Sports

Playing sports can be beneficial to athletes’ physical and mental health. Researchers at the American College of Sports Medicine discovered that middle school students who played sports and performed best on tests that gauged strength, endurance and aerobic capacity also performed better academically.

Weather has wreaked havoc in recent weekend tournaments, forcing altered schedules and cancellations, because ready-or-not – high school baseball is about to enter the district season. For Ennis and the other six teams in District 14-5A, the next 12 games – two games against each league opponent, are the most important of the season.

A second straight narrow-miss at qualifying for the playoffs by the Ennis varsity boys, both times after a non-losing record, naturally focuses on next year and the impact of up-and-coming players.

Against a large field with veteran teams, Ennis varsity girls took sixth at the Crandall Pirate Relays on Thursday, March 10.

Fresh from the University Interscholastic League realignment and redistricting, Ennis football HC Sam Harrell has made public the Lions 2022 fall schedule.

No. 1 ranked Lipan (30-0) used a 20-9 finish to pull away from No. 16 Italy (24-5), 47-31, in the Class 2A Regional Quarterfinal played at Aledo on March 1. It was the second year in a row the two teams met in the third round at the same location and with the same victor.

Junior guard Jalyn Wallace answered the bell when No. 16 Italy needed him most, scoring 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to send the Gladiators past Albany, 64-60, and a date with No. 1 Lipan in the Regional Semifinals.

Retiring HC David Kilpatrick announced that five players from the 2021-22 Ennis girls varsity basketball team were named coaches to the All-District team.

Successfully defending their Sooner Athletic Conference tournament championship from 2021, Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU), has qualified to host an NAIA quad-set of games next weekend in Waxahachie. It is part of the national, 64-team, annual tournament.