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Vote now for the week four KBEC Sports Player of the Week!

By KBEC Sports Week four 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=”4″]

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Maypearl’s Hamby selected as week four KBEC Sports Player of the Week

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A two-athlete race came down to the wire in the week four KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll and just under 3,000 votes decided the winner. When the final votes were tallied, Maypearl running back Grant Hamby received 18,063 (50.71%) of the …

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Veasley rushes for 194 in Life Waxahachie’s homecoming win

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Life Waxahachie Mustangs ran away with a homecoming win Friday night against the Farmersville Farmers. Behind the 194 yards and four touchdowns on 11 carries posted by Sir Michael Veasley, the Mustangs racked up 417 rushing yards in the 56-14 victory. “I …

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Avalon routs Mount Calm to stay undefeated

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A shortage of officials across the state for the Avalon Eagles to move their road contest against Mount Calm from Friday to Thursday. Luckily, the Eagles offense got the message. Avalon scored the first four touchdowns over the first 16 minutes of action …

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Ennis blanks Terrell to remain unbeaten in 8-5A

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports It took three possessions, a little of four minutes and an impressive defensive effort for the Ennis Lions to secure the win Friday against Terrell. There should be an emphasis placed on impressive defensive effort too, as the Lions limited the Tigers to …

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Blocked field goal ends in heartbreak for No. 9 Midlothian

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Coaching from hindsight is even easier than doing so from the couch. This is important to remember before reflecting on the heartbreaking loss suffered by the state-ranked Midlothian Panthers at home Friday night against district-foe Burleson Centennial. The (4-1, 1-1) Panthers defense blocked …

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GALLERY: Waxahachie battles No. 20 Cedar Hill

The Waxahachie Indians led late in the third quarter Friday night against No. 20 Cedar Hill at Longhorn Stadium, only to have the home team pull away late with three unanswered touchdowns. Need a recap or to see the stats from the District 7-6A game? Click on this handy link. …

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Waxahachie upset-bid falls short against No. 20 Cedar Hill

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports  Do not let the final score fool you: The Waxahachie Indians gave the state-ranked Cedar Hill Longhorns all they could handle and then some Friday night. Waxahachie opened with a pair of haymakers and eventually carried a one-score lead, 24-21, into the halftime …

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Week five: Second-half heartbreaks and runaways across Ellis County

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The final scores from Friday, Sept. 27 are listed below and will be hyperlinked as recaps, stats and more are compiled. WAXAHACHIE 34, #20 Cedar Hill 62 Burleson Centennial 23, MIDLOTHIAN 21 ENNIS 37, Terrell 0 MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE 14, #3 Waco La Vega …

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Vote now for the week 4 KBEC Sports Player of the Week!

Week four 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=”3″]

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