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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports After over 80,000 votes, Waxahachie quarterback Campbell Sullivan edged Ennis wideout Laylon Spencer in the first-ever KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. When the dust had settled at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Sullivan had collected 37,700 of the 81,122 votes (46.5%) in the …

Week three of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Thursday! [yop_poll id=”2″]

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Union Hill scored first, but it was the Avalon Eagles who scored most often in a 60-38 home win Friday night.  The loss was the first of the season for the Union Hill Bulldogs, while the victory improved Avalon to 3-0 with all …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Ricky Pendleton and the top-ranked Milford offense outlasted No. 4 Oakwood in a barn-burner Friday night.  The Bulldogs carried a 60-24 lead into the halftime locker room but were outscored in the second half (30-16) of their 76-54 road win.  Pendleton accounted for …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports  A huge third quarter and even bigger defensive stand continued the perfect start to the football season for the Palmer Bulldogs.  Of course, it also made for quite a memorable homecoming celebration, too.  The Bulldogs entered the halftime locker room trailing 23-13, but …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Frisco Heritage stood little chance against a much-more athletic Red Oak football team Friday night at Billy Goodloe Stadium.  The Hawks scored five consecutive touchdowns to close out the first half and leave no doubt in the 68-23 non-district victory. Red Oak improved …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The unofficial battle of the Lions went to Ennis in resounding fashion Friday night at Lions Stadium in Kaufman.  Ennis (2-1, 1-0 in 8-5A) carried a 28-0 lead into the half and never saw its lead threatened in the second half of the …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Any doubt surrounding just how dominant a defense the Midlothian Panthers deploy on Friday nights was surely erased in their District 5-5A opener against Joshua. Those potential doubters or skeptics should rest assured though — there’s plenty of room on the Panthers bandwagon …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Waxahachie Indians did not pack quite enough second-half magic in a non-district road loss Friday against Flower Mound Marcus.  The Mauraders led by as many as four scores before the Indians pulled to within 10 late in the fourth quarter of the …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Week three of the high school football season saw the Midlothian Panthers begin district play, top-ranked Milford knock-off a top-five opponent on the road and Palmer win a thriller on homecoming. The two with photo galleries: Waxahachie runs out of gas late against …