Sports

Athletic Director Don Drake confirmed several changes to the Ennis Athletic Department, most of them confirmed between the spring and the summer months. He recently pointed out that all vacancies with the EISD are filled.

Former Ferris quarterback and Ennis JV QB Dylan Wright transferred to the University of Minnesota in January. Ranked as the No.

HC Sam Harrell and the full coaching staff will tune-up the full varsity football team at Mansfield Legacy H.S. in a Thursday scrimmage at 6 p.m. The Lions must replace 15 graduated starters, more than any team in District 8-5A.

Senior setter Emily Gilstrap returns to distribute the ball to teammates on the frontline of attack this season.

High school football in Eastern Ellis County produced all five teams a berth in the playoffs for the second successive season.

Their wheels are whirling like the cartoon Taz-man. Big 5 teams hit the court this week, four of them on Tuesday, Aug. 10, with one, Ennis taking action later in the week, including their home debut on Friday against Hillcrest.

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No. 7 ranked Ennis will open preseason camp with three morning practices before switching to the afternoons once school began on Thursday, Aug. 12.

The Lions Varsity tennis team earned their first win of the fall season in a 17-2 rout of Houston’s J. Frank Dobie High School.

Cue two instruments, first the contrabassoon from the woodwinds, and then the cello from the string section. This tandem can scare the bejezus out of anyone when played in rhythm.