Sports

A stellar pitching performance by senior Aubree Lalani wasn’t enough as Royse City scored runs in the first and fifth to slip past Ennis, 2-1, on Wednesday.

Former Ennis tennis standout, Benjamin Erdmann, continues his winning ways at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. He has led the way for the Moundbuilders, who played in the semi-finals of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference in Topeka against Kansas Wesleyan on April 29.

No. 7 ranked Italy blasted Bosqueville (14-6) on Thursday, 19-2, in Waco, for a 1-0 series lead in the first round. Senior hurler Emily Janek kept the Bulldogs in-check and hit one of two home runs for the Lady Gladiators (29-3-1). Da’Naisia McCowan, a senior right-fielder, went yard with a long-distance call during a hit-parade for HC Tina Richards’ crew.

Former All-District football player Jarveon Williams is preparing for his sophomore season at Northeastern State University, located in Tahlequah, Ok.

Big 5 Baseball / Softball                         

Athletic Director Don Drake announced on Wednesday, April 20, that former Ennis boys basketball Head Coach, Jerry Mason, has been hired to again “lead our program moving forward.”

After leading District 14-5A for much of the season, the Ennis softball team had a few hiccups in the second half of the league season that spoiled their bid of winning the district title. Now they are gearing up for post-season play with a fresh wind of optimism.

Pushed to the brink of playoff contention, Ennis rebounded from a pair of one-run defeats at the hands of first place Corsicana, 4-3 at home and 3-2 in eleven innings on the road, the Lions found a home-game against winless Waco University on Apr. 19.

Ennis scored early and often with crooked numbers in every inning to pound Waco University, 15-2 on Tuesday. Before the game fans honored three seniors, shortstop Kylie Morton, first baseman Makayla Fuentes and pitcher Aubree Lalani, and a fourth, infielder Adrianna Jasso, who is graduating early.