KBEC Sports report The Italy Gladiators clinched a District 8-2A Division I playoff spot with a 41-8 victory against Itasca at Gladiator Stadium on Oct. 25. The Gladiators celebrated senior night, as well as a second consecutive win. PHOTO GALLERY All photos by Fred Phipps/KBEC Sports ____ Fred Phipps/KBEC Sports …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Jay Wilkerson will officially catch passes as a Division-I wide receiver in 2020. It just won’t be where many around the country thought he’d suit up. In front of friends, family, teammates and coaches, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound standout wide receiver inked his National …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports National Signing Day was once a day of celebration. It originated with ballcaps donning logos of several universities atop a folding table and one high school senior seated in a letterman jacket, beaming with intel possessed by only his or her closest circle. …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Several Ellis County high schools officially moved football classifications, while others will see new athletic and extracurricular district competition in 2020-22 following UIL bi-annual redistricting announcements made Monday morning. What changed? Compared to the previous realignment, which occurred ahead of the 2018-19 school …
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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 …
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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 …
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This week’s episode of “The Press Box” featured the live on-air release of the 2019 All-Ellis County football superlative honors and in-depth interviews with award winners. Hosts Seth Sims and Brian Stevens spoke with student-athletes Collin Drake (Ennis), Konner Jones-Searcy (Midlothian Heritage), BJ Hawkins (Waxahachie) and Joshua Ervin (Red Oak), …
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With the shoulder pads long put away and banquet season kicking off, it is time to look back on the football season that was across Ellis County. The 2019 season saw both Ennis and Red Oak nearly upset an eventual 5A state champion, Midlothian Heritage reach the fourth round for …
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This week’s episode of The Press Box featured an in-depth interview with Midlothian Heritage all-everything wide receiver Jay Wilkerson. Hosts Seth Sims and “Tater” Beard, who filled in for Brian Stevens, also spoke with Waxahachie head boys’ basketball coach Greg Gober and Midlothian head boys’ basketball coach Steven Middleton. The …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Exceptional athleticism runs in the blood of each of the six Sterns boys. Coincidently, the color orange and collegiate football careers also run thick. The family will soon have to plan several trips to Houston this coming fall following the youngest Sterns student-athlete …
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