Sports

The Fort Stockton High School Blue Wave swimmers competed in their first Tri-meet of the year Sept. 23 at Pecos, with the Boys placing second and the girls third, just one point shy of second place.

The Fort Stockton High School Panthers ended homecoming festivities with a win. Following the crowning of this year’s Homecoming King and Queen, Aryan Hernandez and Jaslyn Pacheco, the Panthers took the field playing host to the Ysleta Indians from El Paso. After a 14-all tie at halftime, the Panthers surged in the second half to win 41-21.

In the first district contest of the season, the Fort Stockton Volleyball program played host to the Greenwood Rangerettes this past Saturday. The Prowlers competed well against their district competition, but were unsuccessful in securing a victory, falling 25-21, 2225, 14-25, 18-25.

The Fort Stockton High School and Middle School Cross Country teams returned to the course after being rained out last week at the Lubbock Christian Invite. Seven high school runners attacked the course at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock. The Panther boys were led by Diego Ronquillo with a time of 21:07.00 followed by Jose Aguilar (22:15.60) and Santiago Torango (23:49.90). The boys competed with 102 other boys in the 4A division of the meet. Coach Glasscock was pleased with the boys’ effort.

Buena Vista’s Aiden Lopez sacks the Balmorhea quarterback to force a turnover on downs to start the second quarter Friday in Balmorhea. The Buena Vista fell to the host Bears 42-22 after tying the game at 6 apiece on a Jackie Jurado scoring run in the first quarter. The Bears led 34-6 when Jurado scored again to make it 34-14 in the fourth quarter. Vick Garza passed 66 yards to Jose Castro and after the conversion it was 34-22. The Bears added a late score to end it. BV falls to 2-3 on the season and after an open week this week, will travel to Meadow on Oct. 6 to face the Broncos. Courtesy photo by Staci Schoenfeldt

Fort Stockton High School volleyball coaches and players were all smiles during the Fort Stockton High School Homecoming Parade on Thursday evening. PHOTOS BY SHAWN YORKS 2023 Miss Comanche Springs Rodeo Sweetheart, Kinslee Morris.

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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