Sports

All-district football selections were announced on Nov. 23 after the teams in 4A Region I District 2 concluded their seasons in the playoffs.

Fort Stockton born boxer Abel Mendoza improved his undefeated record to 31-0 on Nov. 20 at The Last Stand boxing event at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero, New Mexico. Mendoza won the super featherweight bout by way of TKO in round four against former WBC FECOMBOX champion Victor Zaleta. Mendoza now has 23 stoppages by either TKO or KO in his 31 professional fights. Mendoza said he plans to fight again by March at the latest. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Fort Stockton head boys basketball coach Zack Roberson made his coaching debut for the Panthers on Nov. 30 in his team’s season-opener against Lamesa.

Significant progress was made from last year’s playoff appearance, but the result proved to be the same. The Fort Stockton football team played in the area round of the playoffs for the second consecutive season on Friday in Lubbock against Dumas – the 4A-1 District 3 champions.

Seniors Quaylon Rio’s and Leslie Esquivel led the way for the Panthers and Prowlers swim team on Nov. 20 at the Pecos Invitational.

Showing resiliency down the stretch has been a staple of Prowlers success this season and it played an important role in Monday’s homestand with Presidio. Fort Stockton held off a late Blue Devil rally on Nov.

Prowlers JV 41 Presidio 26 Fort Stockton’s junior varsity squad kept their win streak alive with a 41-26 victory over Presidio on Nov. 22.

The Prowlers put on an appropriate performance on a special night for Fort Stockton head girls basketball coach Sherman Chew. The second-year head coach of the program claimed his 500th win as a coach with Fort Stockton’s 55-31 win over Lamesa on Nov.

For the second year in a row, senior Alyana Dominguez was selected to the District 2-4A first team volleyball squad and the multi-sport standout was joined by Eliana Mata, who was also named to the district’s first team.

All-District selections for the Fort Stockton tennis team were announced on Nov. 11 and five athletes on the squad were recognized.