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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Though nothing much more than a formality, Jalen Reagor officially became a Philadelphia Eagle early Monday. Reagor hopped on an airplane and departed Dallas for Philly shortly after news broke of his four-year, $13.3-million contract. The rookie deal for the 2017 Waxahachie graduate …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Waxahachie community is rallying to support a former soccer standout as she begins and continues her fight against cancer. Lexi Workman, 21, first learned that she has stage two lymphoma in her neck and chest in May. She was then informed that …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE — The first-ever Ellis County Home Run derby came down to the final 38 seconds Thursday night at the Waxahachie Sports Complex. And when 2020 Waxahachie graduate Aaron Tesei took his final hack a few pitches later, he remained one long ball short …

WAXAHACHIE — Four members of the Waxahachie community recently rallied friends and families to host the first-ever Penn Park Youth Kickball Tournament. The tournament was held Sunday afternoon, June 28 at Lee Penn Park in Waxahachie and featured nine teams from Waxahachie and Ennis with the competitors ranging in age …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Historic Paul Richards Park recently served as the final and unfortunate curtain call for 10 Waxahachie Indian baseball seniors. The senior night ceremony, held Friday, June 12, afforded the student-athletes and their families to bid farewell to a high school career cut short …

A peaceful Black Lives Matter march was held Saturday afternoon in Waxahachie. The march began just after 3 p.m. at Finley Junior High and traveled 2.8 miles south on Brown Street to the Ellis County Courthouse, where a short, prayer-filled rally was held. Those from all walks of life were …

Commencement ceremonies were held for the Waxahachie High School Class of 2020 on Friday, June 5 at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium. According to Waxahachie ISD, 100-percent of those enrolled in the WHS Class of 2020 completed the requirements necessary to graduate. PHOTO GALLERY All photos by Kirk Holt/KBEC Sports  

Four young people organized a peaceful Blacks Lives Matter rally in downtown Waxahachie on Thursday. The rally began on the steps of the Historic Ellis County Courthouse and then saw the 300-plus in attendance march down MLK Jr. Blvd to the memorial in front of the Ellis County African-American Museum. …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A 2020 Waxahachie graduate will continue her golf career at the NCAA level in the fall. Kayli Nash, a soon-to-graduate senior, recently signed her National Letter of Intent to play golf collegiately at East Texas Baptist University, a Division III program located in …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Following a season cut short by COVID-19, the team at KBEC Sports has diligently pieced together the first-ever KBEC Sports All-Ellis County boys’ soccer teams.  And the decisions on placement were not easy, as a large component to constructing the teams includes overall and postseason team …