OKLAHOMA CITY — Gritty, unseeded Texas fought off elimination twice in one day to earn a shot at a national championship. Courtney Day hit a threerun homer for the second straight game — this one sparking a rally from a five-run deficit — and Texas stunned No.
FRISCO — DeMarcus Lawrence used to say he didn’t care about sacks as long as he felt he was being productive — until Micah Parsons led the Dallas Cowboys in that category while winning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2021.
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.
The Texas Girls Coaches Association has announced its allstar 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.
ARLINGTON — The Texas Rangers acquired minor league right-hander Yohanse Morel from the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night for pitcher Albert Abreu. The hard-throwing Abreu had been designated for assignment by the Rangers three days earlier.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Texas freshman Mia Scott is so shy that she hasn’t spoken at a news conference all season. There was nothing timid about the way she swung the bat on Thursday.
IRVING — There are representatives from the Big 12’s four future members attending the conference’s spring meetings, along with the lingering presence of Texas and Oklahoma, the league’s only football national champions who still are three years away from their scheduled departures to the SEC.
Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway started with Denny Hamlin out front and ended with Denny Hamlin out front. What happened in-between defied belief.
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.
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.