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FIGHTIN’BUCK BASKETBALL Jan. 5 Alpine vs Tornillo* JV Purple 5 p.m.

After Christmas, the Lady Bucks made the trip to Lubbock for the Lubbock Caprock Tournament and faced several strong competitors. “This type of tournament is vital to the rest of our season. It gives us the opportunity to play against high-level competition, win or lose, and to get better in every game. It is exactly what you should want for your team as a coach, to play better teams to make you better. The timing of this tournament works out great as we are just coming off a mandatory UIL break, and it helps us get our feet back under us,” said Christopher Virdell, head basketball coach for the Lady Bucks On December 28, Alpine played the Borden County Coyotes. On December 29, they faced the Dimmitt Bobcats and the Happy Cowboys. On December 30, their last game was against the Seymour Panthers. “Every game we played was against high-level competition,” said Virdell.

The Sul Ross Lady Lobos met up with Texas Lutheran University’s Bulldogs on Thursday, December 21 before they broke for the holidays. Although Sul Ross is used to seeing multiple players put up doubledigit field goals in their games, this was not the case in Seguin.

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The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks took the fight to the competitive Lubbock Caprock Tournament just after Christmas. “This was a tough tournament and the biggest of all the tournaments we have had all season. We played well defensively and are continuing to evolve and get better on that side of the ball,” said Aaron Hardwick, head basketball coach for the Bucks basketball team.

The Sul Ross State Lady Lobos hit the court at the Gallego Center the week before Christmas to take on the Concordia Tornadoes on Monday and the Northern New Mexico College Eagles on Tuesday. Coach E.J. Smith’s ladies would take the W against Concordia, 74-69 but would fall in a nail-biter on Tuesday afternoon to Northern New Mexico in a 62-67 loss.

The Sul Ross Lobo men’s basketball team took on Navajo Tech last Sunday and Concordia last Monday at the Gallego Center, where they would ultimately win in triple digits in a highscoring game against Concordia and scrape by Navajo Tech by four.

The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks traveled to Crane for their first district game of the season and brought home a win. “Very proud of our team,” said Aaron Hardwick, head basketball coach for the Bucks.

The Lady Bucks played their third district game last week, just before Christmas on December 19. The away game played against Crane ended with a score of 43-60 in favor of Crane.

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