Sports

Top Ten Ranking

(prior to Nov. 27 games)

Team (W-L Record)

1. Ennis (7-0)

2. Aledo (5-1)

3. Fort Bend Marshall (7-0)

4. Huntsville (7-0)

Veteran varsity HC David Kilpatrick has begun a 26-game girls basketball schedule at Ennis with an aggressive slate of 17 of the contests on tap prior to New Years.

Containing the passing wizardry of Collin Drake and his band of longdistant missiles was an exercise in futility for North Forney. Instead they discovered that No.

An outstanding season came to a premature end last Friday when Palmer (9-2) dropped a 26-20 decision to Leonard (6-4) in the bi-district playoffs in Farmersville.

A tale of two seasons in one came to an abrupt halt for Avalon on Nov. 20 when unbeated Abbott (11- 0) broke away from an 18-6 lead at intermission with 33 unanswered points in the second half to win going away, 51-6.

A solid defensive effort in the first half by Ennis went awry when Nolan Catholic went on an 11-0 run to start the third quarter, a surge that carried them to a 52-37 win over the Lions in their home debut on Nov. 17.

A couple of weeks ago afforded me five volleyball matches at the mic as the PAA (Public Address Announcer), four of them at the high school level. Ennis hosted three state playoff games over the past two weeks, and one of them was most memorable.

Powered by three ball-carriers combining for 325 yards and three touchdowns, Italy built a 28-7 lead and staved off a pair of late scores by Rio Vista (7-4) to win, 28-21, last Friday in Waco.

A scheduling snafu with game officials led to an hour delay to start Friday’s Ennis-Forney football game, but the No. 1 ranked Lions wasted little in scoring the game’s first 35 points en rout to a 63- 10 romp over the winless Jackrabbits.