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By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports WAXAHACHIE — Corey Johnson knows how to win in the postseason. He has two Texas high school basketball state championships to prove it.  Waxahachie’s second-year head boys’ basketball coach also knows how to identify next-level talent and a state-gold-standard team. And in …

*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 …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports BROOKLYN, New York — Marcus Sasser became the first-ever Red Oak graduate drafted into the National Basketball Association on Thursday. The 22-year-old guard also broke a 23-year Ellis County drought when he was selected No. 25 overall in the NBA draft. Through …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports ARLINGTON — Sam Houston senior Qua Grant has been named the Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Grant, a 2018 Waxahachie graduate, was also a first-team All-WAC selection and named to the all-newcomer team. Senior guard …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Roughly one month ago, the season for the Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians was about as hopeless as one could project. The Tribe, under first-year head coach Corey Johnson, was banged up and starting several underclassmen. They had also just begun the second half of …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports An 18-point second quarter proved the difference for the Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians in an upset win against DeSoto. Waxahachie (9-18, 3-6) rallied to enter the halftime locker room knotted at 25. The Runnin’ Indians then found the bottom of the net just enough …

KBEC Sports report HUTCHINSON, KS — The historic and highly-decorated freshman campaign for Mya Williams received its cherry on top this past week when the 2021 Waxahachie graduate was named to an NJCAA Division-I first-team All-American.  Williams, a 5-foot-8 guard, became just the third Blue Dragon women’s basketball player to earn …

KBEC report Following a successful six-year run, Greg Gober formally stepped down as the head boys’ basketball coach at Waxahachie High School on Wednesday. Gober led the Indians to a 141-47 record during his tenure on his hometown sideline. Those efforts included a USAToday national ranking in 2018, several Class …

KBEC Sports report HUTCHINSON, KS — Led by freshman Mya Williams, the Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball team had several members earn spots and win individual awards on the 2022 NJCAA Women’s Division I All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and All-Region VI teams released on Monday. Williams was named the …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports KANSAS CITY, MO — Waxahachie alumnus CJ Noland was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team prior to the conference tournament this week. Noland appeared in 29 games prior to Thursday’s opening round of the Big 12 tournament, which included 16 conference games. …