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Two former Waxahachie Indians were on the board in Sunday’s Major League Baseball first-year player draft. One was chosen in the second round and is likely to move on to the professional ranks, while another will honor his letter of intent and play college ball.

Christopher Bell has quietly established himself as a New England force over the past three years coming up the NASCAR ranks and on Sunday afternoon, he convincingly earned his biggest triumph to date there, a victory in the NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter 301 and a ticket to the 2022 Playoffs. Bell led the last 42 laps of the 301-lapper at the one-mile

Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 DeWalt Toyota, spins after an on-track incident. JAMES GiLBERT/GETTY iMAGES Christopher Bell celebrates with a burnout.

Justin Allgaier prevailed in an actionpacked Crayon 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday earning his third victory of the season and a very special birthday present for his wife, Ashley. A race trophy.

Heritage juniors this fall, Jules Burrows and Paisley Mabra met on the playground in kindergarten at Longbranch Elementary School years ago. Ever since that time, they have been joined at the hip, all because of the game of soccer. Both girls admit that they have been both school and soccer friends for over a decade now. Their main connection has always been about their passion for soccer and that’s not going to change anytime soon – especially since Jules and Paisley recently committed verbally to D-1 colleges – just not the same ones.

No Ellis County team made the list, but Dave Campbell’s Texas Football last week released 2022 preseason high school football rankings that are chock-full of teams that local schools will be facing this fall.

Chase Elliott is a former NASCAR Cup Series champion and currently the 2022 title leader. But finally scoring a dramatic victory Sunday afternoon at his home track – Atlanta Motor Speedway – in front of a vocal and adoring home crowd ranks right up there as far as he’s concerned.

Radio trouble prevented driver Austin Hill from being able to speak to his Richard Childress Racing crew during the Alsco Uniforms 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but he sure understood the final hand signal.