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The Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held their regular meeting on Wednesday, October 11 at the Alpine ISD Administration Building. Trustee Haley Babb, Single Member District 5, and Trustee Joe Portillo, Single Member District 2 were absent.

The Brewster County Commissioners Court held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 24. During the announcement portion of the meeting, Pct. 4 Commissioner and representative for the county appraisal district, Mo Morrow, shared that a new chief appraiser has been hired for the county. The appraiser, Raymond Herrera, now lives in Fort Davis and will be beginning his duties as soon as November 6.

Ten sixth graders who had little to no experience in the game of volleyball came together this year and completely swept away expectations. These local students from Alpine ISD lost the first game that they played at the beginning of the season, but according to the parent of one of the young players, Maribel Ramirez, “They lost that first game, and it was like they had a fire lit under them.” They seemed to simply refuse to lose another game.

On October 20, the Alpine Fightin’ Bucks will face the Compass Academy team from Odessa again for Alpine’s Homecoming district game. The last time that Alpine played the Odessa team was for their first district game of the season on September 22.

Although only a junior, the Alpine Fightin’ Buck’s wide receiver Logan Smith has shined on the field this season. The Avalanche caught up with Smith to get an idea of how he prepares and what it takes to have an outstanding football season.

The Alpine Runnin’ Bucks competed in both the boys and girls cross country races in Odessa on October 5, with the varsity girls bringing home a second-place overall finish and the varsity boys bringing in a fifth-place overall finish. The girls’ biggest hurdle in the district is Odessa Compass. Likewise, the boys’ team faces that same hurdle but with the addition of Presidio and Crane.

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