By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A tradition two decades in the making will soon continue for the Waxahachie Lady Indian volleyball team. The Lady Indians swept visiting Hewitt Midway — 25-18, 25-21, 25-23 — in a District 11-6A showdown Tuesday at Mike Turner Gymnasium. Waxahachie improved to 28-14 …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Red Oak took care of business at home against visiting Ennis on Tuesday evening in a District 14-5A tilt. The Lady Hawks took the match 25-19, 25-13 and 25-18. Junior outside hitter Gracie Lee led the Red Oak attack with 12 kills on …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A slew of underclassmen and stellar technical play has helped the Waxahachie Lady Indians storm into the 2021 volleyball season. After falling in the first match of the three-day Mansfield ISD tournament, Waxahachie rallied to run off eight consecutive victories to claim the …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Italy Lady Gladiators began their 2021 volleyball season with a thrilling five-set win Tuesday against Blooming Gove. Italy took the first and third sets by a 25-14 score, despite dropping sets two and four 9-25 and 19-25 to force the decisive fifth …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Volleyball season returned to Ellis County with a matchup of neighboring programs Tuesday evening in Palmer. The host Lady Bulldogs ultimately fell to the visiting Ferris Lady Yellowjackets in straight sets, 25-11, 25-17, 25-18. Ferris head coach Kyla Menefee, who is in her …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The historic volleyball season came to an end Tuesday for the Midlothian Lady Panthers at the hands of perennial state power Lucas Lovejoy in the 5A Region II semifinals. Lovejoy advanced to the regional finals with 25-19, 25-14, 25-12 straight-set victory at Ellis …
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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Homecoming festivities led to a police escort out of town and a Waxahachie Lady Indian victory on the volleyball court Friday in Waco. The Lady Indians picked up their fourth consecutive District 11-6A victory by sweeping Waco Midway, 25-14, 25-17, 25-18. The victory …
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By KBEC Sports A second volleyball player was selected as the KBEC Sports Player of the week following a record-setting and jawdropping vote total. Midlothian Heritage senior Elizabeth Schmidt received 440,434 (49.73%) of the 885,686 total votes, just edging Palmer running back Bralen Lopez by 13,142 votes. Schmidt helped the …
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By Michael Hill | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports ARLINGTON – After the first two series of the season were postponed and rescheduled due to positive COVID-19 cases, the UT Arlington volleyball team competed this past weekend and finally had players eligible for Sun Belt Conference weekly awards. One of those just …
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The week of Oct. 5-9 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! The KBEC Sports Player of the week is presented by The Press Box and KBEC 1390AM/99.1FM. Each week, the winner of the fan vote …
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