Sports

Ennis JrHi Lady Lions earned 2nd place overall as a team in the Red Oak meet on Oct. 14. Earning medals were Georgia Tabb (6th place), Ariel Chavez (8th), and Yureli Sandoval (10th). Jayden Howard (above, left) came in 6th place. Jay Padilla was in 46th.

Another volleyball season produced a playoff berth for veteran HC Shauna Steinmetz at Class 2A Italy High School.

District 11-4A proved a bit stout for a Ferris volleyball team who had power but came up short in the passing game.

Avalon had some impressive wins, including a pair of 3-1 wins over Italy, before finishing second in District 15-1A to Blum (30-6).

Todd Alexander, the head coach at Waxahachie for three years, stepped down on Thursday, Jan. 7, according to a statement from the Waxahachie ISD. The decision was on his terms and without a trace of ill will.

It’s been years since Ennis finished on the top side of Midlothian in hoops. Tuesday’s 44-43 squeaker was as rare as the player who decided the game at the free throw line.

Playing a solid second and third quarter was not enough to offset a woeful start as the Ennis varsity girls basketball team dropped a 52-26 decision to Midlothian on Monday at the Ensign Gym.

Former standout at Ennis, Ervin Chandler was recently named the new HC at Class 5A Princeton. He had been the head man and Athletic Director at nearby Class 3A Blooming Grove.

Reviewing the recently completed Ennis football season reflects high praise for the regular season. Ranked No. 1 all year and projecting a long playoff run, if not a sixth state crown, was natural. So is the downer when those goals were cut short. They were the first Top Ten to lose.

Two teams that Ennis soundly thrashed earlier in the season, Red Oak and Mansfield Summit, recovered and remain alive in the Class 5A Division I playoffs. That speaks volumes about the competition the Lions faced during the regular season.