September 2022

Greenwood 2 Fort Stockton JV 0 The JV Prowlers took the court first and in Greenwood on Saturday and came up short in a two-set defeat (25-13, 25-20). Sophomore Elina Montes tallied 16 digs as the team’s libero.

The Fort Stockton cross country team took to the desert near the border and competed in the Bo Coffman Trail Run on Sept. 24 in Presidio. Junior Prowler Ali Jackson won the girl’s two-mile race, marking her second gold-medal performance of the season. Jackson crossed the finish line in 14 minutes 35 seconds. The upperclassman led her team a third place finish. Freshman Summer Hinojos joined Jackson in the top five of the girl’s division with a fourthplace finish (15:02) and returning varsity member Natalie Molinar followed, finishing in 22nd place (18:08). Ella Otierney rounded out varsity scorers by placing 25th (19:41). Juan Vela led the Panthers to a second-place finish as a team by placing seventh in a time of 18:26 in the boy’s 5K race. The Hernandez brothers – Jesus and Aryan – placed eighth and 15th respectively in times of 18:27 and 19:26. Freshman Diego Ronquillo capped varsity scorers with a 20th place finish (19:51). Madi Castro was the outstanding runner on Fort Stockton’s middle school teams. Castro placed third in the girl’s division in a time of 17:54.

Dear Neil: We have what we are told are ragweed and goldenrod that bloom along the creek near our house in falls when there is rain. These are photos from prior years. Will both of these cause allergies? Is there any way to get cities to control them?

In one of his most challenging bouts of his career, West Texas native Abel Mendoza showed that adversity is no obstacle in the ring. The undefeated super featherweight went the distance for the eighth time in his career during the main event of the Midtown Beatdown on Sept.

While I’m a bit sad that summer has ended, I’m looking forward to fall and the schedule getting into a more regular routine. However, I also know life will continue to be busy with fall activities. Last week I was at a conference, and one of the topics was cook once and eat twice, or freezing food for later use. I enjoy cooking and freezing food to use later, so I spent some time in my kitchen a couple of weeks ago preparing some meals for the freezer.

I used to love the first weekend of autumn. Now I loathe it.

My adult life has been full of transitions– from single to married, from childlessness to fatherhood, and from virile coolness to cringey blobfish. I now find myself in the midst of a change from occupying a nest literally bursting with hatchlings frantically pecking at my wallet to now watching one last teenage fledgling perched on the edge of a limb and hoping I don’t do anything embarrassing.

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