The Holliday Lady Eagles and the Iowa Park Lady Hawks battled in district softball action on Monday, March 10, and Tuesday, March 11. Kirkland walks off again For the second time this season, sophomore outfielder Sammi Kirkland drove in the game-winning run against as district opponent, this time the Lady Hawks were the receivers of that hit.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 says: “Now all has been heard, here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.” If you were to read those words at the end of a book, you might say, “Well, here it is. Here’s the conclusion of the book.” The Apostle John, near the end of his gospel says, “these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that by believing you may have life in his name.” I know that the reason John wrote the Gospel of John is so that I would believe Jesus to be the Son of God, and that I might come to have life because of it. That’s his agenda. No surprises. When I go back and read John, sure enough, he’s working at giving me good reasons to believe that Jesus is the Son of God. It helps to have a book that just flat-out tells me why it exists.

The Windthorst Trojans hosted their annual Rooster Classic Baseball Tournament from Thursday, March 6, to Friday, March 7. Taking on three Class 3A teams and one 2A, the Trojans finished the tournament 2-2.

The Archer City Council received the city’s 2023-2024 fiscal year financial audit during its meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27.

The first weekend of spring break in Archer City—March 8 and 9—offers an exciting lineup of activities around the square for local denizens as well as tourists from near and far. These include the preview opening of the Larry McMurtry Literary Center, an open house at Aulds Classic Cars and a Texasville Opry performance at the Royal Theater. It is a triad of classic collections: of books, cars and music.

After rattling off a pair of close wins in the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Holliday Eagles’ postseason run came to end after a tight overtime matchup with the Slaton Tigers on Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Haskell.

From Thursday, Feb. 27 to Saturday, Mar. 1, the Archer City Lady Cats, Holliday Lady Eagles, and the Windthorst Trojanettes participated in the Iowa Park Softball Invitational held in Iowa Park, as well as the Wichita Falls Softball Complex. All three teams took on a variety of opponents, ranging from 2A all the way to 5A.