Third-ranked Holliday progressively pulled away for a 78-41 bi-district rout of Millsap on Mon., Feb. 13, in Graham.

For the last three years, District 10-2A has swept District 9-2A in the first round. After three straight years of early exits, the Windthorst Trojanettes flipped the script for a 46-38 bi-district win over Anson on Mon., Feb. 13, in Breckenridge.

Thank you to Cheryl & Ronnie Beesinger, Daniel & Nanna Powell, Marcia Cooper, The Department of English, Humanities & Philosophy of Midwestern State University, and The Archer Book Club for their donations in memory of Patt Giddings.

The Sheriff’s Office received 177 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there are 32 inmates and 4 being female in the Archer County Jail.

O Lord, our God, How Majestic is thy Name in all of the earth…. When I behold the Heavens, the work of Thy Hands, the moon and the stars which Thou hast set in place (Psalm 8:1a, 3a).

The Archer City ISD school board approved an amendment to the student code of conduct concerning drug contraband during its meeting on Monday, Jan. 30.

Three members of Windthorst FFA, Brody Frazier, Bri Hoff and Zoie Price, each caught a calf during the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble Jan. 24, earning a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards.

Time is running out to a file an application for a a place on the ballot for local towns and school boards in the May 6 Uniform Election. All applications must be filed by Feb.

Congratulations to those who placed 10th or higher at the FWSSR: Archer City 4-H Isabelle Parkey placed 2nd with her American Cross Steer. Whit Parkey placed 4th with his Brangus Heifer.

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