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By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports The Waxahachie Lady Indians continued their strong start to the abbreviated season Friday with a straight-set sweep of Cedar Hill. Waxahachie set the tone early, winning the opening set in convincing fashion, 25-5. The Lady Indians then rolled off 25-11 and 25-15 victories …

KBEC Sports report Fans of Ellis County athletics cast over 400,000 votes over the past four days in the return of the KBEC Sports Player of the Week poll. And, for the first time, a non-football student-athlete claimed the weekly recognition. Midlothian sophomore Kenna Buchanan received 53.47% of the 454,736 …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A green ribbon tied in a single knot around a blue-and-white shoelace wouldn’t typically well the eyes with tears before a non-district volleyball match. The same general thought could easily be applied when looking at photos of students at Ennis, Red Oak, Midlothian, …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports For two perennial volleyball powers in Ellis County, the season began in relative silence. There was not a single fan in the stands on either side of the court Friday evening when Red Oak and Waxahachie began their respective seasons. Those in attendance …

SPECIAL to KBEC Sports LAFAYETTE – Hannah Ramirez, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette senior libero, claimed the first Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week award of the 2020 season, the league office announced Tuesday. Ramirez collected 40 digs at an average of 5.71 digs per set — the …

By Dr. Jerome Stewart | SPECIAL to KBEC Sports Jim Wood began his high school volleyball coaching career with one personal goal: Record 500 wins. The longstanding Maypearl head coach has always put team successes above his own, of course. But inside the gymnasium at Tolar High School on Friday, …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports A sand volleyball court in Waxahachie is proving one serve at a time that sports have a way of uniting communities. And, in a world currently void of amateur sport but heavy on hate, the friendly competition has also proven capable of healing, …

KBEC Sports report KBEC Sports and Ellis DownHome are excited to formally introduce you to the 2019 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball teams! The KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball teams, sponsored by Ellis DownHome and The Waxahachie Sun, were first announced on Dec. 2, 2019. Superlative honors were released live …

A KBEC Sports report  This week’s episode of The Press Box announced the superlative winners of the 2019 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball teams! Hosts Brian Stevens and Seth Sims spoke with head coaches Mollie McBride (Ovilla Christian), Sandy Faussett-Stoops (Waxahachie) and Hope Porter (Red Oak), as well as student-athletes …

By Travis M. Smith | KBEC Sports Superlative honors for the 2019 KBEC Sports All-Ellis County volleyball teams were announced live on-air Monday night, Dec. 9. The announcement highlights individual accomplishments on and off the court. All superlative honorees will be presented with a commemorative bobblehead. For more information on …