STANTON - With all four football teams from District 3AAA Division II booted from the state playoffs, the district’s coaches have released the names of the athletes chosen for the All- District Lists. Superlative honors went to junior Mark Caballero from Idalou, senior Tommy James from Colorado City and senior Eden Cervantez of Idalou.
STANTON - The Stanton Lady Buffs are off to a 3-0 start with victories over Big Spring and Sweetwater last week. On Tuesday, the girls traveled to Big Spring and came away with a big victory 72-49. Alyssa Peterson led all scorers with 26 points. She also added eight blocks and 10 steals. Payge Grable tallied 18 points, seven assists, and four steals.
STANTON – Stanton High School girls basketball Coach Jim Kinnear has reached yet another personal and professional milestone, his 400th career victory on the hardwood. The 400th win came on Nov. 12 in Stanton when the Buffs hosted Crane Golden Cranes. The victory was never in doubt as Stanton blasted the Crane 68-15.
ROUND ROCK – The Grady Wildcats qualified the Class A State Cross Country meet for the third straight season. Grady would finish ninth in the team standings with Elijah Perez leading the team in 29th with his time of 18:26.40. Carlos Flores finished 39th with a time of 18:55.84 followed by Alijah Ontiveros in 43rd running a 19:02.27, Cristian Jimenez was 60th ending the race in 19:29.02 and Justin DeLucas was 62nd crossing the finish line in 19:32.21.
Grady freshman Elijah Perez will lead the Grady Wildcats at the state cross country meet this week in Round Rock. He was the top Grady finisher at regionals, finishing seventh overall.
Stanton’s varsity boys cross country team ran in the Region I cross country meet at Mae Simmon Park in Lubbock on Saturday. Members of the team are Ricky Rangel, Sage Fisher, Johnny Jones, Keegan Dahl, Luis Briceno, and Tristyn Sanchez.
Stanton varsity cross county team of Ida Ortiz, Victoria Alvizo, Dalia Balderas and Payden North competed in the Region I cross country meet in Lubbock Saturday.
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STANTON – Despite the slow start, the Stanton Buffaloes have still not been eliminated from the state playoffs. With the district season half over, the Buffs still have two more games which are labeled must wins in order for the season to extend past district. District 2-AAA will place four teams into the 2016 state playoffs and not even the first seed in the district has been guaranteed to any team.
STANTON – The junior varsity and junior high cross country teams wrapped up their season last week by running at the District 5AAA meet. The junior varsity boys had two runners finish in the top 10 with Bryce Ellington taking eighth with a time of 23:12.79 and Nathaniel Clanton placing 10th with his time of 25:42.73.
