Petrolia (6-0) raced out to a 27-0 halftime lead and never looked back as the Pirates routed Archer City (2-2), 40- 19, to spoil the Wildcats’ homecoming on Friday, Oct. 1.

Windthorst junior quarterback Logan Cope tossed five TD passes and ran for another in the Trojans’ 45-0 win over Hamlin on Friday, Oct. 1. The Trojans avenged a 14-0 setback from last season’s state title run, the only blemish on their resume a year ago.

The Archer City Junior High squad suffered a 44-0 defeat to Petrolia on Thursday, Sept. 30.

With just seven matches to go in the regular season, playoff pictures and district races are beginning to take shape. In District 9-2A, we seem to be on a collision course leading up to Archer City/Windthorst on Saturday, Oct.

The Holliday Lady Eagles’ cross country team picked up a pair of wins, taking first at the Lubbock ISD Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 25, with 59 points and winning the Decatur Reunion Run on Saturday, Oct. 2, with 32 points.

The 2021 Homecoming Court (L to R): Hudson Williams, Jill Liles, Gage Gillispie, Maddie Lopez, Kolton Miller, Crown-Bearer Kai Awakuni, Homecoming Queen Abby Sargent, Flower Girl Jill Graham, Breden Hulse and Sara Schroeder.Photo/Will Edwards

Writers from across the country will gather in Archer City to pay tribute to one of its native sons and author Larry McMurtry who died March 25, in Tucson, Ariz. In addition to the literary tribute, the Royal Theater will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Last Picture Show, the Peter Bogdanovich film made from McMurtry’s third book, with an outdoor showing of the film.

There aren’t many things as fickle as our memories, especially in times of hardships. The Israelites in Exodus seem to be the biggest bunch of ungrateful people you could imagine. They had just witnessed God save them by sending plagues on the Egyptians, parting the Red Sea, turning bitter water sweet from a log, making manna appear out of nowhere, having water come from a rock and many more things. Even in all of these impossible scenarios, we continue to see the people of God complain, whine, and wonder if God cares for them.