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Whether it’s something as simple as taking Fort Davis elementary school students to an ice cream outing, or raising scholarship funds for high school graduates, the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, El Paso Chapter, will gladly pick up the tab, all for a noble cause. Jeff Davis County Deputy and Fort Davis resident Victor Lopez is president of the All-American made motorcycle club, with members who are law enforcement officers and first responders, along with a few civilians. Jeff Davis County Sheriff Bill Kitts is the club’s vice president.

There are times in life when we experience a “lostness” when we cannot see what lies ahead. We cannot see our way forward or how to reach our destination in such areas as careers, education, finances, relationships, etc. Not knowing where to take the next step can be quite fearful and immobilizing. Many of us have been there in various times of our lives, and will most likely experience them again.

Both Head Coach Monica Salmon and Head Coach Adam Llanez got their teams back on the winning track on March 22 against the Anthony Wildcats. Both teams traveled to Anthony for the wins. The Fightin’ Buck baseball team got a shutout, 11-0.

The outdoor track and field season started off well for Alaska Anchorage senior and Alpine High School graduate Elena Cano, who used an NCAA Championships provisional qualifying performance in the hurdles to earn Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week honors. She won the 400-meter hurdles at the Hornet Invitational in Sacramento, Calif., last week, and placed second in the 100-meter hurdles and fifth in the long jump, and ran on the Seawolves’ second-place 4x400-meter relay team.

Alpine High School sophomore Madalyn Warren qualified for State in powerlifting via the total weight that she lifted at the Regional Meet in Shamrock. She placed third at the competition. At Regional she squatted 305, bench pressed 165, and deadlift 330 for a total of 800 lbs. That automatically qualified her for state in Corpus Christi. She was in the 148 lb. weight class.

Alpine High School varsity golfer Kaitlynn Wiggins (center) waits her turn on the ninth green at Alpine Country Club during the Alpine Golf Tournament. Avalanche photo by J.T.

Lobo baseball erased four deficits, but fell 8-6 in 11 innings to visiting Belhaven on March 19 in Alpine. Tye Lindsey got it going for the Lobos with a sacrifice bunt to score Jared Lorenz for a 1-0 lead after one.

Baseball •Mar. 25 Kermit @ Alpine 7 p.m.