Sports

On Dec. 17 in Pecos, the Alpine boys basketball team ran away from the Pecos Eagles, 63-42, behind super senior Aiden Morrissey’s 34 points. It was the most points scored by the heady senior point guard his whole career as a Buck. Morrissey had five three-pointers to aid his drives for buckets. The win moves the Bucks to 8-3 with district play just around the corner.

The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks shone at the Stanton Tournament Dec. 9-11, winning all but one game.

The Alpine Lady Bucks notched a crucial win on Dec. 14 at the Crane Lady Cranes house, 41- 36. They also had a big win this past Saturday in the Andrews Tournament against a tough Wink Lady Wildcat squad who went deep into the playoffs last year. Alpine won 44-37. The Lady Bucks lost to the Denver City Mustangs on Thursday night, 52-33, while suffering their worst loss of the season to the Shallowater Mustangs the next day, last Friday.

Alpine Fightin’ Buck Jake Crump makes easy work of the Greenwood defense on Dec. 14 in Alpine.

Tray Ervin goes up for a jump shot on Dec. 14 for the Fightin’ Bucks in Alpine against Greenwood.

Alpine High School’s Madalyn Warren was one of more than 600 high school cheerleaders and dancers from across the country who represented Varsity Spirit in the Varsity Spirit Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii, from Dec. 4-8. The individuals invited were part of a select group chosen as All-Americans during Varsity Spirit summer camps nationwide. Courtesy photo

Sul Ross men’s hoops led most of each half, but a late surge from Howard Payne handed the Lobos a 67-59 road loss on Thursday night in Brownwood. The Lobos got out to an early 10-6 lead that was capped by a pair of triples from Julian Paredes.

Sul Ross State University volleyball and six other American Southwest Conference member institutions were recognized by the conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as recipients of SAAC Team Sportsmanship awards for the fall 2021 sport seasons.

Point guards are always supposed to be great leaders, the leader of the team. As they go, the team goes.

It’s a good bet if you drove around Marathon in the early morning this past fall when it was still dark outside, you could see Jackson Barlow and Isaiah Briones running around town with headlamps on. No, they were not getting ready for a geological field trip to the national or state park. They were pushing each other because they are teammates on Coach Jacob Garcia’s cross-country team. And the duo pushed each other all the way to state this year. And they are the team. There are no other Marathon Mustang runners besides Briones and Barlow for Garcia, so he has a pretty good record for getting kids to state this season - 100%.