A farmer decided he knew as much as any doctor, so he opened a doctor’s office across town. He charged $500 a visit, but he promised that if he couldn’t cure you, he would give you $1000. The town’s regular doctor was offended by that and decided to expose the farmer as a fraud, so he went to the farmer’s office and said, “Doc, I seem to have lost my ability to taste. Can you cure me?”

On Friday, Nov. 22 at Porcupine Stadium in Springtown, the Holliday Eagles and the Blue Ridge Tigers faced off in of the most heart-pounding, anxiety- inducing, fever-pitch playoff games in recent memory. The Area round game featured everything a fan could ask for, hard hits, bruising runs, stunning catches, and last-second excitement fit for the silver- screen.

It was a true David versus Goliath tale as the Archer City Wildcats battled the back-to-back defending state champions Albany Lions in the Area playoff round on Thursday, Nov. 21 at Newton Field in Graham. Despite a solid effort by the Wildcats, the Lions proved why they were defending champs, beating Archer City 48-14.

For the second year in a row, the Windthorst Trojans faced off against the Lindsay Knights in the playoffs, in order to determine who would move on and continue their season into the Thanksgiving break. The Trojans won by a commanding 55-21the last time these two teams me, but this time, the Knights were much better prepared for their Area playoff round clash on Friday, Nov. 22 at Yellow Jacket Stadium in Boyd.

Holliday ISD received a clean audit report during its school board meeting on Monday, Nov. 11.

It was book-moving day this past Saturday at the new Larry McMurtry Literary Center (LMLC) in Archer City. Student volunteers from the Midwestern State University Redwine Honors Program and workers from the high school football team joined managing directors and past participants of the Archer City Writers Workshop and other community volunteers to start the process of moving books from Larry McMurtry’s former Booked Up No.2 building across Center Street--now owned by the First Baptist Church—and into the LMLC building. The LMLC is housed in the former Booked Up No. 1.

Two Archer County businesses were awarded cash prizes from i.d.e.a. WF to assist in opening or expanding their businesses.

Heart. It’s a characteristic that is vital for the success of any athlete in any sport. An athlete can have all the physical and mental attributes needed to be good, but without heart, greatness will always elude him or her. Muhammed Ali once said, “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it,” and there isn’t a team that encapsulates that quote more than the 2425 Windthorst Trojanettes Volleyball team.

The Holliday Lady Eagles’ dominant playoff run came to a heart-breaking close on Saturday, Nov. 9, losing in a hard-fought 3-1 battle with the Tolar Lady Rattlers in Graham for the Regional Finals playoff round.

For the fourth round in a row, the Windthorst Trojanettes got the 3-0 clean sweep over their playoff opponents. On Friday, Nov. 15, the Big Blue volleyball team stormed onto the hardwood in Childress and played one of their most complete games all year, handedly defeating the Vega Lady Longhorns 2518, 25-18, and finally 25-13.