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Upon publishing a feature on popular high school mascots two weeks ago, a local reader responded that he couldn’t fully support any list that did not include the Itasca H.S.

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Both Ennis basketball teams are going through overhauls this season, the Lions after graduating district offensive player of the year Zion Manuel, while the Lady Lions are rebuilding without their top three or four players.

Ferris varsity boys basketball team cruised to their third straight win and sixth in seven outings on Friday when they went to Fort Worth to thump Diamond Hill-Jarvis (5-9), 71-43.

Five Eastern Ellis County teams, Ennis, Ferris, Palmer, Italy and Avalon, the Big 5, combined to go 44-17 overall, winning over 72 percent of their football games. Everyone made the playoffs with all but Ferris tasting a post-season victory.

After three tough defeats, one of them by two and another by three in overtime, the Palmer boys bucketeers pulled away late to whip Scurry-Rosser, 54-45, on Jan. 3. The win was the first for both in the eight-team District 18-3A season.

Everyone playing high school football in Eastern Ellis County, that is – the Big 5, enjoyed such a measure of success in 2019 that three teams won district championships, two

Two weeks away from the start of the District 17-4A season opener and Ferris is well-prepared for the rigors of tough competition. After back-toback seasons of 5-20 and 7-25, Head

Mascots are often meant to bring luck or to represent a group or team with a public identity. The lists of examples from high school athletics is interesting and creative,

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