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The Alpine Bucks baseball team hit the road to Seminole last weekend for tournament play. They would face the Lovington Wildcats and the Denver City Mustangs on Friday and would follow up with games against Amarillo High and Brownfield on Saturday.

Starting March 29, the Lady Bucks softball program competed in the Fox Classic Tournament in El Paso. “The Fox Classic was another great tournament with high-level competition.

The Alpine Fightin’ Buck Relays took place this past Saturday at Buck Stadium, with both the JV and Varsity teams all placing in the top five spots overall. The Alpine varsity girls’ track and field team took top honors at home this past weekend, collecting an overall total of 160 points, 43 points ahead of second place Marfa. The varsity boys’ team placed third overall behind Pecos and Presidio, while the JV boys’ team took second place behind Presidio with a total score of 145 points to Presidio’s 197, and the JV girls placed fifth behind Pecos, Presidio, Marathon, and Sanderson.

FIGHTIN’BUCK TRACK & FIELD Mar. 8 Sandhills Relays @Monahans TBA West Texas Relays @Odessa Mar.

The Alpine powerlifting team has completed their regional qualifying meets and many of the Lady Bucks are heading to regionals because of their impressive performance. The girls’ final qualifying meet was on February 15 in Wink.

The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks fought their way up to the Area challenge last week, after defeating the Denver City Mustangs in Bi-District play on February 20. The Bucks then traveled to Roscoe to meet the Canadian Wildcats on February 23 for the Area playoff title.

After last week’s loss to the Pecos Eagles, the Alpine Bucks baseball team hit the road last Thursday for a tournament in Fort Stockton. The Bucks would end up taking a win on Thursday against Big Lake but would fall in their second game against Monahans and again to Midland Classical Academy on Friday.

The Alpine Lady Bucks track and field team traveled to Fort Stockton last week for the Comanche Relays. Despite the unseasonably warm February temperatures, the girls held up well according to their head coach Cory Cason.

The Lady Bucks traveled to College Station this past weekend to participate in the Texas Lead Off Classic Tournament. In this first tournament of the season, the Lady Bucks defeated the 6A team from Round Rock Westwood and the 4A from Devine, losing in very competitive games to 6A Waller, 4A Robinson, 5A Canutillo, and 5A Clearlake.