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Ennis hung with Midlothian until the second quarter when the Panthers hung a 24-9 scoring spree on the Lady Lions enroute to a runaway, 74-22 final. It was the ninth loss in a row for Team Maroon, now 4-16.

A frigid start was enough to do in a Palmer unit whose turnovers, most of them hurried, errant passes, allowed visiting Eustace to post a 49- 37 win on Monday.

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Second year HC Desmond Guy and his Italy boys basketball team is still serving it up hot. Tuesday night they walloped Rio Vista, 70-52, the Gladiators’ closest game in weeks. The Olde Gold improved to 13-3 and 7-0 in District 12-2A.

Recoiling after a hard home loss to Waco University, Ennis made quick work of winless Cleburne, 76- 36, on the road Tuesday at the Jeff Cody Gym.

Missed opportunities at the charity stripe prevented winning a close game as well as a chance to move into first place in a 46-42 Ennis setback to University High School on Jan. 15.

Building a nucleus for the future, the Ennis girls basketball team had plenty of desire and fight on display in a 55-43 home loss to Waco’s University High School on Friday.

Head Coach Keith Howard has released the schedule for spring tennis and once again his Ennis team is favored to win the district and advance into the state playoffs.

Progress continues upward at Italy under HC Craig Horn, with this year’s edition winning the District 8-2A championship at 5-0. The Gladiators have qualified for the playoffs in each of his three seasons, going 4-7, 8-4 and 9-2.

Flying out of the blocks, Ennis jumped to an early 12-point lead and held off any comeback attempt by Corsicana in a 70-56 triumph on the road on Tuesday.