Holiday tournaments are a good time for high school basketball coaches to give younger players some reps and gauge how their team plays against competition they wouldn’t ordinarily see. Fort Stockton girls coach Lea Daggett has been using the non-district portion of the Prowlers’ season to give incoming freshmen quality playing time and figure out his starting rotation heading into the district portion of their schedule.
When Collette Barragan learned of a “Santa Run” that took Christmas gifts to children in Boquillas Del Carmen, Mexico, she always wanted to participate. Long before she came to Fort Stockton, Barragan often visited Boquillas – a Mexican border town adjacent to Big Bend National Park accessible only by boat – and when she learned of the Santa Run, she was unable to participate because her children were too young.
Jan. 7
The Pecos County Amateur Radio Club will be conducting a Class to earn a Technician Class License on Saturdays Starting Jan. 7, 2023, starting at 9:00 a.m. and again on Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. starting Jan. 19. The classes will be held at the PCARC Club House, located at the FFA/county firing range east of Fort Stockton. For more information Contact Dwayne Bonham at (432)940-3822 or email at pecoscountyarc@gmail.com
Randy “Red” Wayne Pogue went to be with his Lord and Savior Dec. 13, 2022, in Monahans following a hard fought battle with cancer. He was born in Monahans, Texas to parents J.B. and Barbara Pogue on Sept. 18, 1956. He graduated from Fort Stockton High School in 1975. He was a lifelong resident of Odessa, Texas.
