By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A lead-off home run proved to be all the run support Jared Thomas needed to defeat Harker Heights and send the Waxahachie Indians into round two of the 6A baseball playoffs. Xavien Thompson sent the second pitch he saw in the bottom of …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A balk made it interesting, but Waxahachie’s Anthony Mata came right back on the next pitch for a strikeout to clinch game one of their 6A Region II bi-district championship against Harker Heights. Mata came on in relief of starting pitcher Casey Kelly …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Anthony Mata tossed the barrel around an outside offspeed pitch to send it into the third base coach’s box during the Waxahachie Indians’ regular-season home finale. The senior was battling, already stuck in a 2-1 count with the Indians tied with visiting Mansfield …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports An ever-crowded District 11-6A playoff picture became crystal clear just as the rain clouds took over Monday night in Hewitt. With a torrential downpour quickly approaching, the (22-8, 10-4) Waxahachie Indians defeated host Waco Midway, 6-4. The game, initially rained out on Friday, …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The now-perennial power Life Waxahachie track-and-field team is sending eight student-athletes to the 4A state championships this week. The group, led by ninth-year head coach Lyle Linscomb, will compete Thursday for state gold at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A botched double play and heads-up baserunning resulted in a walk-off win for the Waxahachie Indians on Tuesday against Mansfield Lake Ridge. The victory on the Tribe’s Senior Night also clinched a berth into the Class 6A baseball playoffs. Fittingly enough, a pair …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Xavien Thompson could very well have saved the Waxahachie Indians’ playoff dreams Saturday afternoon. With the Indians clinging to a 5-3 lead and the basepaths full of DeSoto Eagles, the senior centerfielder watched as a sacrifice flyout plated a run to cut the …
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The Midlothian Heritage girls’ soccer team won its second 4A state championship on Friday by defeating Corpus Christi Calallen, 6-nil, at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown. For the full recap, CLICK HERE! PHOTO GALLERY All photos by Fred Phipps and Travis M. Smith/KBEC Sports
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Jules Burrows sat in the stands at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown as a sixth-grader when Rachel Allen was hoisted into the air by teammates following Midlothian Heritage winning the 2018 girls’ soccer state championship. She vividly remembers the 2-1 victory against Jasper, which …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Three consecutive shutouts have the Ovilla Eagles rolling through their district baseball slate. The string of wins also has legendary head coach Greg Hayes and the Eagles eyeing yet another run to the TAPPS state tournament. One of those blanks was also the …
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