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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Week one of the high school football slate in Ellis County saw several outstanding performances, ranging from Sir Michael Veasley’s 200-yard rushing day to Maypearl snapping a 10-game drought. KBEC Sports has recapped all of the action from the week that was below. …

The Ennis Lions defeated the Waxahachie Indians 21-13 in the 98th Battle of 287 on Friday, Aug. 30 at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium in Waxahachie. The all-time series is now tied at 48-48-2. All photos by KBEC Sports photojournalist Kirk Holt. 

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE Friday night was a far cry from the offensive showcases previously featured in the Battle of 287, especially those with Sam Harrell leading the Ennis Lions charge. Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium instead played host to a second-half defensive effort that afforded Harrell …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports High school football is back in Texas.  Sorry, but that’s the best lede we could come up with ahead of the 2019 Texas high school football season. But, boy, is Ellis County primed to continue to be one of the state’s premier regions …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Indians are set to begin year two under head coach Todd Alexander and will do so with experience to boot following a 1-9 season that saw as many as six sophomores and three juniors start on the defensive side of the ball …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Write it in stone: The Life Waxahachie Mustangs will be in the postseason.  Life Waxahachie will look to improve upon an up-and-down 2018 season when the Mustangs take the field Friday. The group will also look to return to the postseason.  The Mustangs …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports GREENVILLE, N.C. East Carolina junior setter Shelby Martin has been named to the American Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team, according to an announcement by the league this past Thursday. The 2016 Waxahachie graduate also received the honor prior to her sophomore campaign. Martin, who earned second-team all-conference …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports One Waxahachie baseball alumnus helped comprise the 19-member recruiting class announced Monday by Northwestern State University. Levi David, a 2017 Waxahachie graduate, signed with the Division-I university in Natchitoches, Louisiana following two years on the diamond at McLennan Community College in Waco. The …

The return of the high school football season also means the return of “The Voice of the Indians” Ken Roberts and longtime coach Mike Turner to the KBEC airwaves. The local radio station will once again broadcast all of the Waxahachie Indians action on the gridiron this season. This season …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE A two-sport Waxahachie student-athlete has announced her commitment to a Division II softball powerhouse. Senior slugger Hope David made her decision to attend Tarleton State University official via Twitter on Monday, Aug. 19. “I am beyond blessed to announce that I will …