August 2025

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The Fort Stockton Panthers are ready for Friday night lights. After wrapping up two competitive scrimmages, the Panthers now shift their full focus to the start of the 2025 season as they prepare to hit the road and face the San Angelo Lake View Chiefs this Friday, August 29, at 7 p.m.

The Fort Stockton cross country teams hit the trails in Midland this past Saturday, August 23, competing in the annual Tall City Invitational at Hogan Park. The meet was one of the largest of the early season, featuring over 700 athletes across six divisions. Against that deep field, the Panthers and Prowlers showed the kind of grit and determination that continues to define this year’s group.

The Fort Stockton Panther Tennis team showed both dominance and determination this past weekend, splitting their two matches on the road. The Panthers opened with a commanding 10-4 win over Big Spring, then followed up with a hardfought battle against Wall that ended in a 3-10 loss.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil, I received a potted chrysanthemum last year around this time. I cut it back to four or five inches after it finished blooming and divided it into a couple of clumps.

Fort Stockton Pioneer.

In our journey of faith, we often find ourselves facing battles and challenges that seem insurmountable. We pray for direction, yearn for God’s voice, and seek His guidance in difficult times. But what happens when we feel like we’re losing those battles? What if God’s voice seems distant or silent?

Dear Editor, My phone was ringing off the hook Tuesday by people who wanted to attend the regularly scheduled hospital Board meeting. They were being turned away at the door that only hospital employees are allowed.

“Wouldn’t miss it for the world.” “Let me check my calendar.” “Meh.” “You mean I still haven’t outlived all those #@%& low-lifes?” As you doubtless know, those are the four main responses when a class reunion invitation arrives. (Close runner-up: “If I remember my eighth-grade civics teacher correctly, this first-class stamp cost almost as much as FDR’s New Deal.”) Me? I had a wonderful time at the recent reunion of the Marshall County High School (Lewisburg, Tennessee) Class of 1978 (our first in 17 years).