By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The now-perennial power Life Waxahachie track-and-field team is sending eight student-athletes to the 4A state championships this week. The group, led by ninth-year head coach Lyle Linscomb, will compete Thursday for state gold at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the …
Read More »A hurtling success: Life Waxahachie grad plans to go from track to courtroom
By Chelsea Groom | Life Schools | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports Meet Kayla Jenkins: A Life High School Waxahachie graduate, track star and soon-to-be criminal justice lawyer. Currently attending Texas Southern University on a track scholarship, Jenkins is running her race with her sights set on a Criminal Justice degree. …
Read More »Red Oak’s Ritter named first-ever USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week
RED OAK — In a world void of sport, one Red Oak alumna continued her reign Thursday. Louise Ritter, a 1976 Red Oak High School graduate and three-time Olympic qualifier, was voted as a “landslide” winner for the first USA Track-and-Field Throwback Athlete of the Week award. The announcement was …
Read More »Life Waxahachie’s Jones signs NLI to run track at Fort Scott
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports An offseason of history continued for the Life Waxahachie Lady Mustang track-and-field team Friday, as a second senior signed her National Letter of Intent. Jayda Jones has officially inked her commitment to Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas. In doing so, …
Read More »Life Waxahachie’s Jenkins signs NLI with Texas Southern
By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports It is not exactly common for a collegiate signing day to become emotional for a student-athlete. In fact, it’s quite rare — as in almost never. Parents? Sure. They typically tuck away a few kleenexes and shed a few happy tears while sitting …
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