Sports

The Waxahachie Daily Light and Midlothian Mirror are proud to announce the nominees for the 2021-2022 Basketball Players of the Year for the Ellis County High School Sports Awards, presented by Methodist Midlothian Medical Center.

The Heritage High School girls’ golf team is back for another run at a state championship — and this time they intend to bring home a trophy. The Jaguars will compete for a title at the University Interscholastic League Class 4A state tournament on Monday and Tuesday of next week at Legends Golf Club in Kingsland.

The Waxahachie Daily Light and Midlothian Mirror are proud to announce the nominees for the 2021-22 Wrestlers of the Year for the Ellis County High School Sports Awards, presented by Methodist Midlothian Medical Center.

Midlothian ISD will be well-represented in the University Interscholastic League state track and field championships this Friday and Saturday. In Class 5A, Midlothian High School In Class 5A, Midlothian High School will send three athletes to Mike A.

Each game of this past weekend’s Class 4A Region II bi-district baseball playoff series was there for the taking for the Heritage Jaguars — but both times, it slipped away in the sixth inning. The Jags couldn’t put away the fourth-seeded Van Alstyne Panthers late in each game, and the Panthers took wins of 3-2 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday to sweep the Jags out of the postseason.

With a 1-0 series lead following Colton Clawson’s complete-game shutout and coming back to Ronnie Clanton Field on Saturday, the Midlothian Panthers were in good position in their Class 5A Region II bi-district matchup against Forney.

The 2022 NFL draft should be a reminder that attempting to predict the outcome of the annual event a year ahead of time is a fool’s errand. At this time last year, Georgia’s Travon Walker was a lightly used backup not in the discussion for the first round, much less the No.

PARIS – Veteran French players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon have been handed wild cards to play in the main draw at the French Open, organizers said Tuesday. A former Australian Open runnerup, Tsonga announced earlier this season that he will retire after the claycourt Grand Slam event.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference is just fine keeping the College Football Playoff at four teams, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said – even if the rest of the sport is not.