Sports

Friday’s bi-district first round playoff game between No. 1 ranked and District 8-5A champion, Ennis (7-0), against the fourth place team from District 7-5A, Frisco Liberty (6-3). The game will be played at Lion Memorial Stadium, aired on radio and broadcast on Youtube livestream video.

Palmer’s varsity boys basketball team continued their hoop-n-holler season with a 76-39 victory over Wortham this week. Cayden Langthorn, a 5’10 sophomore, sparked the Hounds by scoring 20 points. He also pulled down nine rebounds to key the Bulldogs victory.

Senior guard Quianna Robinson powered the Ennis Lady Lions basketball team to a 55-19 win at Class 6A Irving on Tuesday. HC David Kilpatrick’s team unleashed a lethal press that forced 24 turnovers and fueled the team to a 28-8 lead at intermission.

As first reported by InForney.com, veteran football Aaron Woods resigned from his position as athletic director and head coach of the Class 5A Forney HS Jackrabbits. He informed the Forney ISD of his decision to move on to pursue other career opportunities. It was effective immediately, though there were still two games remaining on the schedule at the time.

Last week’s District 8-5A football championship game at the 8,500 seat City Bank Stadium revealed much about playoff bound, No. 1 ranked Ennis.

Ovilla Christian School turns it on when the stage lights are brightest. Last week the Red Oak school won their third straight state title in volleyball, and a former Ennis standout, Marlee Hopkins, was a main reason why.

University Interscholastic League football playoffs consist of the top four teams in each district in Classes 2A up through 6A.

Senior guard Rylie Bonds, at 5’5, is a four-year player on the Lady Bulldogs varsity. She has averaged 7.5 points per game in the early stages of the girls basketball season to lift Palmer to a 4-0 start.

A 5’5 cross country runner at Avalon H.S., Jake Ozymy accomplished a rare feat this fall by qualifying for the UIL State Cross Country meet on Nov. 23, at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock, Texas.