The Fort Stockton volleyball team started district play with a loss on Saturday at Monahans.

The Prowlers forced a fourth set with a third-set victory but were unable to complete the comeback in the loss (25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23).

“The Prowlers battled fiercely through all four sets but came up short,” Fort Stockton head coach Gabrielle Harral said.

Returning to his alma mater couldn’t have gone much better for Panthers head football coach Mike Peters on Friday.

The sixth-year head coach of Fort Stockton notched his first win against Pecos on the Eagles home field two years ago and after a loss to the Pecos in 2020, the Panthers left no doubt that they were the better program this season.

Alberta Hagelgans Olivas, who was born on March 18, 1965, in Alpine, Texas, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sept. 22, 2021. She was living in Louisiana with her loving husband John Coston. She was a loving mother, wife and grandmother. 

Geraldine “Geri” Diane Wilkins Forney 81, temporarily went to sleep in death on Sept. 24, 2021. She was born in Walsenburg, Colo., to Edward and Celia De Luna Wilkins on June 30, 1940.