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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports  The Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians were humbled on Friday. The loss was their first in 7-6A this season — and they bounced back quite nicely on Tuesday. Waxahachie defeated a struggling Mansfield Summit team inside Mike Turner Gymnasium, 58-43, to improve to 5-1 in …

By KBEC Sports This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured live on-air interviews with a Life Waxahachie senior basketball player and his head coach, plus a knowledge drop by a local collegiate coach on the football recruiting process. On-air hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens first spoke with Life …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The 12th-ranked Midlothian Panthers continued their torrid run through the District 14-5A slate Tuesday. The Panthers jumped out to a 22-9 lead in the first quarter and cruised back to Midlothian with a 63-30 road victory. LAST TIME OUT On Friday, the Panthers …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Ennis basketball boys bounced back from a tough road loss against state-ranked Midlothian with a convincing home win against Joshua on Tuesday. Thanks to the victory, the Lions will begin the second half of District 14-5A with a 3-3 mark in district …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Life Waxahachie Mustangs ran away from Ferris with a District 17-4A road win Friday. The Mustangs opened by outscoring the Yellowjackets 25-3 in the first quarter and carried a 27-15 advantage into halftime. Life Waxahachie closed out the game with 25 points …

Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Tatyana Williams poured in 29 points to lead the Ferris Lady Yellowjackets to a key district victory at home Friday against Life Waxahachie. Though Williams scored just four points in the first quarter, Ferris carried a 23-8 lead into the second quarter and then …

KBEC Sports report The Midlothian Heritage girls’ soccer team continued its dominant start to the season over the weekend in the 4th annual Frostbite Tournament. It marked the third consecutive championship for the varsity Jaguars in their home tournament. Heritage began the tournament with a 4-1 victory against Athens, with …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A 21-point fourth quarter propelled the Waxahachie Lady Indians to a 66-52 home win against Mansfield on Tuesday. The win was the first in District 7-6A this season for the Lady Indians, who improved to 1-5 in district action and 9-15 on the …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports  Tuesday should’ve been a quick and tidy victory for the No. 3 Waxahachie Runnin’ Indians at home against the Mansfield Tigers. At least, that’s what the statistics on paper would’ve suggested. Instead, neither Waxahachie nor Mansfield led by more than five points during …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A final bow was put on the 2019 Ellis County football season Monday night with the live on-air announcement of six player-of-the-year recipients, one outstanding coach and the best team to take the gridiron this past season. The eight standout award winners hail …