West Texas Relays
Photos from the West Texas Relays track and field meet Thursday afternoon at Ratliff Stadium.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Permian’s Chavez has a nice day in Abilene
ABILENE Permian’s Christian Chavez had a strong showing at the Wildcat Relays with a first-, second- and fifth place finish Friday at Elmer Gray...
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Permian’s Chavez racing toward a successful senior season
MIDLAND The attitude and work habits Permian’s Christian Chavez cultivates through cross country season propel him into track and field.
His drive led him to...
TRACK: AAU looks to get up and running in West Texas
In 1993, LaMont Smith won an NJCAA National Championship as a member of the Blinn College track team.
He won that title in Odessa and...
ECISD AT 100: A different kind of Buzz surrounding the Permian football team in...
And then there were two.
Blackshear High School had closed in the 1960s, leaving Ector County Independent School District with a trio of high schools...
ECISD AT 100: Schools add championship plaques to trophy cases
By the time the 1970s came around, Odessa had multiple high schools teams to follow to get its sports fix.
One of those was the...
ECISD AT 100: Winds of change blow through
Still basking in the glow of a Class 2A state baseball title won in the spring of 1950, the athletes at Odessa High returned...
TRACK AND FIELD: Hoppel leans on family for stress relief
Before Bryce Hoppel ran in the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June, he felt a sense of stress like never before.
The grouping of...
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Odessa College furloughs track, cross country programs
The Odessa College Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track teams will be furloughed beginning in the fall the school announced Monday.
The move comes...
SCHOLAR ATHLETES: Odessa High’s Gordon committed to staying on track
Whatever Clifford Gordon set his mind on, teachers and coaches knew that he was going to be fully committed to it.
That hard work helped...