Sports

Two teams desperate for a win to remain in contention in District 5-4A, Godley and Ferris, fought tooth and nail until a series of game-changing plays led the visiting Wildcats to a 35-7 win.

Ennis varsity volleyball might be as green as frog feathers this season, but the Lady Lions show no evidence of quit. True, their miscues outnumber their highlights, but this group enjoys the process together.

Friday Night Lights have been burning brightly since August 28 for schools in Class 1A-through-4A and for Class 5A and 6A since Sept. 25.

In what was billed as the District 7-3A showdown when the season began, Palmer crushed Edgewood on the road, 30-6, with a performance was all meatand-taters.

Vaulting to scores on four of the first five times they had the ball as No. 1 ranked Ennis (2-0) took arch-rival Waxahachie (1-2) to the woodshed in a 38-0 rout on Friday night. The U.S. Highway 287 sign will remain in Ennis for another year.

1A Green Day’s hit song, Wake Me Up when September Ends, is about a sad ending and a life starting at zero, something Avalon can well relate.

Methodical and with the precision of clockwork, Head Coach Keith Howard’s Ennis tennis team took another step to winning another district champion with a 14-5 triumph Tuesday at Corsicana.