Sports

It was a great day for golf as 18 teams from Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis, and Van Horn teed off at the 2022 Alpine High School Project Graduation fundraiser golf tournament held at the Alpine Country Club on March 26.

Coach Monica Salmon and her Lady Bucks softball team are now 3-0 in district and 7-9 on the year with a 16-1 drubbing of the Kermit Yellowjackets. On the win Salmon said, “We played well yesterday against Kermit.

Coach CJ Aragon’s men and women rodeo teams once again performed admirably this past weekend in Sweetwater at the Ranger College Rodeo, finishing fifth overall. This weekend he will take his six boys and four girls to Snyder, and face the Southwest Region’s No. 1 ranked team in West Texas College.

Baseball Apr. 4 ........Presidio @ Alpine 7 p.m.

Both Head Coach Monica Salmon and Head Coach Adam Llanez got their teams back on the winning track on March 22 against the Anthony Wildcats. Both teams traveled to Anthony for the wins. The Fightin’ Buck baseball team got a shutout, 11-0.

The outdoor track and field season started off well for Alaska Anchorage senior and Alpine High School graduate Elena Cano, who used an NCAA Championships provisional qualifying performance in the hurdles to earn Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week honors.

Alpine High School sophomore Madalyn Warren qualified for State in powerlifting via the total weight that she lifted at the Regional Meet in Shamrock. She placed third at the competition. At Regional she squatted 305, bench pressed 165, and deadlift 330 for a total of 800 lbs.

Alpine High School varsity golfer Kaitlynn Wiggins (center) waits her turn on the ninth green at Alpine Country Club during the Alpine Golf Tournament. Avalanche photo by J.T.

Lobo baseball erased four deficits, but fell 8-6 in 11 innings to visiting Belhaven on March 19 in Alpine. Tye Lindsey got it going for the Lobos with a sacrifice bunt to score Jared Lorenz for a 1-0 lead after one.

Baseball •Mar. 25 Kermit @ Alpine 7 p.m.