Holliday (23-5, 1-0) rolled to its fourth-straight victory on Friday, Sept. 10, sweeping District 7-3A rival Henrietta 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-16) to open league action.

After dropping four straight matches and five of the last six, Archer City jumped back into the win column on Saturday, Sept. 11. The Lady Cats (16-10) overcame a slow start to defeat Christ Academy, 14- 25, 25-10, 25-15, 25-21.

Windthorst Head Coach Chris Tackett just wanted to give his Trojans a chance to play after a COVID-19 outbreak among the Archer City coaching staff forced the Wildcats to pull out of their annual rivalry game.

The Windthorst 7thgrade Spartans defeated the Alvord Bulldogs 28- 18 on Thursday, Sept. 9. Brock “Big Juicy” Belcher threw two touchdown passes to Adam Barton and Brayden Messineo. Hayden Cavazos added two touchdowns on the ground. The Spartans are now 1-0 on the season.

Holliday (3-0) ran all over Vernon (1-2) in a 36-7 win over the Lions on Friday, Sept. 10, at Leo Brittain Field.

Do you ever sit down at your computer, turn it on and you get this message: “Do not turn off your computer while it’s updating”? As the little circle on the screen turns on the screen goes round and round, you get impatient and hold the power button down to make it re-set. We have all probably done that.

The Holliday City Council approved its fiscal year 2022 budget and tax rate during its meeting Monday, Sept. 13.

Assistant Superintendent Darla Tackett went over the Windthorst ISD instructional update during its school board meeting Monday, Sept. 13.