Softball Archer County schools had a tremendous season on the softball diamond, virtually sweeping all-district accolades for District 9-2A and District 7-3A. Archer City’s Maddie Lopez and Holliday’s Addison Lindemann were each named MVP of their respective districts.

The Windthorst Trojanettes were state semifinalist in 1988 and 1990. In 1991 they were the runner-up.

As a pastor, this is one of the questions I love to answer. Even before COVID people struggled with making it a consistent habit to go to church. Some of us wake up on Sunday morning still trying to decide whether or not we should get the kids ready for church or hit that snooze button one more time. Maybe we are asking ourselves the wrong question though. Maybe the question should be, why is it important that we go to church? If you have never understood why it is important to be plugged into a local church then I want to give you a couple of reasons of why being a part of a church is important for the believer.

The defendant, Stephen Joseph Parsons, alleged to have committed Murder, Felony 1, is currently in custody in the Archer County jail with Bond set at $1,000,000. Should a bonding company agree to post a bond for Parsons, his release will have some addi tional conditions to comply with.

Archer City High School recently released some information about its graduating class of 2022. According to a press release, 89% of students graduated were on the distinguished graduation plan with an endorsement.

Dairy Derby Children’s Races: 2 & Under Girls-40 yards 1st Place-Kolsyn Tressler 2nd Place-Korbann Schelgel 3rd Place-Rhyan Berend 4th Place-Rylee Steinberger 5th Place-Kamdyn Humpert 6th Place-Winnie Shifflet 7th Place-Quinlee Grant 8th Place-Grayson George 2 & Under Boys-40 yards 1st Place-Baylor Mathis 2nd Place-Beckett Martin 3rd Place-Milo Rooney 4th Place-Lane Hoff 5th Place-Jaxx Jackson 6th Place-Ean Berend 7th Place-Coy Wolf 8th Place-Cole Wolf 3-Year-Old Girls-50 yards 1st Place-Haidan Hoegger 2nd Place-Diana Humpert 3rd Place-Amelia Youngblood 4th Place-Molly Hilbers 5th Place-Piper Freeman 6th Place-Charlotte Steinberger 7th Place-Emerson Styles 8th Place-Stella Chavez 3-Year-Old Boys-50 yards 1st Place-Calvin Pennartz 2nd Place-Quentin Wolf 3rd Place-Milo Schreiber 4th Place-Bryson Metzler 5th Place-Luke Schroeder 6th Place-Chisolm Schroeder 7th Place-Beau Wolf 8th Place-Noah Koetter 4-Year-Old Girls-50 yards 1st Place-Emma Wheeler 2nd Place-Camille Berend 3rd Place-Paisley Randall 4th Place-Hailey Carnes 5th Place-Emily Carnes 6th Place-Scarlett Schroeder 7th Place-Jade Wolf 8th-Place-Maylie Anderle 4-Year-Old Boys-50 yards 1st Place-Blaze Jackson 2nd Place-Bennett Humpert 3rd Place-Quattro Schlegel 4th Place-Hayze Blevins 5th Place-Branson Burney 6th Place-Bauer Burney 7th Place-Elliott Berend 8th-Place-Nolan Mathis 5-Year-Old Girls-60 yards 1st Place-Landrie Moss 1st Place-Landrie Moss 2nd Place-Jensen George 3rd Place-Andie Moer 4th Place-Chace Hoegger 5th Place-Raylynn Schroeder 6th Place-Oakley Ivie 7th Place-Addi Hoegger 8th-Place-Delilah Steinberger 5-Year-Old Boys-60 yards 