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Small town football is fun and when the local team is good, its magic. Palmer, however, has never been known as a football town until Don Waddle arrived in 2014.

Double teaming an out-manned opponent is great if you’re holding the advantage. Blooming Grove and the Class 3A Lions are about to embark on gaining the upper-hand now that Ervin

Big O Speedway will host a midsummer race with a $1,000 prize in which cars from four categories are in one, large field. The quarter-mile dirt track is located four

NOTE: Please send photos and updates on former Ennis, Ferris, Palmer, Italy and Avalon athletes currently playing in college or beyond to mark@ennisdailynews.com.

Being good enough isn’t good enough for Ferris. The Yellowjackets have won half of their games in the last decade, averaging five victories since 2009. That has been good enough to qualify to play in the Class 4A playoffs in 8-of-10 seasons.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt said of his foreign policy in 1900, “speak softball and carry a big stick, you will go far.” That approach to baseball is working wonderfully for

Anjeanette Robinson-Mays has accepted an offer to become the varsity girls head basketball coach from former Ennis athlete and current football coach and athletic director at Blooming Grove, Ervin Chandler.

Two weeks after the resignations of both head soccer coaches, Ennis Athletic Director Don Drake hired Lonnie Pollard to lead the boys and girls programs for the Lions. Pollard has

For the second time in three years the Ennis football team has a regular season with six road games. Should the 2019 Lions produce like the 2017 team, they’ll be