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Italy comeback cut short, 35-33

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Italy roared back from a 29-14 halftime deficit, twice drawing to within two, only to come up short to Mildred, 35-33, in Corsicana. Despite holding a 457-347 advantage in total

TALE OF TWO HALVES

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Bishop Lynch rallied from a three touchdown deficit to stun Ennis, 41-34, on a muggy night at Roffino Stadium. A 60-yard scoring run with 1:20 to play capped a comeback by a Friars team who dominated the second half over a misfiring Lions squad.

Lynch ran the ball with authority, got three wonderfully timed calls against the Lions, and scored the game’s final 27 points, including all 20 in the second half. Finishing an inspirational comeback, the Friars were as effective in executing aggressive playcalling as the Lions weren’t.

Great gifts for sports fans

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Sports fans are passionate about their favorite sports and favorite teams. Perhaps nowhere is that passion more evident than in how much sports fans are spending to attend sporting events.

A 2017 study from CreditCards.com found that American consumers spent $56 billion to attend sporting events over the year prior to the study being conducted. But sports fans weren’t just paying to see their favorite sports, but to participate in them as well. In the 12-month span covered by the study, sports lovers spent $33 billion on athletic equipment.

Ennis JV tennis swats Hawks, 19-0

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Ennis Junior Varsity rackets added a second, convincing win to start the fall season when they blanked Red Oak on Thursday, 19-0.

The road match witnessed the Lions, now 2-0, sweep the boys and girls singles divisions as well as boys and girls and mixed doubles. According to veteran Head Coach Wyatt Johnson, the domination was thorough. A breakdown of the match score sheet reveals the Lions won 152 games to just 23 for Red Oak.

Ferris, Rankin defense stings Benbrook, 33-0

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After taking a 10-0 lead into half time, Ferris (1-1) pulled away to shutout Benbrook (1-1) 33-0, Thursday night at Fort Worth’s Clark Stadium.

The win avenged a 33-14 home loss to the Bobcats, who went 8-3 a year ago.

Ferris imposed their desire to make-up for last year’s setback by playing physical and making the Green-and-Gold ‘Cats earn everything. By game’s end they had smothered Benbrook, holding them to six first downs and a scant 101 yards. Jose Ovalle and Alan Garcia were in their element in keying a defensive charge that never let up.

Thompson is still catching on

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Had the chance to catch former Ennis All-State WR Donta (Don’tay) Thompson for a Catch Up Q & A interview. It gave me chills just knowing this tall dominanting, professional-looking athlete, is Ennis’ very own Super Hero. Like Luther Vandross’ song “One Shining Moment,” he determined a fifth piece of hardware in the Ennis Lions trophy case. Now he is going into his final ride at Texas Tech.

Lions carniverous defense ate well on Friday

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Playing defense like nine acres of onions, Ennis didn’t surrender a touchdown to Waxahachie on Friday until there were only four minutes left in a game the Lions won, 21-13.

Ferris loss turns on goal line stand

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Momentum doesn’t often declare a victor in the first half, but a huge goal line stand by Waxahachie Life High School on the last play of the first half was

Cisneros guns down Italy in opener, 22-0

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On the strength of two touchdown passes by senior QB Adrian Cisneros, who ran for a third score, Palmer blanked Italy, 22-0, on Friday at the Gladiator Coliseum. All three

Old School Lions digging 2019 version

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Secondary Coach Stephen Marrow admitted it is difficult if not impossible for defensive backs to remain in tight coverage when the opponent has a scrambling quarterback. Friday’s game in Waxahachie