Sports

2021 in Review: Football playoffs, hot hoop starts highlight second half

Sat, 01/01/2022 - 12:00am

The second half of 2021 was highlighted by all three area football teams qualifying for the playoffs and ended with local basketball teams putting together strong first halves of their seasons.

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Sports Year in Review (Part 1): Football coaching carousel twirls; youth hoops teams win national tourney

Sports Year in Review (Part 1): Football coaching carousel twirls; youth hoops teams win national tourney

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 12:00am

The first six months of 2021 saw the Mexia football coaching carousel begin to turn. In other sports, some Blackcats and Ladycats experienced success during the winter and spring seasons.

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Millers’ Time: Sisters help state-ranked Ladycats to 15-5 start

Fri, 12/24/2021 - 5:00am

The basketball lives of Michaiah and Mycah Miller have had similar trajectories.

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‘Fully’ involved: Senior making big plays for Blackcats

Wed, 12/22/2021 - 12:00am

Before the season began, Mexia boys basketball coach Stephen Massington saw Shemariah Fullylove as a big guy who could run the court well and stretch the floor with his outside shooting ability.

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The defense doesn’t rest

Wed, 12/22/2021 - 12:00am

Points were hard to come by as Mexia and Bosqueville engaged in a defensive struggle in a non-district girls basketball game at the Mexia High School gym Friday night.