The Holiday Eagles are state champions once again. After their thrilling 3A Boys state championship appearance last year, the Eagles kept the crown with another heart-pounding 4x400 relay finish at Mike A.
Archer County finished up one it’s better softball and baseball seasons this year. For the second season in a row, Archer City’s softball and baseball teams, as well as Windthorst’s softball and baseball teams advanced to the Class 2A playoffs. Two of those teams even made it to the second round.
106. That was the combined runs scored in the three-game Regional Semifinals series between the Holliday Lady Eagles and the Coahoma Bulldogettes on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9. In addition to the runs, the two monster offenses combined for nearly 100 hits while pitchers across both teams totaled over 800 pitches thrown.
Almost a year removed from their memorable three-game series, the Windthorst Trojans and the Collinsville Pirates once again gave each other all they could handle in their 2A-D2 Area-round matchup at Denton High School on Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8.
For the last five track season, the Holliday Lady Eagles have owned the 3A-Region I meet. On Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2 at Elmer Gray Stadium in Abilene, they maintained the status quo by winning the meet with a score of 92, 25 points ahead of second-place Wall (67).
One year removed from their exciting Bi-District round clash, the Windthorst Trojans and the Lindsay Knights battled it out on the diamond in another three-game thriller that came to an electrifying conclusion on Friday, May 1.
The Holliday Lady Eagles won their Area round battle with Merkel by a combined 22-2 in the twogame series on Wednesday, April 29 in Graford. In addition to the stellar sweep, the Lady Eagles also broke a five-year Area-round losing streak.
The Archer City Wildcats’ baseball season came to a close on Wednesday, April 29 in City View in the their Bi-District round matchup against the Nocona Indians. The Wildcats and the Indians were entrenched in a true Pitcher’s Duel for Game 1.