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The Alpine Bucks hosted the Crane Golden Cranes last Tuesday night, opening district play at home. Despite an early lead on the night, the Bucks would fall 4-2 to the Cranes after upsetting the 4-A Monahans Loboes the previous Wednesday with a score of 12-5.

Alpine head softball coach Chris Virdell lamented his team’s lack of hitting during a 3-game losing streak that included back-to-back losses to Pecos and Odessa by a combined score of 21-1 and a snowy 6-3 district-opening setback to Presidio. But the Lady Bucks broke out of their funk in a big way March 21 with a 16-1 win over the Crane Lady Birds at Sul Ross State University and followed that up with a 23-1 win at Tornillo last Friday.

The Alpine Bucks Track and Field team took to San Angelo this past weekend for a twoday competitive meet, with preliminaries on Friday and Finals on Saturday. This was a big meet with multiple school from around the state competing, and only the top seven from each race advance to the finals.

Alpine High School Tennis team competed in the district meet in Fort Stockton earlier this week. The mixed doubles team of Zane Billings and Adayna Garcia placed third, and Madison Mendoza, center, placed second in girls’ singles and qualified for regionals.

After a crushing game last Tuesday against Seminole, the Alpine Bucks varsity took on the Monahans Loboes at Kokernot Field the following night. Alpine would open up the scoring in the first inning on an error by Monahans, scoring two runs.

After scoring 27 runs against Abernathy in the finale of the Brownfield Tournament March 4, the Alpine Lady Buck bats had gone silent in losses to Pecos of 13-1 on March 7 and Odessa High 8-0 March 11. But last Friday’s District 4-3A opener against Presidio was a chance for a fresh start for the Lady Bucks.

The Alpine Lady Buck powerlifting team took to the state competition over the spring break holiday. The team of Madalyn Warren, Kody Hawkins, and Enyssa Fierro represented the Buck Nation well. Warren placed third in the state overall, while Hawkins placed 11th. Fierro was unable to place, but did well by having the placings needed to participate at the competition.

Odessa High pitcher Jaylyn Calderon wasn’t fazed by the wind and dirt that prevailed Saturday at Sul Ross State University. Calderon threw 100 pitches, scattered four hits while striking out 10 and walking three as the Bronchos traveled to the high country and downed Alpine, 10-0. Alpine pitcher Hannah Juett kept the Lady Bucks, currently 9-6 within striking distance much of the game as Odessa who sit 5-9 on the season only managed single runs in the second, third and fourth innings before a 4-run outburst in the top of the seventh put the game away. Juett threw 116 pitches with seven strikeouts and three walks.

This past Friday, the Alpine Lady Bucks track and field teams took their marks in Monahans, placing in the runner-up position, just two points shy of the winning host team. The girls beat out Midland Greenwood, Seminole, Crane, Fort Stockton, Presidio and Pecos.