March 2024

Bucks have tough outing on the road

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The Alpine Bucks baseball team hit the road to Seminole last weekend for tournament play. They would face the Lovington Wildcats and the Denver City Mustangs on Friday and would follow up with games against Amarillo High and Brownfield on Saturday.
The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks baseball team is pictured leaving the field in Seminole at this past weekend’s tournament held at Robert Ryan field. The Bucks went 1-3 in the non-district tournament. Courtesy photo

Lady Bucks softball making strides

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Starting March 29, the Lady Bucks softball program competed in the Fox Classic Tournament in El Paso. “The Fox Classic was another great tournament with high-level competition.
Sierra Ruckman, Kody Hawkins, and Emy Hernandez hold up their homerun balls from this past weekend’s Fox tournament held in El Paso. Both Ruckman and Hernandez had their first home runs of the season, while Hawkins had three in this weekend’s tournament. Courtesy photo

Varsity girls take gold at home

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The Alpine Fightin’ Buck Relays took place this past Saturday at Buck Stadium, with both the JV and Varsity teams all placing in the top five spots overall. The Alpine varsity girls’ track and field team took top honors at home this past weekend, collecting an overall total of 160 points, 43 points ahead of second place Marfa. The varsity boys’ team placed third overall behind Pecos and Presidio, while the JV boys’ team took second place behind Presidio with a total score of 145 points to Presidio’s 197, and the JV girls placed fifth behind Pecos, Presidio, Marathon, and Sanderson.
Martin Sablatura clears a hurdle in this past Saturday’s Fightin’ Buck Relays at Buck Stadium. Sablatura placed second in the 110M hurdles and first in the 300M hurdles. Photo by J.T. Maroney

Sports Schedule

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FIGHTIN’BUCK TRACK & FIELD Mar. 8 Sandhills Relays @Monahans TBA West Texas Relays @Odessa Mar.

I still don’t like needles

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“But the mere sight of a needle makes me pass out, I can’t even knit!” — Mrs. Betty Slocombe’s character in the 1977 film “Have You Been Served.” “On a scale of one to ten …,” the nurse began.
I still don’t like needles

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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World conditions Before January 2021, life was better due to fewer wars, less crime, higher life expectancy, lower child deaths, fewer climate-related deaths, less poverty, a trust in medicine, and a trust in government, by most anyway. The U.S.

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Patricia Anne Renfroe Miller

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A memorial service for Patricia (Pat) Anne Renfroe Miller will be held on Saturday, March 16 at 1:30 p.m. at the Fort Davis High School auditorium (instead of the First Presbyterian Church). It will be followed by a graveside committal service at Hillcrest Cemetery in Fort Davis. All are welcome to celebrate Mom’s life with us. Michele, Keesey, and Drew.

Celestina Acosta Gomez

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Celestina Acosta Gomez, peacefully passed away at the remarkable age of almost 110, on February 22 at 7:30 a.m. in her hometown Alpine.
Celestina Acosta Gomez