ARLINGTON — Willie Calhoun, the Texas Rangers’ primary acquisition in the 2017 deadline trade that sent Yu Darvish to the Los Angeles Dodgers, was designated for assignment on Sunday. Calhoun, 27, had been optioned to Triple-A Round Rock early last month after hitting .136 in 18 games with one home run and two RBI and then requested a trade.
When Josh Berry crossed the finish line at Charlotte Motor Speedway—giving JR Motorsports its first NASCAR Xfinity Series win at its home track—second-place Ty Gibbs was just reaching the 200-footlong Speedway TV screen television on the backstretch.
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota, poses for photos. JAMES GILBERT/GETTY IMAGES Josh Berry, driver of the #8 Harrison’s USA Chevrolet, celebrates with the checkered flag.
The Waxahachie Daily Light and Midlothian Mirror are proud to announce the nominees for the 2021- 2022 Track Athletes of the Year for the Ellis County High School Sports Awards. The Athletes of the Year will be announced in a special section in both the Daily Light and Mirror to be published June 29 and 30 respectively.
AUSTIN — Mansfield Lake Ridge had to overcome a power outage, an hour delay and a nationally ranked opponent if it wanted to win a historic state championship Saturday night. It was three outs from accomplishing that.
The Texas Girls Coaches Association has announced its all-star honors in a number of sports, and four Ellis County athletes are among those named to participate in All-Star activities July 12-13 in Arlington.
The Midlothian community is coming together once again to help a longtime Midlothian High School teacher and coach who has been diagnosed with cancer. Coach Clif White was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Urachal cancer.
The Waxahachie Daily Light and Midlothian Mirror are proud to announce the nominees for the 2021-22 Golf Players of the Year for the Ellis County High School Sports Awards. The Players of the Year will be announced in a special section in both the Daily Light and Mirror to be published June 29 and 30 respectively.
Heritage High School senior righthanded pitcher Andrew Graham was named Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row by the coaches in District 10-4A in all-district voting that was announced last week.
Heritage High School may have lost its head football coach to Allen a week ago. But the Jaguars at least will be getting someone in the exchange with Texas’ biggest high school — if only by happenstance.