The 17th-ranked Holliday Lady Eagles (16-4, 8-1) saw their 12-match winning streak come to a halt at the hands of the Henrietta Lady Cats in a heartbreaking, fiveset (25-21, 21-25, 16-25, 25-22, 15-12) affair on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The Lady Eagles bounced back with a 3-0 (25- 21, 25-14, 25-18) sweep of Jacksboro on Saturday, Oct. 10.

In a year of strangeness, Holliday’s 8-6 win over Valley View on the road Friday, Oct. 9, may top the list for 2020.

As the late Al Davis famously said, “Just win, baby.” The 17th-ranked Holliday Lady Eagles (15-3, 7-0) have done just that, posting their 11th and 12th-straight wins by downing Childress (26-24, 25-16, 25-18) and Bowie (25-15, 25-17, 25-14) in a pair of 3-0 sweeps this past week. The winning streak dates back to a 3-0 sweep of Burkburnett on Aug.

After a 2-12 start to the season, the Windthorst Trojanettes (7-12, 3-0) seem to have turned the corner, winning five in a row. Included in those five-straight victories is a 3-0 start to District 9-2A play after a 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-14) sweep of Petrolia on Tuesday, Sept. 29, and a 3-0 (25-5, 25-6, 25-9) rout of Electra on Saturday, Oct. 3.

Archer City (11-4, 4-0) ran its winning streak to seven following a pair of 3-0 sweeps on the road against Prairie Valley (25-11, 25-23, 25-12) and Petrolia (25-12, 25-11, 29-27) in District 9-2A action.

Quanah quarterback Landin Leija combined for 490 yards of total offense and six touchdowns as the Indians scored 26 unanswered points to close out the game in a 38-20 win over Archer City on Friday, Oct. 2. The Wildcats (2-3, 0-1) suffer their second-straight setback and fall to 0-1 in District 6-2A action.

Missed opportunities haunted the fourth-ranked Windthorst Trojans (5-1) in their 14-0 loss at home to second-ranked Hamlin. The Trojans pushed the ball deep into Pied Pipers’ territory on five separate occasions but were held out of the endzone.