
Chad Vautherine
Sports Reporter at KWTX-TV (Waco, TX)
Sports Reporter at KNCT-TV (Killeen, TX)
Christ Follower | Central TX Sports | Sports Reporter & Anchor @KWTX | @TCU & @Cronkite_ASU Alum
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2 weeks ago |
kwtx.com | Chad Vautherine
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KWTX) - The Midway Panthers took home 6A baseball state championship after taking down Atascocita, 6-2 in the title game on Saturday. Junior Brody Potts was named Championship Game MVP after throwing 4.2 innings of scoreless relief. The win marks Midway’s second state championship title in program history (2003). With both Midway baseball and softball winning state championships, Midway becomes the ninth school in UIL history to win state titles in both sports in the same year.
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3 weeks ago |
kwtx.com | Royden Ogletree |Chad Vautherine
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Chicago Bears defensive tackle and Waco native Andrew Billings, along with Academy Sports + Outdoors and the Billings Family Find-A-Way Foundation, partnered to surprise 20 local kids from the Andrew Billings Youth Football Camp with a $5,000 shopping spree. Each of the 20 athletes received a $250 gift card to shop at Academy Sports + Outdoors for new football gear, sports equipment, clothing and shoes.
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3 weeks ago |
kwtx.com | Chad Vautherine
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The One Back Offensive returned to Waco for year two, doubling in size and relocating from the Metroplex to Central Texas. High school football coach and One Back clinic founder Andrew Gochis put on the inaugural clinic last summer. The clinic was started after the annual Air Raid clinic skipped its stop in Texas and moved out to the west coast.
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3 weeks ago |
kwtx.com | Chad Vautherine
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee has selected the candidates for both the Primary and Veterans Ballot for their Class of 2026. The 2026 ballot includes 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, longtime TCU head football coach Gary Patterson, and current Baylor acrobatics and tumbling head coach Felecia Mulkey. The TSHOF will induct their selected member class on April 18, 2026. Voting begins on July 16 and will end on August 16 for TSHOF members.
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3 weeks ago |
kwtx.com | Chad Vautherine
MIDWAY, Texas (KWTX) - During an all-time weekend for Midway sports, the Panthers baseball team clinched its spot in the 6A state title game after taking down Prosper, 4-2, on Saturday in Cleburne. In a decisive Game 3 of the semifinal series, the Panthers scored two quick runs in the first inning and added two more in the fourth. Midway will play for a state title for the first time since 2005. The Panthers will take on Atascocita next Saturday at 4 p.m. in Round Rock. Copyright 2025 KWTX.
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Just a week after @MidwayPanthers softball takes home the title, Midway baseball joins them in winning the 6A D1 State Championship!!! If you want to your kids to play the best of the best baseball or softball in high school, it’s time you move out to Hewitt! @MidwayPanthers https://t.co/z9Jaifc8SO

Midway playing for it all here at Dell Diamond! @MidwayPanthers baseball vs. Atascocita in the 6A-D1 Championship! https://t.co/Ejatg3tgkW

RT @OneBackOff: We are so thankful to @chadvautherine and @kwtx for their continued support of the one back offensive clinic! https://t.c…