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Fort Stockton junior Aryan Hernandez set the bar high for his teammates and himself to begin the season, scoring a team-best 18 points in a 59-51 season-opening victory at Presidio on Tuesday.

“We found a way to come back a winner. There were tons of mistakes, which are all correctable. Our boys applied pressure all night, which led to some quick transition scores and momentum to propel us to a victory,” Panthers head coach Zack Roberson said.

Only six players dressed out for the Lady Longhorns on Monday after when they took to the court against Alpine. 

The limited number of available athletes was no problem for Buena Vista, not when three of the group playing were named Sanchez. 

The Sanchez sisters combined for five 3-pointers and 34 of Buena Vista’s 56 points as the Lady Longhorns had their way with an injury-ridden Alpine Lady Bucks, 56-20. 

Fort Stockton’s bid to become the first team in school history to win 11 games came up short on Thursday at San Angelo Stadium in the area round of the 4A-2 playoffs against ninth-ranked Glen Rose.

The Panthers lost a pair of their star players in the first three possessions of the game and the Tigers showed why they were six-time defending district champions behind quarterback Hudson White in a 63-12 victory.

The Panthers won their third consecutive bi-district title in a 20-14 victory against Perryton on Nov. 11 at Post High School. Pictured is the action from last Friday's contest.

Freshman and junior varsity girl basketball teams from across the area descended on Fort Stockton High School last weekend for the Prowlers’ sub-varsity basketball tournament. Fort Stockton brought two teams to the tournament, and both got quality wins.

In addition to the two Prowler teams, Sanderson, Midland Christian, Reagan County, McCamey, Permian, Midland Classical Academy, Greenwood and Presidio competed. 

The Fort Stockton Prowlers seventh and eighth B-team basketball squads traveled to Greenwood Nov. 14, falling in their season openers. The seventh graders fell 27-11.

“They hustled up and down the court and had some great teamwork,” coach Patricia Pena said. “We did have some great work from our girls on defense and offense.”