stop the Midlothian Heritage offense Friday night was the game clock. Had it not’ve hit triple zeros, the Jaguars might still be adding to their 63-7 lead against Cleburne at Midlothian ISD Multipurpose Stadium.  Midlothian Heritage needed …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports RED OAK — A touchdown a quarter keeps the doctor away, or however that childhood reminder goes. Either way, (2-0) Red Oak found paydirt once in all four quarters for the 28-0 victory against the visiting (1-1) Arlington Seguin Cougars on Friday night …

This is an ongoing report and will be updated frequently through Saturday afternoon. Check back early and often! (2-0) WAXAHACHIE 14, (0-2) Arlington Lamar 6 — FINAL Waxahachie led 14-6 at the half against host Arlington Lamar at Cravens Field. The Tribe defense forced four first-half turnovers and the lead …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports MIDLOTHIAN — The Midlothian Panther defense flexed on the visiting Ennis Lions in a dialed-down version of a US Highway 287 battle on Thursday. Midlothian held the visiting Lion offense to 197 total yards at Midlothian ISD Multipurpose Stadium to pick up the …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports Midlothian Heritage quarterback Carter Rutenbar accounted for four total touchdowns to lead the 10th-ranked Jaguars by 4A No. 4 Stephenville. Those efforts led to his selection as the inaugural Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Player of the Week for Ellis County. Runtenbar completed …