Sports

Twenty varsity baseball teams, including Ennis, will take part in the fourth annual Drew Medford Memorial Tournament in Fort Worth this Thursday through Saturday.

Former SAGU quarterback CJ Collins was signed by the XFL’s DC Defenders last week. The 6’5, 225-lb player had previously been invited to rookie mini-camp with Green Bay in 2018.

Ennis entertains Red Oak at 2 p.m. today, March 11, on the home field. The game will follow the junior varsity contest, which begins at noon. Both are against the Lady Hawks. Red Oak, 14-14 in 2019, is presently 4-7.

Avalon rolled out their 2020 football schedule and it is definitely not for the faint of heart. After a Top Ten ranking, a district championship and an 11-1 season, the Eagles were placed in a considerably tougher district.

Burleson ISD introduced their new varsity football coach in Jon Kitna on Monday night. It was a unanimous decision by a selection committee that was approved by the school board and then by Superintendent Dr.

A young and eager Ennis baseball team has begun what they believe will be an improved contender in District 14-5A.

Mattie Beakley swatted homers on Wednesday, a three-run, seventh inning dinger in a 12-8 win over state ranked Waco Robinson, and then crushed a deep line-drive blast on Friday at Waxahachie. More on Ennis softball on Wednesday, March 11.

Leah Harris, a power-laden Ennis senior, shashed a regional record at the Region 3 powerlifting championships on Thursday, March 5 at Longview Pinetree HS. In the bench press, she lifted 210 lbs. and placed second in the 181 lb. weight class.

Ennis Track & Field coaches, led by Stephen Marrow and Lonnie Redning, have a young and blossoming girls team, both at the varsity and junior varsity level.