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Panthers blank Lions in district opener, remain undefeated

3 years ago By Nathan Heuer

Playing mistake free ball has been one of the primary focuses of Fort Stockton head coach Jeremy Hickman and his coaching staff since the start of the season.

The Panthers (6-0) won their first five games by an average of 23 points per game despite committing 17 turnovers.

Fort Stockton showed they had made tremendous strides in that department and gave their fans insight into their potential on Thursday in their district opener against Clint (2-4).

Fort Stockton's Isaiah Garcia soars over a Clint defender during the Panthers home game against the Lions on Oct. 6. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Photo Gallery: Panthers vs. Lions

3 years ago By Nathan Heuer Pioneer Editor

Fort Stockton began district play with their most complete performance of the season on Thursday against Clint. The 41-0 victory marked the fifth time in the past decade that the Panthers won a district game by at least 40 points.

Running game on tap in district opener

3 years ago By Nathan Heuer

Fort Stockton’s lone undefeated regular season in school history went down in the record books in 1978. This year’s Panthers squad enters district play on Thursday, Oct. 6 against Clint (2-3) with the ability to become the second team to accomplish the feat and garner a district title for only the second time in the past 12 seasons.

Senior running back and linebacker Jaydrien Ramirez will be a key piece of the Panthers success during district play. The two-way standout leads the team in rushing touchdowns (4 TDs) and has the fourthhighest tackle total on the team with 27. Pictured is Ramirez breaking through a tackle during the Panthers win at El Paso Horizon on Sept. 9. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Fort Stockton Prowler volleyball falls at Seminole

3 years ago By News Staff

Nearly finished with a 5-game district road trip, the Fort Stockton Prowlers volleyball squad visited Seminole on Oct. 1 with the varsity falling in four sets to the Maidens. Amaya Urias led the Prowlers with eight kills in the four-set (25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 25-21) defeat. Aryanna Gonzalez held down the defense, recording 25 digs, three assists and two aces. Eliana Mata followed up with 24 digs, 20 assists, four kills and two aces. Alyssa Rangel added 12 assists and nine digs. Mia Garcia added seven kills and Sophia Hernandez recorded six.

Fort Stockton setter Alyssa Rangel led the Prowlers in assists in their match at Monahans on Oct. 4. Rangel has averaged just under 11 assists per game in the last three contests. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Swimmers compete at UTPB

3 years ago By News Staff

The Fort Stockton High School swim team competed at the University of Texas Permian Basin swim meet Sunday in Odessa, and several swimmers turned in good times. Junior Luke Pules competed in both the boys 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, placing 12th in the 50 free and 18th in the 100 free Freshman Liam Pules recorded his best time in the 50 free to place 11th, and improved his time by 7 seconds in the 100 freestyle to place 15th. Pules recorded wins in both his heats at the meet.

Panther tennis dominates Saturday home match

3 years ago By News Staff

With the final district match looming on Oct. 5, the Fort Stockton High School tennis team dominated a Saturday home Match against Compass taking down the Cougars, 15-4.

“The team came out ready to play and wanting to win,” said head coach Victor Garcia.

After being swept by Pecos, the girls team was ready for a little redemption. The ladies swept the doubles side and split the singles to go 6-3 on the day.

The Panther boys followed up a perfect day against Pecois with a 9-0 day against

Fort Stockton cross country competes in Big Spring

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The Fort Stockton High School cross country team competed Saturday at the Big Spring Invitational, with several runners recording strong performances.

In Division 1 high school boys, Juan Vela finished second with a time of 18 minutes 2 seconds, while Jesus Hernandez ran18:44 for seventh place.. Aryan Hernandez was 17th in 19:56 and Diego Ronquillo was 19th in 20:07 as the team placed second to Andrews.

In the high school boys Division 2, Jose Aguilar, Khalil Jackson, Jose Sarabia and Ezekiel Soto ran well for the Panthers.

Volleyball Week 1: 4A District 3 Outlook

3 years ago By News Staff

4A District 3 Standings

Seminole 2-0

Pecos 1-1

Fort Stockton 1-1

Greenwood 1-1

Monahans 1-1

Andrews 0-2

Week 1: 4A District 3 Scoreboard

Sept: 24: Fort Stockton 3 Greenwood 0

(25-19, 25-21, 25-23)

Football Week 5: Class 4A-2 District 1 Outlook

3 years ago By News Staff

Week 5: 4A-2 District 1 Scoreboard

Fort Stockton 34 Ysleta 14

Mountain View 50 El Paso Irvin 14

Clint 56 El Paso Irvin 14

Monahans 40 Denver City 27

Seminole 69 Pecos 20

Lamesa 16 Fabens 6

4A-2 District 1 Standings

Fort Stockton 5-0

Mendoza improves record to 35-0 via split decision

3 years ago By Nathan Heuer

In one of his most challenging bouts of his career, West Texas native Abel Mendoza showed that adversity is no obstacle in the ring. The undefeated super featherweight went the distance for the eighth time in his career during the main event of the Midtown Beatdown on Sept.