By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports RED OAK — The football season was supposed to open at Billy Goodloe Stadium in Red Oak with a nailbiter between two state-ranked foes. It was instead a headscratcher for the host No. 9 Red Oak Hawks, as No. 1 Ennis ran away with …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Friday night lights have finally returned to the night sky over Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium. Those lights brought about a controlled scrimmage between 6A Waxahachie and 5A state-ranked Red Oak that featured several hundred fans, half a dozen touchdowns and one heck …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Sterns brothers and Houston Baptist University are going to be a problem for Division-I defenses. Houston Baptist University wide receivers, Jerreth and Josh Sterns, have already proven to be quite the handful for the University of North Texas and Texas Tech secondaries. …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Cullen Stone proved to be the hero Midlothian Heritage needed Friday night on the gridiron against Decatur. Oh, and there was also a goal-line stand as the clock expired to boot. The senior running back carried the football 18 times for a game-high …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Waxahachie football faithful will have to hold a little water before cheering Jalen Reagor toward an NFL end zone. Reagor, a 2017 Waxahachie graduate and 2020 first-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles, sustained a shoulder injury Sunday that will force the rookie …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Palmer Bulldogs dominated Kemp on both sides of the football in Friday night’s season-opener. Kemp mustered just 66 total yards of offense in the Bulldogs’ 35-7 home win, while Palmer quarterback Julian Villasenor paced his offense with four total touchdowns. “I’m just …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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