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.
Dominguez led the Prowlers in kills and Mata led Fort Stockton is assists this past season.
The duo played a large role in Fort Stockton’s turnaround under first-year head coach Gabrielle Harral.
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. 16.
“It’s been a long 20 something years,” Chew said with a smile and laugh. “It’s been a ride and I appreciate all the girls that have been a part of it along the way.”
JV finishes third at home tourney
The Fort Stockton sub varsity tournament concluded on Saturday, Nov. 13. First place went to Greenwood, second place was earned by Midland Christian and third place stayed in Fort Stockton with the Prowlers JV.
Fort Stockton downed McCamey in the tournament’s third-place game. Melena Ramirez led all scorers with nine points in the Prowlers 39-15 victory. Estrella Aguilar and Dmya Vaughn added six points apiece.
Seminole 57 Panthers 8th Grade Blue 18
The Fort Stockton eighth grade blue team began the season with a 57-18 loss to Seminole on Nov. 15.
“The panthers struggled early and couldn’t get anything going, which led to a loss,” coach Ruben Magallan said.
Kasch Norman and Nick Almendariz led the team with eight points each.
The Panthers will play Greenwood in two weeks.
Senior Quaylon Rios proved himself against elite competition on Nov. 13 at the 15-team Hobbs Invitational.
Rios captured a gold medal in the 100 butterfly by two seconds and nearly a school record. His time of 57.42 seconds was approximately one second away from the record.
Rios added a fifth-place finish in the 50 free.
The team finished with 15 points.
History was made in a near flawless performance by Fort Stockton in their bi-district playoff contest against Mountain View on Nov. 12 at Van Horn Eagle Stadium.
The Panthers scored a touchdown on their first four possessions of the game and six out of their seven first-half possessions in route to a 47-8 victory. Fort Stockton took a 40-0 lead into halftime and after one possession in the second half, most of the starting units did not play the rest of the game.
