Archer City was unable to hold on to an early twoset lead in a five-set loss to Iowa Park on Saturday, Sept. 5, falling 3-2 (29-27, 29-27, 19-25, 16-25, 9-15).
The Windthorst Trojanettes (2-10) ended an eightmatch losing streak on Saturday, Sept. 5, topping City View 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-17). On Tuesday, Sept. 1, the Trojanettes suffered a 0-3 (25-10, 4-25, 23-25) loss to Henrietta.
The Holliday Lady Eagles (7-3) registered their fourthstraight win on Friday, Sept. 4, defeating Eastland in straight sets, 3-0 (25-12, 25- 16, 25-17).
Don’t let the 3-0 score fool you. Holliday needed every point in a sweep of Archer City on the road Tuesday, Sept. 1. The Lady Eagles held on for a 30-28, 25-19, 28-26 win over the Lady Cats to sweep both Archer City and Windthorst in the county rivalry.
Sophomore quarterback Peyton Marchand corralled the high-snap, faked the dive and went off-tackle to the right before breaking the plane of the goal line on Holliday’s twopoint play with 21 seconds remaining to give the Eagles a miraculous come-from-behind victory over Eastland.
A Brown Ford Expedition crashed and rolled on U.S. 82 near E. Ferguson Road Thursday, Sept. 3, afternoon. The male driver was transported to a Wichita Falls Hospital after he complained of back pain. Photo/Jerry Phillips