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Feeling light years since their doormat days, No. 7 ranked Red Oak (11-1) continued their ascension with a 35-30 triumph over Denton Braswell (9-3). The bi-district win was played at AT&T Stadium.

Rebuilding is seldom fun, and reloading has its share of bumbling exchanges in a bid to finding rythym. So it is in the early weeks of basketball at Ennis High School.

Valley View (10-2) scored on a blocked punt to break open a tight game in the second quarter and went on to oust Italy, 41-20, in the area round of the Class 2A playoffs. The game was played at Rough Rider Stadium in Saginaw.

Mark Warde

mark@ennisdailynews.com

Mark Warde

mark@ennisdailynews.com

Mark Warde

Trading places, the comedy movie from the 1980’s starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, was about two who fought to get even while battling to make money. Friday’s Class 5A Regional between Ennis and Frisco changed playing locations on Monday.

Italy finished the 2019 volleyball season with a 13-12 regular season record, their first over .500 since 2015. They met Valley Mills, 28-13, in the first round of the playoffs

Ennis Junior Varsity Tennis had another outstanding season this fall, losing only their finale against Corsicana, 11-8. The defeat gave them a split of the season series with their southern

An incredible run by both Palmer and Avalon, each undefeated through 11 games, ended prematurely last Friday with setbacks in the second round. Each team had risen within the Top