Waxahachie

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports It wasn’t too many seasons ago that a scheduled basketball game between Waxahachie and Justin Northwest would have many Runnin’ Indians fans penciling in a loss. That was, however, before the return of head coach Greg Gober and his defense-first approach to the …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Palestine raced out to a three-touchdown lead that it never relinquished Thursday night to steal a 4A Division I bi-district championship from Life Waxahachie. The Wildcats scored three times in the first half to build a 21-0 halftime lead and then survived a …

Week 11 of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by Ellis Down Home and KBEC 1390AM/ 99.1FM. [yop_poll id=”10″]

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Life Waxahachie Mustangs exploded offensively to set a new program record for points in a game Friday against Quinlan Ford. Thought Ford led 14-7 at the end of the first quarter, Life Waxahachie exploded for 34 points in the second quarter and …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The football season came to a close in less-than-stellar fashion for the Waxahachie Indians on Thursday night against South Grand Prairie. Despite scoring on its opening drive and leading after the first quarter, (2-8, 1-6) Waxahachie fell to (5-5, 4-3) SGP, 30-3. The …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Three Ellis County student-athletes placed inside the top-25, while eight others competed well in the 2019 UIL cross country state championships on Saturday. Class 4A saw the largest Ellis County contingent and several of the highest finishes on the day at Old Settler’s …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Despite a sport now built on offense, it was a defensive effort that earned the support of voters following week 10 of the high school football season in Ellis County.   The Indian defense received 21,161 of the 38,233 votes (55.35%) to win the …

Week 10 of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by Ellis Down Home and KBEC 1390AM/ 99.1FM. …

Episode one of The Press Box,  hosted by Brian Stevens and Seth Sims, featured on-air interviews with head football coaches Chris Ross (Red Oak), Doug Wendel (Midlothian), Don Waddle (Palmer) and Malcolm Cole (Avalon). The crew also spoke to Life Waxahachie running back SirMichael Veasley and broke down all of …

By KBEC Sports Over half-a-million votes were cast in the week 9 KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. One familiar name rose above the field of four student-athletes, too.  Life Waxahachie senior running back SirMichael Veasley captured a record-setting 231,115 of the 550,028 votes cast (42.02%) to win his …