Sports

There’s something unsettling about watching another team in purple and gold run wild on your own field, like looking in the mirror and realizing the reflection just scored again. That was the scene Friday night at Bucks Stadium, where the Alpine Bucks fell 56-7 to the visiting Crane Golden Cranes.

The Alpine High School Lady Bucks volleyball teams are on fire, and the varsity squad shows no signs of cooling down on the heels of five straight wins. After sweeping Tornillo on Tuesday, September 30, the purple- and-gold storm rolled into Presidio on Saturday and left with another straight-sets victory, taking down the Blue Devils 3-0 to notch their fourth consecutive win.

Fightin’ Buck Football Oct. 9 Alpine vs Compass Academy, 7 p.m.

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Fightin’ Buck Football • October 3 Crane vs Alpine | 7 p.m. • October 9 Alpine vs Compass Academy | 7 p.m.

The Alpine Lady Bucks made a statement in their first week of district volleyball play, notching two dominant performances and recording a pair of program sweeps. On Tuesday, September 23, Alpine hosted the Kermit Lady Jackets for their district opener inside the Buck Dome. By the end of the night, all three levels of Lady Buck volleyball had claimed victories.

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