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Ali Jackson placed 14th and Jesus Hernandez placed 16th to lead the Fort Stockton cross country teams at the Lubbock ISD Invitational on Sept. 17 at Mae Simmons Park – the location of this year’s regional meet. The event, which had races separated by classification, served as a regional barometer for the Prowlers and Panthers as numerous top teams from Fort Stockton’s district and region competed in Saturday’s race. Randall, who moved down from 5A to 4A this year won the girl’s division while Canyon won the boy’s division as they swept the top 5 spots. The Fort Stockton girl’s placed 13th out of 20 teams with in the 4A race while the Panthers, who were without their top runner in Fabian Perez, finished in 12th place out of 18 teams with a score of 307 – one point ahead of Pecos. Jackson crossed the finish of the girl’s twomile race in 13 minutes 8 seconds, good enough for the third-fastest time out of the teams that reside in Fort Stockton’s district (4A District 3). A pair of freshmen residing in 4A District 3 programs – Monahans’ Elyse Santiago and Big Springs’ Bergan Pinkley – placed 10th and 13th respectively.

Crane gave Fort Stockton everything they could handle in the first 14 minutes of play on Sept. 16 during the Panthers’ homecoming game. Fort Stockton responded to the Golden Cranes’ hot start with their best offensive stretch of the season, scoring touchdowns on seven consecutive possessions in route to a 46-6 victory.

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Winning a game and committing eight turnovers in the process is a rare statistical pairing that would be nearly impossible for any team to accomplish on the gridiron. Fort Stockton didn’t just accomplish that feat; the Panthers’ victory was never in question after the first four minutes of Friday’s contest.

Fort Stockton was crowned team champions in three separate divisions and three individuals took home gold medals on Sept. 10 at the 19th Annual Wink Wildcat Cross Country Invitational.

The Prowler volleyball program hosted their last home non-district matchup of the preseason on Tuesday, Sept. 13 against 1A Fort Davis. The varsity had one of their most dominant performances of the season with a victory in straight sets (25-17, 25-10, 25-13). The Prowlers totaled 36 total kills and 12 aces during the match.

Fort Stockton JV 12 El Paso Horizon 8 Ejay Ortiz scored both of Fort Stockton’s touchdowns and Darien Renteria accumulated a team-high three sacks in the junior varsity Panthers win over El Paso Horizon on Sept. 8.

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