Sports

Six-man gridiron action begins tomorrow afternoon, when Sul Ross hosts the 3rd annual sixman shootout beginning at 12 p.m. Eight 1A teams will play starting with the Fort Hancock Mustangs taking on the Grand Falls Cowboys.

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Sept. 14-17 Eastern NM University-Portales, NM Sept.

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The Alpine High School’s cross-country team participated in their first meet of the season this past Saturday in Pecos. Despite the unending heat that has plagued the area, and always plagues Pecos in the summer, Alpine showed the district how it’s done.

Alpine Lady Buck pride is alive and well after their first tournament of the season. In the “Best of the West Tournament”, hosted at Wink high school, the Lady Bucks owned the scoreboard at the end of almost every set, ending with a seven-win streak.

FIGHTIN’BUCKS FOOTBALL Aug. 18 Pecos @ Alpine – Scrimmage, JV 5 p.m., Varsity 6 p.m.

Cross-Country runner Kylie Garcia was named an American Southwest Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete. Garcia exhibited great improvement as a freshman runner and maintained a 3.8 cumulative GPA last spring.