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The Alpine Cowboys’ 2025 season came to a close last Thursday evening after falling in two straight games to the Pecos Bills in the opening round of the Pecos League playoffs. Despite entering the postseason red-hot and with home-field advantage, the Cowboys couldn’t hold off the surging Bills, who took both games at Kokernot Field to advance in the Mountain Division semifinal series.

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The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks football program is trading the Midnight Madness tradition for another this year, but the heart of the event remains the same: football, family, and community. Instead of holding Midnight Madness practice to give fans a preseason taste of Fightin’ Bucks football, the varsity and junior varsity squads will take part in a new event dubbed Purple and Gold Night, introduced by new head football coach and Alpine ISD Athletic Director Jerry Dominguez.

The Alpine Lady Bucks volleyball team is ready to launch its 2025 season with a full weekend of scrimmages, and the energy around the program is already electric. They’ll be on the road Friday at Andrews High School and again Saturday at Midland Greenwood High School, where they’ll take the court for their first preseason tests.

AHS volleyball players kicked off their 2025 season with their annual Midnight Madness event last Thursday night. The girls first met with their coaches for instructions and expectations for the upcoming season before family and friends showed up to be a part of their practice.

The Alpine Cowboys spent time last week serving lunch to worshipers at Paisano Baptist Encampment. Courtesy photo .

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The Alpine Cowboys made a strong statement last week, sweeping the visiting Roswell Invaders in three straight games at Kokernot Field to improve to 25-22 on the season and surge back above .500 just in time for the final stretch.

If your idea of summer fun includes sweating profusely in nature while being stalked by curious deer and judgmental lizards, you’re in luck. Hiking season in Far West Texas is still going strong.