Determination and positivity – the mentalities were exemplified all season by the Prowlers softball team and were consistent parts of the team’s path from a program who won a few games a season ago to a postseason appearance in 2022.
The program turnaround under first-year head coach Darrian Roberson came full circle on April 30 against Riverside in their 4A Bi-District playoff matchup in Van Horn.
Buena Vista returning state track and field medalists Mariana Sanchez and Cole Brauchi will have an opportunity to put an exclamation point on the end of their high school careers as Longhorns in Class 1A at the UIL State Track & Field Championships on May 14.
A number of Panther and Prowler athletes put forth their best performances of the season at the 4A Region I Track and Field meet at Lowrey Field in Lubbock to conclude their 2022 campaign last weekend.
Fort Stockton finished the two-day event on April 29-30 with no state qualifiers but showed the future of the program has plenty of promise in the years ahead.
Fort Stockton’s postseason debut couldn’t have gone much better for the Prowlers on Friday in Van Horn against District 1-4A co-district champion Riverside.
Senior Alyana Dominguez had her most productive game of the season at the plate for Fort Stockton, hitting two home runs and tallying six RBIs to lead her team to a 15-3 run-rule victory in five innings.
The Panthers and Prowlers competed at their respective area track meet at Andrews High School on April 21.
Peaking at the right time came to fruition for the Prowlers track and field team last week at the District 2-4A meet in Andrews.
The Fort Stockton girls had nine athletes qualify for the area meet via top-four finishes. Two individuals and a relay team had personal-best times or marks in hand by the end of the event.
Sophomore Ali Jackson earned three gold medals and clocked two personal records to cap the best day of her young track career.
