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Tuesday, April 13 Archer City 15, Chico 0 (Gm. 1) Six different Lady Cats collected multiple hits, including three-hit games from Mallory Maxwell and Emma Gray as Archer City thumped Chico, 15-0.

The Holliday tennis team performed well at the District 7-3A meet on April 12-13 in Bowie, advancing two singles champions and a girl’s doubles team to the regional tournament. Belle Welch and Ricky Murray each won the girl’s and boy’s singles draws while Caroline Case and Brooklyn Timms claimed victories in the doubles draw.

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Archer City and Windthorst’s girls both performed well at the District 9/10-2A Area Meet on Wednesday, April 14, in Graham. The Trojanettes finished fourth behind Haskell (136) and Stamford (109) with 67 points while the Lady Cats came in eighth with 28 points. Windthorst claimed wins by Cameron Belcher (1600) and Annikah Frank (300 Hurdles). Additionally, the Trojanettes send four to the regional meet in Bree Kirk (100, Long Jump, Triple Jump), Saige Anderson (800, 300 Hurdles, 4x400 Relay), Belcher (1600, 4x400 Relay), Frank (100 Hurdles, 300 Hurdles, 4x400 Relay) and Ciarra Veitenheimer (4x400 Relay). Not to be outdone, Archer City advanced Maddie Lopez (Shot Put), Delaini Hanna (Pole Vault) and Mallory Maxwell (200, Triple Jump) to the regional meet. Archer City earned a seventh place finish at its area meet while Windthorst came in 13th. McKinnen Beaver (100), Callen McCasland (4x400 Relay), Ty Bates (4x400 Relay), Chance Warren (4x400 Relay) and Kameron Moss (4x400 Relay, Pole Vault) advanced to the regional meet. The regional track meet is tabbed for April 23-24. in Springtown.

Tuesday, April 6 Archer City 20, Perrin-Whitt 0 Maddie Lopez and Mallory Maxwell each drove in four runs and Jill Liles (11-8) tossed a one-hitter as the Lady Cats blanked the Lady Pirates 20-0. Lopez went 2-for-2 with a triple and two runs scored while Maxwell went 1-for-1 with a threerun dinger.

The Lady Eagles ran away with the District 7-3A meet on Thursday, April 8, at City View. Holliday (251) topped second-place Breckenridge (98) by more than 150 points.

The Archer County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people suspected of running a chop shop operation off of Newsome road at the end of March. According to the probable cause affidavit, the sheriff’s office responded to a report of a possible stolen vehicle on Newsome Road on Wednesday, March 24.

Paul and Nila Dowlearn-Owners of Wichita Valley Nursery. Paul’s recent books, “The Lazy Man’s Garden” and “Touch the Earth” are available at the Nursery, 5314 S.W. Pkwy, Wichita Fall, Texas.

The Sheriff’s Office received 68 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 25 inmates with three being female in the Archer County Jail.