Sports

A respected police officer from Texas, now a top cop in Illinois, has quite the side-gig. By day he’s a lawman and at night he’s a wrestler known as the Texas Outlaw. Next weekend he is scheduled to appear on a wrestling lineup in Corsicana.

Eric Chmelar & Jesus Hernandez

Schilling chills Bucs; Lions host Midlo on Mar. 24

Action from Thursday’s Ennis Bluebonnet Relays

Fireballing southpaw, Blaze Neil, pitched the Lions to an 8-6 road victory at Kaufman last week. At 6-foot, 160-pounds, he fought through a three-run first inning to retire the side 1-2-3 in the second, two of them on swinging strike outs.

Schilling, Castillo shine, record rises to 14-1-1

Castillo, Rodriguez, Newman, Payne, Slovak, Rudd are anchors

Vaughan homers, Benavidez no-hits Tigers

Participation in sports can be an ideal way for children to make new friends, get the recommended daily physical activity and learn important lessons they can apply throughout their lives. While youth sports participation is beneficial for many reasons, a growing number of child athletes are suffering overuse injuries.

At the height of the success of building participation in the Ennis Baseball and Ennis Softball associations, the City has severed ways with the boys and girls leagues over issues relating to the safety of players. Instead, they are choosing to run the leagues themselves.