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Ellis County Sports report WAXAHACHIE — The All-Ellis County All-Star Games began as a way to honor local high school senior baseball and softball players who had their final season representing our communities stolen by COVID mandates. The several hundred spectators gathered on a berm at the Waxahachie Sports Complex …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports WEATHERFORD, OK — Lacy Mott isn’t exactly an “imposing” figure when she steps onto the court for the Southwestern Oklahoma State University volleyball program. At 5-foot-6, the senior from Waxahachie is likely thought by the opposition across the net to be a …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports ARLINGTON — Before calling it a career, Alli Wells made it a career for the record books on the volleyball court at the University of Texas at Arlington. Wells is a 2019 graduate of Waxahachie High School, where she was twice named to …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports MIDLOTHIAN — A raucous student section and one senior’s signature game helped reignite the Midlothian Heritage Jaguars and fuel a five-set, come-from-behind victory against crosstown rival Midlothian.  The Jaguars won the first, fourth and fifth sets at home Tuesday against the neighboring Lady …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports MANSFIELD — A Division-I commitment to a perennial national power capped a wildly successful opening weekend for the Waxahachie Lady Indian volleyball team.  Saturday ended with (8-2) Waxahachie sweeping district rival (8-2) Mansfield to finish in third place of the Championship Bracket in …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports WAXAHACHIE — For the first time in over two decades, a new head volleyball coach led the Waxahachie Lady Indians to a victory Tuesday evening.  First-year Waxahachie head coach Erika Weber credited the five-set victory against visiting Burleson Centennial to a newfound “growth …

SPECIAL to Ellis County Sports IRVING, Texas — After one of the best single-season performances in program history last fall, Audrey Nalls has been named to the 2023 All-Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Team. Nalls was one of five unanimous selections and one of 16 student-athletes tabbed to the preseason team. She …

By Travis M. Smith | Ellis County Sports The winningest volleyball coach in Waxahachie’s history and a top-10 all-time in Texas called it a career on Wednesday. Waxahachie head volleyball coach Sandy Faussett-Stoops made the decision public following a family vacation to Hawaii and at the end of the fall …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports CORSICANA — The 1oth-ranked Waxahachie Lady Indians are headed to the 6A regional tournament for the first time in program history. Waxahachie triumphed in a five-set thriller against Hewitt “Don’t Call Us Waco” Midway on Tuesday night in the 6A Region II quarterfinal …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports WACO — Each member of the 15th-ranked Waxahachie Lady Indian volleyball team had a 6A bi-district crown to wear on Halloween.  The Lady Indians swept (21-17) Hutto, 25-10, 25-13, 25-15, at Midway High School on Monday in the opening round of the Class 6A …