Tag Archives: football

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Following a flurry of votes just before the deadline, Midlothian defensive back Riley Angel was selected by Ellis County football fans as the week three KBEC Sports Player of the Week.  Angel began Thursday a mere four percentage points behind Palmer quarterback Adrian …

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 Maypearl had no answers for the ninth-ranked Clifton Cubs on Friday in a 45-0 road loss.  Clifton outgained Maypearl 543 total yards to 175 in the victory.  The (2-1) Maypearl offense gained 134 of its yards on the ground, led by Cam Chapman …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Italy Gladiators defense held Blooming Grove under 200 yards of offense in a come-from-behind win Friday night.  Italy entered the final 12 minutes of the home game knotted at seven and then scored three touchdowns in the 28-13 victory to improve to …

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 Despite quite the individual performance by Nate Aguinaga, the Ferris Yellowjackets fell in a heartbreaker Friday night at home against Quinlan Ford, 48-41.  The junior quarterback accounted for 289 of the Yellowjackets 341 total yards — a whopping 84 percent of the offensive …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Life Waxahachie flexed its defensive muscles Friday night in a rout of Kemp.  The Mustangs needed just 12 first downs and 430 yards of offense to thump the host Yellowjackets 40-0 and improve to 2-1 on the season. The breeze through Kemp was …