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Fort Stockton cross country competes in Lubbock

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The Fort Stockton High School and Middle School Cross Country teams returned to the course after being rained out last week at the Lubbock Christian Invite. Seven high school runners attacked the course at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock. The Panther boys were led by Diego Ronquillo with a time of 21:07.00 followed by Jose Aguilar (22:15.60) and Santiago Torango (23:49.90). The boys competed with 102 other boys in the 4A division of the meet. Coach Glasscock was pleased with the boys’ effort.
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Longhorns take one on the chin at Balmorhea

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Buena Vista’s Aiden Lopez sacks the Balmorhea quarterback to force a turnover on downs to start the second quarter Friday in Balmorhea. The Buena Vista fell to the host Bears 42-22 after tying the game at 6 apiece on a Jackie Jurado scoring run in the first quarter. The Bears led 34-6 when Jurado scored again to make it 34-14 in the fourth quarter. Vick Garza passed 66 yards to Jose Castro and after the conversion it was 34-22. The Bears added a late score to end it. BV falls to 2-3 on the season and after an open week this week, will travel to Meadow on Oct. 6 to face the Broncos. Courtesy photo by Staci Schoenfeldt
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Dominant Victory Over Horizon Brings the Panthers to 3-0

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Fort Stockton continued down an undefeated path as they claimed a victory over the Horizon Scorpions from El Paso, Friday night at Panther Stadium. “(We) wanted to establish the game early,” said Coach Jeremy Hickman, who felt as though “Both the offensive and the defensive lines really controlled the ball game.” The Panthers did just that when cornerback, Randy Sandoval, intercepted Horizon’s pass on the first drive of the game.