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DCTF is picking Bruceville-Eddy (20 miles south of Waco) to ascend from fifth to third place this season. That choice is likely the result of the 18 returning first stringers

The seven teams in District 8-2A play the other six teams once apiece. A year ago Bosqueville ran the table with a 6-0 record, one game ahead of Riesen. Those

Kevyon K.D. Davis, the highest rated player on the 2017 Ennis football team as a playmaking safety and linebacker, is being projected as a starter in his second year at the University of North Texas.

Rising from the ashes of an 0-28 senior season on the Ennis basketball court, Scott Muirhead made an unlikely climb that has seen him parlay the experience of that struggle to play college basketball and graduate in four years.

Palmer is entering its sixth year under the strong and steady influence of Don Waddle optimistic of an encore to last year’s 7-3 season. Finishing third behind Buffalo (12-1) and Edgewood (9-2), who are ranked No. 13 and No.

Dallas Gateway Charter, fresh from an 0-9 season a year ago, got little help in the form of a lighter schedule this year. The Gators, have the toughest district itinerary at 43-29 (.597) to go along with a 56-48 overall ledger (.538).

Waxahachie native Aeriel Horton, who graduated from NCAA Division I Houston Baptist University, signed on July 17 with Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) as their first-ever graduate transfer student-athlete.

Ennis begins the 2019 high school football season ranked No. 16 in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. Considered the Bible of prep football, they know a thing or two about the sport. They preview over 1,400 teams in Texas alone.

Area high school volleyball teams return to the court this week to begin official practices for the upcoming season, and they don’t mess around. Italy jump starts the action next Tuesday, Aug. 6, when they host DeSoto Canterbury at 5:30 p.m.

Ferris is no stranger to winning or to playoff berths. Last year’s 6-4 team witnessed the Yellowjackets overcome an 0-2 start by winning 6-of-7 to reach the post-season.