Sports

Friday night was more of a MASH unit than a football game at Buck Stadium. Both quarterback/safety Jayden Canaba and running back Diego Monclova missed most of the second half of play. The two star players’ absence allowed Wink quarterback Kanon Gibson to carve up the Alpine defense both running and throwing the ball. Gibson and the Wildcat offense churned out 420 total yards to the Bucks 317. With the 40- 24 loss, Alpine falls to 0-3 on the season.

The Alpine Lady Bucks will move into district play on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the Gallego center on the campus of Sul Ross State University as the Lady Blue Devils from Presidio come to town. Presidio will be a big challenger in district as they have been a formidable opponent for many years. Alpine has been battling larger schools with bigger programs all season to get them the challenges they will need against tough district opponents.

The Alpine High School cross country runners are halfway through their regular season schedule, with four races left before district. As long as we have enough recovery time, I am a big believer in a lot of racing. The kids are able to challenge themselves every week to handle the mental and physical demands that come with cross country racing. They continue to impress us each week with their commitment to improve and compete at a higher level.

The Fightin’ Buck cheerleaders lead a pep rally at the Alpine High School gym on Sept. 10 to energize the football team who played Wink at Buck Stadium that night. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

Senior setter/middle hitter Annika Canaba was named American Southwest Conference Offensive Player of the Week after helping volleyball to a 2-1 conference record this past week. “Annika is off to a great start,” said Head Coach Troy Canaba.

The Fighting Alpine Buck faithful turned out in Fort Stockton in carloads last Friday night at a windy Panther Stadium. Too bad for the Buck fans that Alpine had no answer for a strong Fort Stockton run game, and quarterback Dom Aguilar’s five-touchdown night, falling 46-10. Once again Alpine was playing up a classification in rival Fort Stockton, hailing from 2-4A Division DI.

What started out as a train wreck in Wink last week ended on a high note. The Alpine Lady Buck varsity volleyball team traveled last Tuesday to face in a nondistrict dual against the Wink Wildcats and the Klondike Cougars.

Football Sept. 9 @ Wink JV 6:30 p.m.

The Alpine Lady Bucks took to the court on Sept. 7 to face off against Compass Academy from Odessa here in Alpine.

Alpine fell at home Friday night to the El Paso Jefferson Silver Foxes, 44-27, behind quarterback Nathan Alcala’s big fivetouchdown night for the first Buck loss of the season. Head Coach John Fellows uttered the statement himself, saying, “I think it’s a tale of two halves, and our inexperience showed up a little bit.