By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Senior quarterback Daelin Rader and the Midlothian Heritage offense had its way with visiting Wichita Falls Hirschi in the 2020 season opener on Friday. The Jaguars ultimately out-gained the Huskies 444 yards to 274 en route to opening the football season with a …
Read More »2020 Football Preview: Life Waxahachie enters with new head coach
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Life Waxahachie will deploy an entirely new offensive playbook in 2020 following a change in head coach during the offseason. Micah Stanley, formerly the Mustangs’ offensive coordinator, replaced Heath Blalock as the Life Waxahachie head football coach in December. He will bring with …
Read More »2020 Football Preview: No. 12 Midlothian Heritage Jaguars
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Write it in stone: The Midlothian Heritage Jaguars will be in the postseason. The 2020 Midlothian Heritage Jaguars will look to build on a program-best 2019 playoff run under a new offensive coordinator and without one of the state’s top wide receivers. Heritage …
Read More »‘Love is key’: Athletics continue uniting student-athletes in Ellis County
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A sand volleyball court in Waxahachie is proving one serve at a time that sports have a way of uniting communities. And, in a world currently void of amateur sport but heavy on hate, the friendly competition has also proven capable of healing, …
Read More »$10K Dulin Brothers Memorial scholarship awarded to 6 Waxahachie seniors
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE — Six of the newest Waxahachie Indian baseball alums received a monetary boost Wednesday evening ahead of their first days on each respective college campus this fall. The annual presentation of the Dulin Brothers Memorial Scholarship was once again held outside of …
Read More »Revised Waxahachie football scheduled features two zones, midseason playoff
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE — The upcoming Texas high school football season has already seen several hundred scheduling changes and twice as many headaches. That trend has undoubtedly now hit home, as the Waxahachie Indians and District 11-6A have a schedule that features several contingencies, two …
Read More »Waxahachie grad BG Winn to continue baseball career at SAGU
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A recently graduate Waxahachie baseball player has found his four-year home following one of the more unique recruitment seasons in recent memory. BG Winn signed his national letter of intent Monday morning to continue his baseball career at Southwestern Assemblies of God University …
Read More »Cleared for flight: Jalen Reagor inks 4-year contract with Philadelphia Eagles
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Though nothing much more than a formality, Jalen Reagor officially became a Philadelphia Eagle early Monday. Reagor hopped on an airplane and departed Dallas for Philly shortly after news broke of his four-year, $13.3-million contract. The rookie deal for the 2017 Waxahachie graduate …
Read More »Waxahachie community rallies around 21-year-old’s fight against cancer
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Waxahachie community is rallying to support a former soccer standout as she begins and continues her fight against cancer. Lexi Workman, 21, first learned that she has stage two lymphoma in her neck and chest in May. She was then informed that …
Read More »Midlothian Heritage’s Vasquez wins first-ever Ellis County Home Run Derby
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WAXAHACHIE — The first-ever Ellis County Home Run derby came down to the final 38 seconds Thursday night at the Waxahachie Sports Complex. And when 2020 Waxahachie graduate Aaron Tesei took his final hack a few pitches later, he remained one long ball short …
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