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news@kaufmanherald.com The Scurry-Rosser Lady Wildcats basketball season ended in the Bi-district round on Monday, Feb. 23 against the West Lady Trojans.

news@kaufmanherald.com The Kaufman Lady Lions basketball team announced All-District honors and awards for the 2025-26 season. The Lady Lions had seven players named Academic All-district for the season, including Kaylee Wrenn, Kiersten Thoas, Kayden Lidy, Avie Clickner, Tia Morrow, Itzel Garcia and Morgan Martin.

Kemp boys’ basketball honored their seniors that are part of the team on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Monica Oldenkamp, the dedicated Student Athletic Trainer, always working behind the scenes to support and care for our athletes. Ettore Schiapparoli is a hardworking player and foreign exchange student from Italy, who has brought talent, heart and Yellowjacket pride to Kemp High School. Both students were honored before their game on Feb. 17.

Wyatt Corder (#7) stands at the plate during the scrimmage between Scurry-Rosser and Kemp on Monday, Feb. 16.

The Crandall Lady Pirates won two playoff games in the span of three days last week as they took home the Bi-district and Area titles with wins over Waco and Mesquite Poteet. The Lady Pirates picked up a win over the Waco Lady Lions on Feb. 17 with a 63-35 victory before heading to Forney to take on the Mesquite Poteet Lady Pirates on Friday, Feb. 20. Crandall took down Mesquite Poteet by a final score of 49-31 to move on to the Regional round of the UIL State basketball playoffs.

Kaufman ISD announced the schedule for the Kaufman Lions for the upcoming 2026 football season on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

Kemp hosted the Anthony Miller Powerlifitng Invitational on Jan. 31 with Kemp athletes showing up and showing out at the meet. The Yellowjackets had multiple medal winners, including first-place medalists Maddox Henderson, Bree Hall, Lillie Moore, Lanceden Surratt and Abel Gallegos. Second-place finishers were June Easter and the boys’ team as a whole. Third-place finishers were Asa Buchanan and Katalina Mendoza.

Kemp girls’ basketball honored three of their seniors before their game on Friday, Feb. 6 at home. The Kemp Lady Yellowjackets honored their senior players Makayla Miller (#23), Miranda Limon (#11) and Team Manager Sara Sanchez-Gutierrez.

Photos courtesy of Kaufman High School The Kaufman Lady Lions basketball team honored two of their student-athletes for outstanding milestones before their game on Friday, Feb. 6. Kaylee Wrenn was honored for scoring 1,500 career points and for being named a McDonald’s All-American Games nominee. Kiersten Thomas was recognized for recording 500 career rebounds.

The Kaufman Lady Lions basketball squad celebrated their two athletes for recent milestones that they reached before their Feb. 6 contest. Kaylee Wrenn was honored for scoring 1,500 career points and for being named a Mc-Donald’s All-American Games nominee. Kiersten Thomas was recognized for recording 500 career rebounds. Photo courtesy of Kaufman High School