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Fort Stockton head football coach Mike Peters admitted after Friday’s game that his team had played better ball previously in the season.

Fort Stockton cross country trio Leslie Esquivel, Ali Jackson, and Fabian Perez did it again. The group will be returning to regionals for the second consecutive season after qualifying at the District 2-4A meet in Andrews on Oct. 11.

In just over a month, Fort Stockton born boxer Abel Mendoza will once again put his undefeated professional record on the line.

Fort Stockton’s offense has done what they want to do, when they want to do it for a majority of their 2021 campaign thus far – averaging 483 yards of offense and 37 points per game through six outings. But the Panthers defense has been just as impressive as their counterpart the past few weeks.

The streak is over and a new chapter is on the horizon for the Fort Stockton volleyball program. The Prowlers put an end to their five-year losing skid against district opponents on Oct. 5 against Andrews at home in their fourth district match of the season. “It feels amazing.

The hay was put in the barn for the Fort Stockton cross country team on Friday, as the team ran in their final regular season meet at the Big Bend Mountain Ramble in Alpine. The Panthers and Prowlers combined to earn three medals at the high school level and two at the middle school level.