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Sul Ross Athletics hired Oscar Ray Jimenez as its Athletics Business Coordinator, and he joined the staff on July 6. “I am very excited to begin this opportunity since I see this as a great fit for me,” said Jimenez.

Rain canceled the first game of a two-game road series against the Garden City Wind beginning July 14. In game two, the Cowboys offense rallied out of the gate, scoring nine runs in the first inning, and finishing with a mammoth 24-2 win.

Legends Slight Champions Jim Pogue and Tim Harper Contributed photo.

Alpine High School volleyball coach Rick Garcia said this season would pick up where it left off last year. “Losing in Bi-Districts was a heartbreaker, so we have some unfinished business this coming year,” he said.

From Andrew Fregia’s perspective, “Good things are going to happen.” He believes this young team is ultra competitive, and when any group has the same goals and the work ethic it takes, success is born.

Alpine Middle School students AJ Llanez and Alec Ramos traveled to the U.S. Specialty Sports Association baseball World Series in Dallas last week with their team, the West Texas Flying Squirrels.

A win on July 13 now puts the Alpine Cowboys fi ve games back in the division. While it seems like a small number, the Cowboys need to rally to repeat 2019. According to Coach Sean Persky, the season has definitely been up and down.

At the 75th FFA State Convention in Fort Worth on July 5-6, Alpine High School’s Gavin Wash and Iowa Park High School’s Levi DeLuna won the FFA State Championship team roping event. They each received a $1,000 scholarship, and qualified for the Junior Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association finals. Courtesy photo

Rookie outfielder Joel Barraza says the most difficult part of the season so far has been traveling and playing the same day. Said Barraza, “It’s a challenge to get used to all this.

Doyle Stout, Sr., played for Herbert Lee Kokernot, Jr., in the 1950s, and threw out the first pitch at the o6 Cowboys July 6 game against the Salina Stockade at Kokernot Field in Alpine. Here he visits with players before the game. Courtesy photo