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The Alpine Lady Bucks move to 3-2 on the season after an easy win against Van Horn Lady Eagles 61-20 on Nov. 30. On a night when everything went right for the Lady Bucks, Coach Rick Garcia could relish another breather before district play revs up.

In a team meeting on Nov. 29, Sul Ross State University head football Coach John Pearce announced his resignation after eight seasons.

Hatfield Cason is just a freshman, but his performance in cross country has been more like an upperclassman in high school thus far. He has had six top five finishes to close out a stellar freshman campaign. He finished third in District this year for his highest race of the cross-country season. He also finished third in the Bo Coffman Invitational down in Presidio.

Last Friday night in Kermit the Alpine Bucks faced a football rushing machine and the number seven team in the state in the 11-0 Lubbock Roosevelt Eagles. These Eagles, along with the El Paso Riverside Rangers, were the top two teams on the Bucks schedule this season.

Coach Rick Garcia is excited about his returning District Champions. Not even an opening 57- 31 loss to Monahans on Nov.

As the seconds ticked off the clock at James H. Bird Memorial Stadium in Big Lake, Tray Ervin and Jordan Rodriguez were amidst a water bottle shower celebrating a tad early as Alpine defeated the San Angelo Grape Creek Eagles, 27-14. The referees let the Bucks jump around with bursts of water cascading 15-20 feet high as the players celebrated another first round playoff win and were crowned Bi-District champions once again.

Shaun Foster is like one of those Wild West characters out of a book, 6’3” inches tall, and practically skinny. He’s got a million-dollar smile and a giant head of hair. And he’s got those cowboy good looks, a tall, lanky laidback cowboy, but his play on the grid-iron is altogether different. He is constantly proving a menace to opposing teams’ quarterbacks and other clubs’ offenses in general.

Football • Nov. 19 Area playoff vs.

Alpine Fightin’ Buck Jayden Canaba dives for the yardage against Grape Creek on Nov. 12 in a game that gave Alpine the Bi- District win. The Bucks will play Lubbock Roosevelt at Walton Field in Kermit on Friday, Nov. 19, for the Area Championship. Photo by Felipe Fierro

With second place in District 1-3A Division II on the line and the ever more important playoff seeding, Alpine smashed Anthony 48-13. They will face the 5-5 Grape Creek Eagles in Big Lake for the first round of the Division II playoffs. The Texas high school playoffs are a special time, and Alpine is headed back.