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Week 10 football roundup: Several Ellis County teams lock into postseason

By KBEC Sports As the Texas High School football regular season turns toward its final week, several Ellis County teams officially locked themselves into the postseason Friday. Some did so with wins, such as Midlothian and Midlothian Heritage. Others received a playoff berth courtesy of losses elsewhere in their respective …

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Self-reported and heavyhearted: Time is now to rally around Midlothian Heritage football

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Midlothian Heritage football team was dealt a heavy, heartbreaking blow Wednesday. The news then eventually broke Thursday that program had forfeited its week 9 district victory against Crandall.  Before pointing a finger or vocalizing misguided disdain, let’s first digest a couple of …

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KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll: Week 9

Week nine 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 Friday! [yop_poll id=”8″]

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Cisneros named week 8 Player of the Week after over 200k votes cast

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Though neck-and-neck for most of the week, a late Friday push and a new record number of votes decided the week 8 KBEC Sports Player of the Week. And it was a long-awaited win in the weekly poll for the passionate Palmer Bulldog …

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Veasley’s school record carries Life Waxahachie to district victory over Mabank

By Trevor Scott | KBEC Sports SirMichael Veasley rushed for a new school record during a Life Waxahachie district victory Friday at home against Mabank.  Despite the first cold winds and temperature in the mid-40s of the season, Veasley rushed 23 times for 309 yards and a school-record 6 touchdowns …

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#10 Avalon thumps Coolidge to remain unbeaten

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Avalon Eagles won a wild one Friday on the gridiron to open District 11-1A against Coolidge. The 82-62 road victory improved Malcolm Cole and company to a perfect 8-0 on the season, which matched the start by the Palmer Bulldogs and keeps …

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Gopher bowled: Waxahachie comeback bid falls short against Grand Prairie

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A valiant second-half comeback effort fell 42 seconds and one Hail Mary pass short for the Waxahachie Indians against Grand Prairie at the Gopher-Warrior Bowl on Friday. The no-longer-winless Gophers built a 28-14 halftime lead, only to have the resilient Indian offense eventually …

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Week 9 roundup: A prayer and the playoffs cap week in Ellis County football

By KBEC Sports Week nine of the high school football season in Ellis County saw a prayer tied to the end of a hail-mary pass at the buzzer, a couple of nailbiters and several teams winning in blowout fashion to punch their playoff ticket. KBEC Sports had photojournalists and correspondents …

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Mayfield selected as week 7 KBEC Sports Player of the Week

By KBEC Sports A little over 400 votes decided the KBEC Sports Player of the Week winner following week seven of the high school football season.  And, after 53,533 votes were cast, it was Life Waxahachie Gage Mayfield who was selected by fans as the most outstanding player of the …

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