The Fort Stockton tennis nearly team nearly claimed their first district victory of the season in their second district outing on Sept. 28 at Pecos.

“Starting off the match down 0-1 with being short a mixed doubles team we knew it was going to be a battle,” Panthers head coach Victor Garcia said.

On the girls side Angelique Flores came away with the Prowlers lone victory, doing so in her No. 4 singles match against Alexis Urias (6-0, 6-4)

“The win gave us hope, showing that with a clean sweep on the boys side with bring us to a 10-9 victory,” Garcia added.

Fort Stockton almost garnered a sweep on the boys side but were unable to record a win in the No. 6 boys singles match.

Jacob Pacheco, Jeremiah Ramirez, Freddy Gonzalez, Cruz Rocha, and Christian Dominguez all claimed two wins apiece for the Panthers.

The Panthers are now 0-2 in district with Odessa Compass Academy and Monahans left to play. Fort Stockton will host Compass Academy on Saturday, Oct. 2 starting at 10 a.m.