Sports

On March 4 Kylie Garcia and Adayna Garcia won the Girls Doubles Consolation in the Fort Davis tennis tournament, and Derek Schwierjohn placed second in Boys Singles. Courtesy photo.

On Feb. 26, Marathon hosted a full day of Little Dribblers basketball games to a packed house at the Marathon High School gym. In the photo, Alpine’s Heat Wave, a fifth-sixth grade girls basketball team, dribbles to victory against Marfa’s Ice Angels.

Head Coach CJ Aragon is excited about his rodeo team this season. And he should be after the men won this last weekend’s rodeo in Odessa and return last year’s CNFR bull riding champion, Tristan Hutchings.

On Feb. 26 in Fort Stockton, Alpine Fightin’ Buck pitcher Teagan Emerson throws to an El Paso Bel Air batter in a losing effort on the diamond.

On Feb. 25 the Alpine High School tennis team took home some medals in the Fort Stockton tennis tournament.

The Alpine Fightin’ Buck boys basketball team lost to a hot Bushland Falcons on Feb. 25, 73-37. Both Aiden Morrissey and Jayden Canaba finished their high school careers with 10 points each.

Registration is open until March 14 for Big Bend Amateur Softball Association, a non profit charitable organization that organizes youth softball programs for girls in Brewster County and the surrounding area.

Alpine Runnin’ Bucks J.P. Valenzuela and Sammy Rios pass the baton in the 4x200 meter relay at the Comanche Relays in Fort Stockton on Feb.

The Alpine Fightin’ Buck boys basketball team whipped the Denver City Mustangs on Feb. 22, 46-31, in Monahans, avenging the Lady Bucks’ first round loss to the Denver City Fillies last Monday in the same town.

Alpine High School sophomore Britton Belcher recently competed in the SALE 9.5 San Antonio Stock show and Rodeo team ropings held at the AT&T center. Avalanche photo by J.T.