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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.

Chloe Cordova is ready for the next step. Both in life and for her actionpacked senior year, basketball is next up. She’s a competitor and a helper. It’s highly unusual and hard for a high school athlete to be a three-sport star - track, volleyball and basketball - and trainer for both the football and baseball teams. Cordova loves what she does so much, she doesn’t even know she is so busy.

Football Nov. 12 Alpine vs.

At the recent 2021 American Southwest Conference volleyball awards, Annika Canaba was named Most Valuable Player, two others were honored, and Sul Ross was recognized as Coaching Staff of the Year. Canaba was also named to the All-Conference First Team.

What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? I am definitely looking forward toward my last year playing high school basketball. What activities are you involved in during your senior year? I am currently involved in varsity basketball, football, track, golf, and National Honor Society.

Football erased a 21-7 halftime deficit, tying the game midway through the third quarter, but fell 31-28 in a back and forth offensive affair to the visiting East Texas Baptist Tigers. The Lobos’ first drive of the game ended with a lost fumble before the defense stood tall, and forced a Tiger punt to give the offense the ball on the Lobo 44-yard line.

Quail season began statewide Oct. 30, but outside of South Texas, bobwhite and scaled quail populations continue their long, slow recovery following several years of drought. As such, hunting opportunities and success will vary across the state.

The homecoming night the win for the Fightin’ Buck football team was never in doubt. A better question was who would be Homecoming King, quarterback Jayden Canaba or do-it-all Aiden Morrissey? Canaba was the choice by the way, and Alpine cruised 73-0 over the Odessa Compass Cougars behind four interception returns for touchdowns.