The Archer City Wildcats split their first district series of the season, taking on the Petrolia Pirates on Tuesday, March 18 and Friday, March 21. Freshman shortstop Seth Truette showed early promise as he hit the team’s first home run of the season.

Recently, I have been working my way through what is considered to be Jesus’ greatest sermon ever preached - The Sermon on the Mount. Augustine called it a ‘perfect standard of the Christian life.’ It is an amazing read, and I would encourage you to take a few minutes to look through all of Matthew chapters 5 through 7. I felt compelled to share a portion of it with you today.

The Holliday City Council were apprised of the issues of getting a new ladder for the playground equipment at the city park during its council meeting on Monday, March 17. Holliday Parks and Rec Committee member Hayden Hansen provided the update to council.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved the hiring of Kortney Kulhanek as the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agent during its meeting on Monday, March 10. Kulhanek will be replacing the departed Paige McSpadden as the county’s new Ag and Natural Resources agent.

The Windthorst Trojans trekked up to Muenster to participate in the Highway 82 Classic from Thursday, March 13 to Saturday, March 15. The Trojans finished the tournament with a record of 2-4.

Both the Holliday Lady Eagles and Eagles, along with some of the Windthorst Trojanettes travelled to Graham to compete in the Possum Kingdom Relays on Saturday, March 15. Holliday flourished in the meet, grabbing several top six finishes including gold medals from senior Breagan Blowers, junior Kenli Atwood, and sophomores Brayden Hamill and RC Albert.

In another installment in the rivalry between the Holliday Lady Eagles and the Henrietta Lady Cats, Henrietta took the first game in the series on Holliday’s home turf on Monday, March 17. Despite several spectacular defensive plays, the Lady Eagles couldn’t make up the ground, losing to the Lady Cats 11-6.