November 2022

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E. Pitt Smith died Oct.

If you are a Lady Buck Volleyball fan, then this is the week you have been waiting a long time for. District play ended with a 2-way tie for first place between the Alpine Lady Bucks and the Crane Lady Birds. Because of a new district rule, both teams were declared co-district champions. A tie-breaker match was set between these two teams in neutral Fort Stockton on Saturday afternoon. At stake was the coveted first seeding in the bi-district playoff game, not to mention an unofficial District Championship.

The JV. Bucks traveled to Reagan County last Thursday to play a 7-1 Reagan County team. The Bucks and Owls started things off quickly, as the Owls scored within minutes. Soon after, freshman Maverick Milligan was able to run in for a touchdown, however the extra two-point conversion was no good, leaving the Owls ahead 8-6. The Owls scored again against the Fightin’ Bucks; the score was now 14-6. The Bucks battled as freshman, Dae Hardwick threw a beautiful pass to freshman Alec Ramos in the end zone, but the two-point conversion was no good, thus leaving the Bucks behind 14-12. The Owls were able to capitalize on a safety against the Bucks, making the score 16-12, and before the first quarter was over, they were able to score one more, leaving the Bucks trailing by a score of 24-12. Within the first few minutes of the second quarter, freshman A.J. Llanez scored for the Bucks, but the two-point conversion again was no good for the Bucks and the Owls were able to put one more on the board be- fore the halftime, leaving the Bucks behind by two touchdowns. As the second half began, the Bucks were faced with some injured players on the sideline and a deficit score of 30 -18 in favor of the Owls. The Bucks continued to battle, as Llanez scored for the Bucks bringing the score to within a touchdown of a tie game. The Owls were able to score again however, bringing the score to 36-24. The Fightin’ Bucks kept marching down the field as Llanez scored with another touchdown for the Bucks and Milligan with the extra two points, narrowing the points on the board to a score of 36-32. Both teams battled back and forth, however the Owls were able to put one more on the board with a final score of 42-32. Defensively, the Bucks were led by Junior, Sean Mendoza, Milligan, and Llanez. The J.V. Bucks will travel to Crane this Thursday for their final game at 6:00 p.m. The J.V. Bucks are now 5-3-1. Varsity will face Crane this Friday at Bucks stadium for senior night at Buck Stadium.

Bon Voyage Karen Our dear friend and neighbor Karen Williams is moving to Oregon. Karen has been a vital part of our community for 46 years.

The dumbest collective human experience we exercise twice a year is switching our clocks forward one hour, then back one hour just four months later. We are the only species that compensates for the tilt of the axis of the earth, other than the folks in Hawaii and Arizona.

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We are better together. At Alpine ISD, partnership is more than a buzzword.

As travel continues to make a comeback, National Geographic unveiled its annual list of the 25 inspiring destinations for the renewed travel prospects. This year’s “Best of the World” feature is themed around travel destinations that leverage the benefits of tourism to strengthen their local communities and environments. Big Bend National Park was selected in the nature category.

On the northeastern range of the Chihuahuan Desert along the U.S.Mexico border, the 800,000-acre Big Bend National Park boasts a diversity of ecosystems and hosts a variety of plant and animal species. The park was established in 1944 in part to preserve these species, and it is the largest protected area of the Chihuahuan Desert in the U.S.