Sports

Fireballing southpaw, Blaze Neil, pitched the Lions to an 8-6 road victory at Kaufman last week. At 6-foot, 160-pounds, he fought through a three-run first inning to retire the side 1-2-3 in the second, two of them on swinging strike outs.

Schilling, Castillo shine, record rises to 14-1-1

Castillo, Rodriguez, Newman, Payne, Slovak, Rudd are anchors

Vaughan homers, Benavidez no-hits Tigers

Participation in sports can be an ideal way for children to make new friends, get the recommended daily physical activity and learn important lessons they can apply throughout their lives. While youth sports participation is beneficial for many reasons, a growing number of child athletes are suffering overuse injuries.

At the height of the success of building participation in the Ennis Baseball and Ennis Softball associations, the City has severed ways with the boys and girls leagues over issues relating to the safety of players. Instead, they are choosing to run the leagues themselves.

Ennis Girls Track & Field finished second against a large field of 20 teams at the Leon Hays 49th Invitational this week. It was sponsored by Roosevelt H.S. and held at Wilmer-Hutchins.

FT barrage breaks open close game