Sports

The Alpine Lady Buck season came to an end on Nov. 1 in Andrews after a hard fought loss. Andrews was a neutral zone for the Lady’s to take on an old rival from yesteryear, the Littlefield Wildcats, in Bi-District play.

Tristen Hutchings won the men’s All-Around title at the Texas Tech College Rodeo last week. He also won the bull riding event, and placed third in steer wrestling. Hutchings is shown on the right in the photo.

The Alpine FightinÊ Buck cheerleading squad for 2021-2022 stops to smile for the camera. In the photo, Alyssa Duenez, Kimberly Lara, Ryka Morales, Lourdes Acosta, Danica Mulholland, Illeana Hamilton, and Johanna Barber.

In Alpine’s biggest rivalry game of the season, the Bucks came up short by just a touchdown, falling 28- 21 to the Crane Golden Cranes at home after a furious fourth quarter. Coach John Fellows must wonder what if? What if he had saved some timeouts on his last offensive drive and used them to stop Crane as they milked the clock and were seen celebrating on their sideline and the visitor grandstand.

Alpine beat the Tornillo Coyotes 3-1 on Oct. 26 to go to 10-14 on the season. With just two games left until the playoffs, teams all over the state are jockeying position for seeding and the final rankings in District. The Presidio Blue

Jayden Canaba is your typical stud athlete in high school. He’s always willing to do whatever he can to help whichever sport he’s playing win. Be that football, basketball, baseball, track, or golf, he’s ready to win. And whenever he is not playing you can usually see him cheering on the girls’ volleyball team at the Gallego Center or the Alpine middle school footballers. He loves sports, so it’s natural Canaba will compete at the next level.

On Oct. 25 Hope Dominguez, Hatfield Cason, Marco Martinez, Martin Sablatura, Javier Prieto, Fernis Daley, and Aaron Miller participated in the Regional cross country track meet in Lubbock. The boys team became the first Alpine varsity boys team in over a decade to qualify for the Regionals championship. In the photo, Assistant Coach George Hazelhorst, Dominguez, Tannin Ritchie, Head Coach Cory Cason, Hatfield Cason, Daley, Martinez, Prieto, Sablatura, and Miller. Courtesy photo

At the District 4-3A Cross Country Championship on Oct. 14, Marco Martinez, Hatfield Cason, Aaron Miller, Martin Sablatura, Javy Prieto, and Ferris Daley became the first Alpine varsity boys team in over a decade to qualify for the Region 1 Cross Country Championships, and the road was definitely not easy.

“This is the level of play this team is capable of. We as a team discuss how, if we work together, we will see results like we saw tonight. This is an amazing team with a high level of talent. Combining all the strong pieces we have, to create a winning powerhouse team is who we are, and it showed tonight,” Alpine Head Coach Rick Garcia told the Avalanche after Tuesday night’s game in Kermit.

Two weeks after its most debilitating loss of the season to El Paso Riverside, Alpine was on the other end of a blowout against another El Pasoarea team, the Tornillo Coyotes, cruising 47-0. It was all Alpine Bucks this past Friday night, and this one counts.