Heritage High ready to start new era at Class 5A level with Edwards at helm The origin of Heritage High School’s rise to Class 5A began in 2016, at the very beginnings of the school, when Midlothian ISD voters approved a bond issue referendum that eventually would expand HHS’ capacity to 5A-size. It took six years for the plan to come to completion, but the Jaguars this fall will join the 5A ranks for the first time.
Low expectations rarely disappoint. That’s not to say your favorite team will fail to live up to the promise that comes with landing a spot in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll presented by Regions Bank that was released Monday.
Young Ennis Lions start season with returning QB Gilkey, but lots of new faces ENNIS — The past 2 years have ended way too early for the Ennis Lions, a perennial playoff team that has the ability to make a long run into December but they have played a team that has “Caught lighting in a bottle” for the year and they fall short. This will be a year that opens with far more questions than answers.
PALMER — The Palmer Bulldogs are chomping at the bits to get the new football season underway. First of all to show off their brand new field (newest in the county) and to see what this senior led team can accomplish.
DENVER — The new Denver Broncos quarterback who wowed the crowd at Empower Field wasn’t Russell Wilson but jourrneyman Josh Johnson. Johnson, who’s 36 years old and playing for his 14th NFL team, threw a pair of firsthalf touchdown passes and the Broncos beat the penalty- prone Dallas Cowboys 17-7 on a starless and rainy Saturday night.
ENNIS — Head tennis coach Keith Howard is starting his 27th year in leading the Lions of Ennis. He is hopeful that his 2022-2023 varsity squad will be able to continue their winning ways.
MANSFIELD — The Waxahachie Lady Indians are off and running, with an impressive 3-1 start to the 2022 volleyball season. The Lady Indians opened the Mansfield ISD tournament on Thursday with two wins at Mansfield High School after dropping an extremely tight 25-20, 17-25, 25-23 match against powerful Denton Braswell.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Although both teams hailed it as a productive day, the Dallas Cowboys’ joint practice with the Denver Broncos on Thursday at times resembled an undercard at the octagon instead of a prelude to Saturday night’s preseason opener.
MILFORD — Missing the postseason two years in a row is a rarity for the Milford Bulldogs, who have a rich six-man football heritage with an appearance in the state championship game as recently as 2018.
On a blustery Sunday in the Irish Hills of Michigan, Kevin Harvick saved his season. Grabbing the lead and pulling away after a restart on Lap 166 of 200 at Michigan International Speedway, Harvick won the FireKeepeers Casino 400 by 2.903 seconds over pole winner Bubba Wallace and leap-frogged bubble-riding Martin Truex Jr. in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff standings.