February 2024

Last night we watched the Super Bowl. As we all watched intently it looked like my team was going to lose. My team did not give in and in some spectacular way they won. Hurray! That event reminds me of something in the Bible. Around 2000 years ago a great battle took place.

Our consumer society has done a remarkable thing. It has convinced us that our desires are immutable and undeniable; that we are defined by longings and are powerless to change or resist them. With some desires this is true.

With early voting for the March 5 primary beginning Feb. 20, the Fort Stockton Pioneer began sending surveys to Pecos County candidates for office in early February.

The JV Panther Tennis Team started their individual season at Monahans Feb. 8 and had a great show out, bringing back a third-place mixed doubles medal with a team made up of freshman duo Braedon Tolbert and Aubrey Ramirez.

DENVER CITY – The Fort Stockton Prowlers season came to an end Monday night in Denver City with a 75-11 loss to No. 8 Canyon High School.

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The Fort Stockton Powerlifting had a good meet last weekend as the team competed in Kermit. Most, if not all, lifters hit new personal records on at least one of their lifts.

The Fort Stockton Panthers baseball squad travelled to Presidio for their first baseball scrimmage of the season on Feb. 6, downing the Blue Devils, 8-2. The Panthers got off to a quick start by scoring four runs in the first three innings.

The Panther and Prowler golf teams made an impressive showing at the Pecos Invitational. A total of 18 Panther and Prowler kids participated in the golf tournament, proudly representing our community on the course.

The Varsity Panthers basketball team lost to Greenwood on Friday night, 90-56. In a game that would have allowed them a chance to control their playoff destiny, the team came out slow and was out scored in the first quarter 25-8.