While high school baseball, softball and tennis teams are gearing up for the start of their spring seasons, Ennis and area track and field teams have high hopes for a successful season.
Kiara Glenn, a standout during her varsity basketball career at Ennis, has done likewise at nearby Southwestern Assemblies of God University. She has started in almost every game for Head Coach Tiffany Phillips, including 15-of-16 this year.
Encouraging children to play sports can be good for their minds and bodies. However, players risk injury anytime they engage in sports play, and the eyes are among athletes’ most vulnerable body parts.
In less than two weeks, high school teams across the state will find out in which district their athletic teams will be competing for the next two years. The University Interscholastic League announced last month the enrollment numbers for each of the 12 classifications, and none of the area’s Big 5 teams are expected to change classes.
They’re cute, noisy, ferocious and colorful, and we’re not talking about children at the playground. The ever-popular world of mascots is the rage every time a new team is formed or an organization needs an identity. Football in a new league starts up soon and Dallas will again have a team, the Renegades, suiting up and hitting the gridiron.
On the heels of a dreadful home loss to Red Oak, 74-44, in which the Ennis was tied at the half, 28-28, and a follow-up 73-49 road defeat at Waco University, the Lions returned home with a huge bounce back win.
A 2020 National Champion and 24-year coaching veteran, Dave Aranda has been named the 28th head coach in Baylor football history, Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades, IV, announced Thursday.
When Kansas City (13-4) welcomes Tennessee (11-7), the red-hot Chiefs need only to dispose of the recent fireballing Titans, the No. 6 seed in the American Football Conference playoffs. It has been nine years since a team seeded that low made it to the Super Bowl. Kickoff from Arrowhead Stadium is set for 2:05 p.m. on Sunday.
