Ennis Lions

Texas fans are familiar with the late Arkansas HC Frank Broyles. His Razorbacks defeated No. 1 Texas in Austin in 1964, a favor returned in 1969 when the Longhorns rallied to defeat the ‘Hogs, 15-14, in a game dubbed the Game of the Century.

Described as the man who put Arkansas on the map for his 1958-1976 stint, which included the national championship in 1964, his name is now placed on awards for the top assistant coaches in college and high school.

Collin went down to Georgia; he was lookin’ for a ‘ship to steal

He was in a bind ‘cause he was way behind

And he was willin’ to make a deal - The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels

On a perfect weather night at Duncanville’s pristine Bob Rombach Field, Corsicana topped Ennis in the Class 5A Region II Quarterfinal opener, 3-0, behind the sterling pitching of Kolby Kincade. The victory gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.

Unlike how the Lions hammered him in April, 7-0, a game he called his worst, the righthanded power-pitcher gave a command performance before a large and vocal bipartisan crowd. Kinkade went 6 2/3 innings to shutout an Ennis team that was fresh from scoring 24 runs in three games against Texas High.

Ennis moved to within one win of advancing to the third round, the deepest they have gone in the past 25 years, when they rallied from a 7-2 deficit to hand Texas High School an 11-8 defeat at home on Thursday. The triumph was the first in a best-of-three series against the team from Texarkana, and it was played in Ennis before a raucous crowd.