Ellis County Sports report WAXAHACHIE — The All-Ellis County All-Star Games began as a way to honor local high school senior baseball and softball players who had their final season representing our communities stolen by COVID mandates. The several hundred spectators gathered on a berm at the Waxahachie Sports Complex …
Read More »No. 12 Waxahachie hoops leaning on young head coach’s past lessons, titles ahead of 6A playoff run
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 …
Read More »Longtime Waxahachie coach, community leader Jimmie Ray to have school named in his honor
*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 …
Read More »Red Oak’s Sasser selected 25th overall in 2023 NBA Draft
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 …
Read More »Waxahachie’s Grant tabbed WAC hoops Player of the Year
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 …
Read More »Playoff bound! Waxahachie hoops makes improbable run to 6A playoffs
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 …
Read More »Runnin’ Indians upset DeSoto to jump back in 6A playoff hunt
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 …
Read More »Waxahachie’s Mya Williams named NJCAA women’s basketball All-American
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 …
Read More »Greg Gober steps down from Waxahachie head boys’ basketball role after 6 seasons
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 …
Read More »Waxahachie’s Mya Williams named Player, Freshman of the Year in NJCAA DI conference, region
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 …
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