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The Fort Stockton cross country team received their toughest test this season on Sept. 25 at the Lubbock ISD Invitational.

Both divisions featured over 100 runners and the Panthers were able to come away with three top-30 finishes.

Ali Jackson led all Fort Stockton runners with an eighth-place finish in the girl’s two-mile race. Jackson crossed the finish line in 13 minutes 10.8 seconds. Returning state qualifier Leslie Esquivel took 29th place out of 117 runners.

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.

Undefeated rivals Fort Stockton and Monahans left it all on the field on Sept. 17 and the performances by both squads lived up to the billing of their highly anticipated matchup.

Monahans secured the 28-21 win in overtime with a 1-yard run on fourth and goal with running back Tre Gomez. Fort Stockton elected to play defense first in the extra period and got their opportunity to respond following the score.

The Prowlers defeated Fort Davis 3-1 at home on Sept. 14.