Sports

The Alpine Fightin’ Buck varsity baseball team started their 2023 season behind the curve. With a loss to Pecos in their first game last Monday of 2-10, the Bucks entered the Comanche Classic to face off against the Regan County Owls last Thursday.

The Alpine Lady Bucks have had hot bats of late. Heading into Tuesday’s home match with Midland TLCA, the Lady Bucks had outscored Van Horn and Wink, 33-1, smashing 25 hits along the way, including homeruns by Kody Hawkins at Van Horn and Paula Vargas in Friday’s home-opener against Wink.

The Alpine Runnin’ Bucks took to the track this past weekend in Fort Stockton for the annual Comanche Relays. In attendance were fifteen plus schools that included Greenwood, Ozona and Kermit to name a few.

At a specially called meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Alpine ISD Board of Trustees, in closed session, approved the hiring of Coach Andy Smith to serve as the next Athletic Director and Head Football Coach of the Alpine Fightin’ Bucks.

With just one scrimmage under their belts, the Alpine Lady Bucks hit the road to Coahoma last Thursday and Saturday, playing four games in two days and coming away with a split – winning two and taking a loss in two games.

BUCKS BASEBALL Feb. 23-25: Comanche Classic Tournament, TBA Mar.

The Alpine High School Fightin’ Buck track and field team will officially begin their season this coming Saturday in Fort Stockton at the Comanche Relays. Back in January, the track team competed in their first ever indoor track event in Lubbock at Texas Tech, but their official season does not begin until this weekend.

The Alpine High School golf team recently competed in tournaments in Pecos and Fort Stockton. The Pecos tournament was held on Feb.

Four Alpine Lady Bucks basketball players have been named to All-District. First Team All-District honors go to Novah Carrasco and Alexis Rodriguez.

All-District selections for the Alpine Bucks basketball team have been announced. Offensive MVP goes to Jace Canaba.