Sports

Record: 11-10

Nov. 29 at Presidio, 59-50 win

Dec. 1 Lubbock, 56-38 loss

Dec. 1 Slaton, 60-53 win

Dec. 2 Lamesa, 52-40 loss

Dec. 2 New Deal, 66-51 loss

Dec. 3 Reagan County, 67-49 loss

Dec. 6 vs. Presidio, 70-52 win

Dec. 8 Merkel, 58-51 loss

Overall Record: 11-16 District Record: 1-1

Nov. 5 at Kermit, 60-45 win

Nov. 8 vs Denver City, 52-46 loss

Nov. 15 vs Ozona, 57-26 loss

Nov. 18 at Sweetwater, 40-27 loss

Nov. 21 at Presidio, 41-40 loss

Nov. 22 San Angelo Texas Leadership Academy, 46-21 win

Nov. 29 at Buena Vista 45-29 loss

With critical playoff positioning on the line on Tuesday, Fort Stockton put forth their best offensive quarter of the season to secure a victory in their first district home game of the season against Pecos (1-13).

The Prowlers netted 27 points in the final quarter of play – their highest total of the season in any eight-minute span – en route to a 45-21 win.

Fort Stockton head coach Lea Daggett emphasized the importance of the victory considering the tier of teams in the Prowlers’ district.

Instilling confidence in his shooters has been front and center of head coach Zack Roberson’s blueprint for the Panthers success this season.

That confidence has helped translate to the emergence of a new top scorer days before the district schedule begins.

Senior Ethan Acosta scored a career-high 21 points in the Panthers 51-38 win at Van Horn on Jan. 6 to close out regular season non-district play.

Holiday tournaments are a good time for high school basketball coaches to give younger players some reps and gauge how their team plays against competition they wouldn’t ordinarily see. Fort Stockton girls coach Lea Daggett has been using the non-district portion of the Prowlers’ season to give incoming freshmen quality playing time and figure out his starting rotation heading into the district portion of their schedule.