Sports

It was a good day for slow pitch softball as Twisted Team, a co-ed adult softball team from Midland-Odessa and Ojinaga, Mexico, pause for a photo at the Valentin Lujan Memorial Baseball Field in Alpine on June 25.

In the top of the third inning, Pumpkin Center, La., native Mark Traylor bounced a two-RBI single into center field against Austin Weirdos pitcher Jacob Hubbard to record the 168th hit in his four-season Cowboys career, setting the record for most hits in a Cowboys uniform.

The annual 2022 College National Finals Rodeo wrapped up Saturday night in Casper, Wyo., featuring the best of the best rodeo student athletes who compete individually and for their school in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.

Alpine girls softball team, TRU 12U, from the Big Bend Amateur Softball Association, went undefeated this season and became the champs, having an 18-0 season. They celebrated being crowned the reigning champs on June 10 at Manuel Payne Field in Kokernot Park.

After enduring a brutal four-game sweep on the road to begin the season against the Garden City Wind, the Cowboys returned to form by winning five games at home versus the expansion Austin Weirdos and Weimar Hormigas to bring their record to 5-4.

Javier Flores-Gaytan capped off his Lobo Ultimate Frisbee Team season on a high note with an invitation to participate in the Color of Ultimate: National College Showcase in May. He was the only player invited from Texas.

Talynn Stieg, Twin Peaks 4-H club member, qualified for the Texas State 4-H horse show in Bryan. Stieg earned her trip to the competition after a successful District show, with firsts in halter, poles, and stakes race, and third in barrels.

Jun 17-19 Austin Weirdos @ Austin. 7 p.m./4 p.m.

Alpine o6 Cowboys Manager Sean Persky joins the Cowboys baseball players at the Morrison True Value Great Grill Sale on June 11 at a meet and greet sponsored by the True Value.

The 2022 season did not start off as planned for the Alpine o6 Cowboys.