As the old saying goes, ‘To be the best, you have to beat the best,’ and as Ethan Belcher trotted into high school football immortality on a two-point conversion with 26-seconds remaining, Windthorst did just that. The Trojans ended Mart’s quest for a four-peat in a 22-21 classic on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

As Windthorst wins its third state title, this team will forever be enshrined as legends, joining the 1996 and 2003 squads as champions.

Allen Moore has been serving the citizens of Holliday as mayor for the last 18 years. On Monday, Dec.

Archer County Judge Randy Jackson reported on Monday, Dec. 14, that the county has seen 101 new cases, a 29% increase, in total Covid-19 cases in just one week’s time and the county will remain unexempt from GA-29 including a facial covering mandate which was issued by Governor Greg Abbott.

A call to the Archer County Sheriff’s dispatch on Wednesday, Dec. 2, resulted in the arrest of Chad Kenneth Horn and Manuel Gonzalo Yebra, Jr.