Sports

Like a cheetah with a hotfoot, Palmer’s Ian Williams qualified for two separate track and field events at the Class 3A Regionals.

This week he blazed to a second place finish in both the 100 meters as well as the 200 meters.

Sophomore Emma Rios, who entered the week with a .438 batting average and a team-best 11 extra-base hits, went 5-for-6 this week with a double and a triple. She added three RBI, a walk and was hit by a pitch.

Senior RHP Fito Mendez prior to Tuesday’s game in Corsicana. He brought a 2-0 mark and a 1.64 ERA into the game. Fito was misidentified as a junior in the 3/28 edition. The Ennis News regrets the error. Staff Photo/Mark Warde

Ennis dropped their third district baseball game in four outings thanks in part to a dominating performance by Midlothian senior southpaw Caden Copeland.

Hosting Mansfield Summit in a non-district game last Saturday, April 3, turned a clash of playoff contenders into a one-sided game in which Ennis flattened the ‘Cats in a 10-0 drubbing.

First place Ennis, riding a five-game district winning streak, gift-wrapped a 3-2 road win for Joshua on Tuesday, March 29. The setback dropped Ennis to 8-9-1 overall, but more importantly, 5-3 in District 14-5A.

Head Coach Joe West has Ferris baseball proving its mettle heading into the stretch drive of the season. If recent performances are a true indication, his Yellowjackets are sharpening their pitching skills like blue-grade steel.

Nestor Higuera booted a 46-yard field goal on the game’s final play to give No. 14 ranked Arizona Christian a 23-20 road win over Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) on March 27 in Waxahachie.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University has announced their 2021 fall football schedule, with six of eleven dates on the road. Four of the away games are out-of-state in Kansas, Louisiana, Arizona and Oklahoma.