1st Place-Hayden Steinberger 2nd Place-August Yates 3rd Place-Cannon Berend 4th Place-Eli Schroeder 5th Place-Gavin Wolf 6th Place-Luke Wolf 7th Place-Eli Veitenheimer 8th-Place-Jace Hoffman 6-Year-Old Girls-60 yards 1st Place-London Wolf 2nd Place-Lyvian McLemore 3rd Place-Sadie Ferguson 4th Place-Sienna Grant 5th Place-Kinley Clayton 6th Place-Lyla Barton 7th Place-Sawyer Steinberger 8th-Place-Katie Hoff 6-Year-Old Boys-50 yards 1st Place-Everett Loyd 2nd Place-Patrick Veitenheimer 3rd Place-Wyatt Grotelueschen 4th Place-Casimir Berend 5th Place-Jeremy Meurer 6th Place-Sylas Blevins 7th Place-Gideon Schroeder 7 & 8-Year-Old Girls-80 yards 1st Place-Nora Loyd 2nd Place-Tylar Moer 3rd Place-Mila Solorio 4th Place-Lena Solorio 5th Place-Hadley Berend 6th Place-Harper Hoegger 7th Place-Quinn Wolf 8th-Place-Madison Koetter 7 & 8-Year-Old Boys-80 yards 1st Place-Luke Berend 2nd Place-Braxton Tressler 3rd Place-Dossen Anderson 4th Place-Eli George 5th Place-Ryder Hoff 6th Place-Levi Hoff 7th Place-Max Berend 8th-Place-Holden Schreiber 9 & 10-Year-Old Girls-100 yards 1st Place-Ellie Kolar 2nd Place-Ellie Barton 3rd Place-Sophia Petro 4th Place-Libby Schroeder 5th Place-Chandler Lindemann 6th Place-Millie McEwen 7th Place-Maci Casillas 8th-Place-Emily Schroeder 9 & 10-Year-Old Boys-100 yards 1st Place-Karson Teakell 2nd Place-Kastin Wolf 3rd Place-Barrett Wolf 4th Place-Daniel Painter 5th Place-Matthew Anderle 6th Place-Lucas Petro 7th Place-Blayden Koetter 8th-Place-Jake Schroeder Windthorst Dairy Derby-1.5 mile 10 & Under Females 1st Place-Ellie Barton 2nd Place-Ellie Kolar 10 & Under Males 1st Place-Barrett Wolf 2nd Place-Kastin Wolf 11-13 Females 1st Place-Natalie Anderle 2nd Place-Liliana Colchado 11-13 Males 1st Place-Luke Zicarelli 1st Place-Luke Zicarelli 2nd Place-Slade Berend 14 & Over Females 1st Place-Bri Hoff 2nd Place-Shonda Hoff 14 & Over Males 1st Place-John Davis 2nd Place-Matt Kolar Windthorst Dairy Derby 5K 14 & Under Females 1st Place - Heidi Norris 2nd Place - Aubree Kate Hoegger 14 & Under Males 1st Place-Kolton Rodgers 2nd Place-Nolan Schreiber 15-19 Females 1st Place-Abby Schroeder 2nd Place-Jenna Veitenheimer 20-29 Females 1st Place-Megan Pennartz 2nd Place-Katie Pennartz 20-29 Males 1st Place-Nathan Morrow 2nd Place-Logan Veitenheimer 30-39 Females 1st Place-Andrea Koetter 2nd Place-Megan Steinberger 30-39 Males 1st Place-Bryan Wilson 2nd Place-Thomas Koetter 40-49 Females 1st Place-Esther Ricon 2nd Place-Anna Norris 40-49 Males 1st Place-Ricky Schreiber 2nd Place-Armando Tapia 50 & Older Females 1st Place-Missy Hoegger 2nd Place-Gina Wolf 50 & Older Males 1st Place-Daniel Brown 2nd Place-David Veitenheimer Overall Champion Larry Filer.

Midwestern State University has named Archer City High School graduate Breden Hulse as one of its Redwine Presidential Scholars. He will receive $40,000 over four years of study at MSU Texas in Wichita Falls.

Archer City’s Karla Priebe went to the state shotgun competition and came home with second place in trap in the J.V. Division. Priebe is heading to National Junior Shotgun Competition June 16 in San Antonio.