Fort Stockton freshman sensation Gerry Diaz and sophomore Rylan Nunez have put 4A District 3 opponents on notice.
The underclassmen duo had their best performances of their young careers on Friday in a rematch against Monahans.
Nunez tallied a season-best 13 strikeouts on the mound in his second start of the season and Diaz sealed Fort Stockton’s 5-4 victory via a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning.
For the first time since 2019, the Fort Stockton tennis team came away from the district meet with a pair of district champions.
Senior Jeremiah Ramirez and sophomore CT Dominguez won a doubles title at the Panthers 4A district meet in Midland on March 31 following a dominant performance in the championship match against Seminole.
Ramirez and Dominguez defeated the No. 1 seeded Indians duo in straight sets (6-2, 6-0).
Alfredo Molina put forth his best pitching performance of the season on March 28 at Monahans, tying a season-high strikeout mark (7), and the Panthers strung together a pair of three-run innings to earn their first district victory.
Molina tossed a complete game and allowed eight hits, one walk, and one earned run to go along with his seven strikeouts in the 8-2 win for the Panthers.
The senior threw a season-high 103 pitches – 20 higher than his previous season-best mark.
Fort Stockton’s high school track team has been a dominant force this season following their first area championship campaign in school history in 2022.
Following last week’s Fort Stockton Middle School Comanche Relays, it’s fair to say the high school program has plenty of potential to sustain its success in the years ahead.
Eighth graders Angel Lujan and Kade Castillo won nine of the 10 events they competed in to lead the Panthers to a team title at the Comanche Relays.
Fort Stockton’s bats were back up to par in their rematch with Seminole on March 24 at home.
But four Panther errors, a pair of home steals, and a missed opportunity at the plate in the final inning allowed the Indians to capture a 7-6 win over Fort Stockton to complete the regular season sweep.
Fort Stockton turned a 4-1 deficit into a 6-4 lead during a five-run fourth inning before Seminole’s late rally.
Jeremiah Ramirez and CT Dominguez joined forces for the first time this season on the tennis court during Fort Stockton’s regular season finale on March 24 in Odessa at the Friday Night Lights Invitational.
Their result suggested anything but a newly formed pairing.
The duo earned bronze medals in the boy’s doubles division at an event that featured three of the four 6A teams from the Odessa/Midland area.
