March 2022

Marathon ISD students recently participated in the Big Bend Regional History Fair held in Alpine, and will now be advancing to the state finals in Austin. Sponsors were teachers John Newton and Joy Golden.

Press those neat western jeans, pull on your cowboy boots, and shine up those belt buckles because it’s time to go two-stepping.

Head Coach CJ Aragon is excited about his rodeo team this season. And he should be after the men won this last weekend’s rodeo in Odessa and return last year’s CNFR bull riding champion, Tristan Hutchings.

On Feb. 26 in Fort Stockton, Alpine Fightin’ Buck pitcher Teagan Emerson throws to an El Paso Bel Air batter in a losing effort on the diamond.

On Feb. 25 the Alpine High School tennis team took home some medals in the Fort Stockton tennis tournament.

The Alpine Fightin’ Buck boys basketball team lost to a hot Bushland Falcons on Feb. 25, 73-37. Both Aiden Morrissey and Jayden Canaba finished their high school careers with 10 points each.

Registration is open until March 14 for Big Bend Amateur Softball Association, a non profit charitable organization that organizes youth softball programs for girls in Brewster County and the surrounding area.

The last day of February brings the beginning of the end of winter. Even though cold is still in the air, there is just a hint that spring is on the horizon, and it is bringing new hope, new energy, and new beginnings along with it.

Three-day weekends sound good to me. According to Business Insider, a movement is afoot for companies to offer employees four-day work weeks - 10 hours a day over four days, rather than eight hours over five days - so they may enjoy three-day weekends.

Something like 1,200 Russian tanks are in action or waiting to go into action in Ukraine. The supply chain that keeps weapons of war operating in the field is under control of logistics command, and ours is supposed to be superior to that of the Russian Federation.