Christopher Williams
Sports Reporter
Waco, Texas
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Chris Williams is joining KWTX after spending two years covering news and sports in Nebraska.
Though Chris has never actually lived in the Lonestar state, he has Texas in his blood. His dad was born and raised in San Antonio and played college football at Trinity... his mom spent part of her childhood in El Paso... and his brother, Zac, got his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Baylor.
Before starting his on-air career, Chris attended Chapman University where he was captain of the football team, helping the Panthers win two SCIAC conference championships.
Chris is excited to be telling the stories of student athletes across central Texas.
The Bosqueville baseball team is proving to be one of the best teams in the state - while also making a case for the most fun team.
Two of central Texas's largest football programs are strapping on the helmets and pads and getting after it in Spring Football Camp.
A former Temple football star is heading to the NFL, inspiring the current Wildcats along the way.
Troy baseball’s ascent to the top of class 3A shows a successful culture that goes well beyond the 28-win season the team just put together. This is Head Coach Steve Sebesta’s 17th year leading the program, and though they just wrapped up one of the best regular season’s in school history, his team is not satisfied just yet.
There is a new woman in charge of the Lady Bears! Baylor University announced that it has hired former WNBA Head Coach Nicki Collen to run the program.
A Central Texas football star who played collegiate football for the Texas Longhorns has been drafted to play professional football.
A milestone for Baylor head softball coach Glenn Moore - 800 wins with the program. Moore was hired in 2000. Since then he has amassed 800 wins, with 392 losses.
Within hours of Kim Mulkey announcing her departure from Baylor, a class of 2023 commit reopened her recruiting. That recruit isn’t the only person with questions about what the Lady Bears look like without Mulkey. The world of college basketball is waiting to see: is Baylor still a powerhouse without Mulkey at the Helm?
The Heart of Texas’ Fellowship of Christian Athletes held it’s annual Victory Bowl Banquet, honoring the players, coaches, and cheerleaders that have been selected for this year’s Victory Bowl.
The answer has remained the same during Spring camp, as Quarterbacks Jacob Zeno, Gerry Bohanan, Blake Shapen, Kyron Drones, and Brandon Bass all compete for the job.
Locals who enjoyed the new attraction raved about everything from the food, to the full-service bar, to the spatial golf bays.
The Boys & Girls Club of Copperas Cove is hosting its first annual golf tournament this Friday.
The twins were inseparable, constantly practicing and pushing each other to be better. Despite all the hours spent together, they couldn’t be more different on and off the diamond, and you would never guess they’re related.
Baylor’s volleyball season is over after a tough loss at the hands of fifth-seeded Nebraska.
On the heals of the Men’s Basketball National Championship, the Baylor Volleyball team is set to begin a postseason run of it’s own.
Long before he brought the National Championship trophy to Waco and won back-to-back Big-12 Coach of the year awards, Scott Drew was playing coach on the playground.Coach Drew’s childhood friend Scott Johnson says, “As kids he would try to corral us and give us plays to run. It just comes naturally. And we all did it!”
A local non-profit called ‘Destined for Greatness’ teaches kids basketball skills, along with life skills.
The National Champions have finally returned to Waco
The Bears were selected as the number 12 team in the bracket, earning a first-round bye.
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Bruceville-Eddy's Trapper Ensor
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Goldthwaite's Taylor Rountree
The Baylor women’s basketball team came out of the locker room on fire, and blew the doors off Jackson State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in San Antonio.
With a win over Wisconsin, Baylor is headed to the Sweet Sixteen
Two months after Troy announced its football coach would be stepping down, a new coach has been hired. The school district has announced Stephen Hermesmeyer will be taking over as the new Athletic Director and Head Football Coach.
Two Baylor basketball players have been named to the AP All-America Team, while another is an honorable mention.
Kadarius Daniels is having a great season for Mary Hardin-Baylor. The senior wideout has three touchdowns in three games this Spring, and watching him play, you would have no idea how tough it was for him to just get back on the field.
For the first time in program history, the Baylor men’s basketball team is a top seed in the NCAA tournament.
Former Texas High School Football Quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees has announced he is retiring from football.
The Baylor women’s basketball team has won the Big-12 Tournament for the 11th time.
After beating Texas, the Lady Bears are headed to the Big-12 championship game for the 10th tournament in a row.
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Crawford's Tanner Merenda
The Baylor women’s basketball team is moving on to the Big-12 tournament semifinal round.
Two local boys basketball teams have earned spots in the state semifinals, and each is trying to break a championship drought.
The Bears wrapped up the regular season in style, knocking off 17th ranked Texas Tech, setting school and conference records along the way.
A local girls team, and two local boys teams won today to stay alive in the high school basketball playoffs
Lorena lost 24 games last year, but without those failures, they never would have found this year’s successes. The team has bounced back by making a run all the way to the regional tournament for the first time in school history. Coach Jackson tells me they did it the ‘Leopard Way’.
This year’s Bishop Reicher boy’s basketball team is special, and with a win over Legacy Christian tonight, the team became historic.
The Lady Bears are your outright Big-12 regular season champions.
Youth softball is starting back up, but a league in central Texas says less girls are signed up than usual.Elizabeth Park is on the Temple Youth Softball Board, and she tells me, “After COVID hit, last year, we had a lot of kids that dropped out of the program.”The registration numbers never recovered, and, frankly, neither have the kids, who have been cooped-up inside for much of the pandemic.
This week's Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Academy's Tanner Rambeau.
The Baylor volleyball team returns to action Thursday to play the second half of the season which has been split by COVID. You would have a hard time finding someone more excited for volleyball to be back than Yossiana Pressley. Yossi was named the National Player of the Year last year and helped the Bears make a deep tournament run.This Fall, she became Baylor’s all-time kill leader now, but she hasn’t always been this good.
The Belton High School basketball team often talks about the team as a family. For TJ and Trap Johnson, it is family. TJ is in his third year starting for the Tigers, and he has established himself as the team’s leader. Trap is just a freshman on the team, but he has earned his place among the varsity players with his great skill and shooting. Still, TJ was a little uneasy about having his little brother join the mix.
Local High school basketball playoff scores from Saturday, February 20th
As weather shut down schools across central Texas this week, the high school basketball playoffs fell victim to numerous postponements.The UIL today announced some changes to the postseason schedule to help make sure every playoff game gets played.
A member of the sixth-ranked Baylor equestrian team is receiving major honors. Madaline Callaway was named the National Reining Rider of the month for January.
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Koby Hollingsworth from Axtell High School.
Two former Mary-Hardin Baylor student athletes find themselves back in the purple and gold - but instead of wearing jerseys, they now wear whistles.
Youth football in central Texas will look different moving forward, as local leagues introduce “flex football”. The Midway Premier League is teaming up with Gridiron to have a play style that bridges the gap between flag football and tackle football.
