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The Fort Stockton High School junior varsity and freshman Prowlers competed in the three-day Van Horn Tournament, last week, and the JV girls came away with the tournament championship in dominating fashion.

Amaya Urias scored 17 points and Thiara Wislar 14 to lead the Fort Stockton Prowlers to a 51-41 win over Big Spring on Tuesday night, improving their record to 8-4 after a 2-2 showing last weekend in Ozona.

Fort Stockton High School’s 9-2 season and bi-district playoff appearance netter the Panthers several District 1-4A Div. 2 honors last week. The honors were announced Nov. 28 following a Monahans loss in the third round of the playoffs.

Fort Stockton’s Panther varsity basketball team competed this past weekend at the Lamesa Tournament and were faced with some adversity. The Panthers tied Stanton 45-45 and lost to Lamesa 68-47. The Panthers also took on Perryton and Sweetwater, but those scores were not reported.

Blue Wave competed Saturday in the Odessa Permian Invitational and once again brought home some hardware. The girls had an amazing showing and placed third place overall; the 200 Medley Relay placed fourth; Sprint 200 Free relay placed fourth, and the 400 Free relay placed sixth.

Fresh off a holiday break, both the Fort Stockton High School Prowlers and Panthers hit the hardwood on Tuesday night for a post-Thanksgiving double header, and both teams came out on top. The Prowlers won their third straight game, taking down Imperial Buena Vista, 45-22, and the Panthers rallied late to hold off Kermit, 45-37.

Did you hear gun shots ringing out over the hills just west of Sanderson Nov. 18 as trucks lined the cliff side near the bluff? As the first shots were fired, filling the air with the smell of gun powder, at 11:30 a.m. the 59th annual Turkey Shoot began. Hosted by the Rifle and Pistol Club at the shooting range on the bluff, shooters of every caliber lined up to sign up for the many events of the day. Each event left the winner with one or more of the 30 turkeys that were up for grabs.

After a pair of tough losses to Permian (73-31) and Ozona (63-18), the Fort Stockton Prowlers varsity basketball team needed a boost. They got it Saturday afternoon with a 36-33 win over the Sweetwater Lady Mustangs at the Bill and Virginia Williams Special Events Center.