Sports

The Alpine Lady Bucks fight hard at the Aug. 20 Nita Vannoy Tournament at Lee Middle School in San Angelo.

Alpine Fightin’ Buck Jayden Canaba launches a pass at the Aug. 19 scrimmage at home against Pecos High School.

Senior Fightin’ Buck Jayden Canaba tucks the ball and runs at an Aug. 19 scrimmage at home against Pecos High School. Alpine starts its regular season tonight in Buck Stadium against El Paso Jefferson High School at 7 p.m. Photo by Felipe Fierro

The Alpine Lady Bucks knew going into last weekend’s volleyball tournament that they would be out gunned to say the least. Alpine and 25 other schools from all around West Texas competed in the 47th Annual Monahans tournament.

The 2021 Big Bend Ranch Rodeo is now in the record books, and the Aug. 13-14 event was full of excitement, sportsmanship and suspense. The best cowboys from Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas showed off their skills at the Sul Ross State University SALE arena in Alpine.

September marks the start of dove season for almost 300,000 Texas hunters per year. After Winter Storm Uri hit the state in February, many hunters were wondering how the snowfall and below-freezing temperatures may have affected dove populations.

The 2021 Alpine High School cross country team recently stopped for a photo break.

It is time once again to order sheep and goat state validation tags for the spring major stock shows. These tags are only for the major shows. Those showing only at the Brewster County show in Alpine will not need one of these tags.

Do you ever get that craving for something sweet, but cake, pie, or cookies just won’t cut it? I find myself wanting something sweet from time to time, but nothing heavy, so I fall back on a family favorite - cottage cheese jello salad.

A rite of passage for all hardcore Texas high school football fans kicked off this past weekend around the state.