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February 21: St. Edward’s vs SRSU | 3 p.m.

The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks and Lady Bucks golf teams traveled to Fort Stockton last week to take on their area rivals, with the JV team playing on Wednesday and the varsity boys and girls competing on Friday and Saturday.

The Alpine Powerlifting team traveled to Kermit last week and had another impressive showing, with multiple competitors bringing home hardware. With a short season, powerlifters work hard to max out in the weight room to continue their strengthening and consistency.

The Alpine varsity and junior varsity track teams traveled down Highway 90 to participate in the Queen City Relays in Del Rio last Friday. Both teams demonstrated depth, securing placements in the top eight across all divisions, with several athletes earning multiple event placements.

Dear Neil, I have a bed of cast-iron plants beneath a large live oak. We just bought our house two years ago. The bed looked fine last year, but now, after the cold, it looks very bad. Will the plants come back? Is the browning strictly because of the cold?

Alpine Avalanche.

INGREDIENTS Cooking spray or oil for the slow cooker 2 red bell peppers, seeded and sliced into strips ½ a small onion, sliced into strips 4 (8-ounce) boneless pork loin chops ½ cup of teriyaki sauce 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes ¼ cup of peanut butter, creamy is recommended ½ cup of chopped green onions ¼ cup of chopped, roasted peanuts 2 limes, cut into wedges DIRECTIONS Coat a slow cooker with cooking spray or oil. Place the bell pepper, onion strips, and pork chops in the slow cooker.

There’s almost nothing better than a good Thai peanut sauce. And dropping some juicy pork chops in it makes it just that much better.