Sports

Fort Stockton and Crane are natural rivals due to their proximity to one another and no matter the classification or records coming in, the Panthers and Golden Cranes are going to provide for an entertaining football game. And last Friday night’s 44-34 Panther win was just that.

Fort Stockton’s Volleyball team traveled to Midland Sept. 15 to take on Midland Christian in one of the last tune-up games of the season before the start of district play.

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Fort Stockton continued down an undefeated path as they claimed a victory over the Horizon Scorpions from El Paso, Friday night at Panther Stadium. “(We) wanted to establish the game early,” said Coach Jeremy Hickman, who felt as though “Both the offensive and the defensive lines really controlled the ball game.” The Panthers did just that when cornerback, Randy Sandoval, intercepted Horizon’s pass on the first drive of the game.

The Fort Stockton Prowlers traveled to Midland to take on Midland Legacy High School in a non-district contest last week. The varsity took a tough loss 25-20, 25-18, 25-12. The Rebels proved to be a tough opponent, but they were able to provide the Prowlers with a practice plan of things to improve moving forward.

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Fort Stockton’s Volleyball program traveled to Odessa to take on the Odessa High School Lady Bronchos last Tuesday, with the varsity Prowlers falling to the Lady Bronchos in four sets, 20-25, 25-23, 15-25, and 24-26.

Marco Garcia threw for 146 yards and a touchdown to Gerry Diaz, Corbin Luna rushed 18 times for 127 yards and two touchdowns and Isiah Velasquez rushed for 72 yards and another score as the Fort Stockton Panthers overcame a slow start to down the visiting Alpine Bucks 27-7 last week at Panther Stadium.

The Fort Stockton High School Panther and Prowler cross country teams invaded the land of the Golden Crane to participate in the Crane Cross Country Invitational last Saturday. Teams from all over the Permian Basin and the South Plains took to the course in hopes of setting their best times of the season.