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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.

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

A decisive win over the Trinidad Triggers on June 29 inched the Cowboys closer to the top of the Mountain South standings. Right now they’re trailing both the Tucson Saguaros and the Sante Fe Fuego by half a dozen games.

Hunters looking for a new opportunity or a change of scenery this fall should check out the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department drawn hunt permits program. Applications are being accepted now for a shot at almost 10,000 permits in 61 hunt categories.

Cowboy of the week is right handed pitcher Austin Requena. He’s from Lufkin in East Texas, and said fans would be surprised to hear that he’s the Cowboy’s shortest pitcher at 5’6”.

Last week and into a busy weekend, the Alpine Cowboys faced the Santa Fe Fuego in a six game series. The long series ended with a doubleheader at Kokernot Field on June 26.

Alpine’s 7on7 team again qualified for the Texas State 7on7 tournament for the eighth time in 16 years.

Third baseman James Prockish believes the season is going well so far. While the team was off to a slow start, Prockish said that’s normal when the players don’t yet know each other.