Sports

At Blooming Grove on Monday, Isaiah Nies continued an outstanding senior season in hopes of setting state records at the March 28 state powerlifting meet.

Corsicana and Ennis, the only Class 5A schools competing at a 17-team powerlifting tournament held last weekend placed first and fourth in a tightly-contested event at Blooming Grove.

Emma Rios delivered in the clutch with a basesloaded walk in the bottom of the seventh to spark Ennis to a 4-3 softball win over Ferris. Earlier she tied the game in the fifth inning with an RBI.

Ennis hosted a pair of girls basketball playoff games on Monday. No. 9 Grandview (29-5) rallied for 10 unanswered points to pull away from upset-minded Kemp (16-18), 44-27. The Lady Zebras held a 27-25 lead entering the fourth quarter.

The following players took home medals for their labors at last week’s Mertz Tournament at Corsicana. From left-to-right, Team Maroon had seven players place, Kerrigan Brown, Zoe Howard, Josh Noel, Daniel Janosek, Dylan Gunn, Jacob Beltran and Chance Kozlovsky. Their individual finishes:

National Signing Day occurs early February across the country. One of the area’s most talented athletes, Matthew Nunez signed a scholarship offer to play football at NCAA Division II Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The school of 4,824 undergraduates is located in Durant, Okla., 113 miles north on Hwy 75.

Fresh from the UIL’s declaration of district alignments for the next two years, Ferris football HC and Athletic Director Brandon Layne has six of the Yellowjackets next 10 regular season games scheduled. The Dallas Morning News has published the non-league games for many schools, with the Black-and- Orange among their list. It should be noted the University Interscholastic League does not allow team’s itineraries to become official until next Wednesday, Feb. 26.

In what was considered to be a pivotal boys basketball game, Ferris came up short to Hillsboro, 79-65, on Tuesday night at the Yellowjackets’ nest.

Head Coach Jerrel Chumley has seen his Ferris hoopsters head north after a southbound 7-25 season a year ago. A resounding 3-8 district mark in his first season ended with a 1-7 thud-like final month.