After returning to his alma mater last year, Josh Castles is taking over the reins of the Archer City boys basketball team following the departure of Andrew Morris. Castles takes over a program that returns three starters from last year’s team that went 17-13 and finished third in District 9-2A.

It was another tremendous season on the baseball diamond for Archer County. Archer City, Holliday and Windthorst all won district championships and advanced several rounds deep in the postseason. These kids deserve all the recognition they can get for all their hard work.

Archer City’s Ty Bates, John Machtolff and Hudson Williams competed for the West in the Oil Bowl football game on Saturday, June 18, at Iowa Park. Bates led the West with four catches for 34 yards while Machtolff caught a pair of balls for 8 yards. Photo/Will Edwards

The Wildcats were represented by Kameron Moss in the Oil Bowl basketball game on Friday, June 17, at Rider High School. Moss finished with five points for the East squad.

The 85th Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic is chocked full of Archer County athletes with 23 recent graduates taking the field one final time. Holliday led the way with 10 selections while Archer City had eight and Windthorst five.

Softball Archer County schools had a tremendous season on the softball diamond, virtually sweeping all-district accolades for District 9-2A and District 7-3A. Archer City’s Maddie Lopez and Holliday’s Addison Lindemann were each named MVP of their respective districts.

Dairy Derby Children’s Races: 2 & Under Girls-40 yards 1st Place-Kolsyn Tressler 2nd Place-Korbann Schelgel 3rd Place-Rhyan Berend 4th Place-Rylee Steinberger 5th Place-Kamdyn Humpert 6th Place-Winnie Shifflet 7th Place-Quinlee Grant 8th Place-Grayson George 2 & Under Boys-40 yards 1st Place-Baylor Mathis 2nd Place-Beckett Martin 3rd Place-Milo Rooney 4th Place-Lane Hoff 5th Place-Jaxx Jackson 6th Place-Ean Berend 7th Place-Coy Wolf 8th Place-Cole Wolf 3-Year-Old Girls-50 yards 1st Place-Haidan Hoegger 2nd Place-Diana Humpert 3rd Place-Amelia Youngblood 4th Place-Molly Hilbers 5th Place-Piper Freeman 6th Place-Charlotte Steinberger 7th Place-Emerson Styles 8th Place-Stella Chavez 3-Year-Old Boys-50 yards 1st Place-Calvin Pennartz 2nd Place-Quentin Wolf 3rd Place-Milo Schreiber 4th Place-Bryson Metzler 5th Place-Luke Schroeder 6th Place-Chisolm Schroeder 7th Place-Beau Wolf 8th Place-Noah Koetter 4-Year-Old Girls-50 yards 1st Place-Emma Wheeler 2nd Place-Camille Berend 3rd Place-Paisley Randall 4th Place-Hailey Carnes 5th Place-Emily Carnes 6th Place-Scarlett Schroeder 7th Place-Jade Wolf 8th-Place-Maylie Anderle 4-Year-Old Boys-50 yards 1st Place-Blaze Jackson 2nd Place-Bennett Humpert 3rd Place-Quattro Schlegel 4th Place-Hayze Blevins 5th Place-Branson Burney 6th Place-Bauer Burney 7th Place-Elliott Berend 8th-Place-Nolan Mathis 5-Year-Old Girls-60 yards 1st Place-Landrie Moss 1st Place-Landrie Moss 2nd Place-Jensen George 3rd Place-Andie Moer 4th Place-Chace Hoegger 5th Place-Raylynn Schroeder 6th Place-Oakley Ivie 7th Place-Addi Hoegger 8th-Place-Delilah Steinberger 5-Year-Old Boys-60 yards 1st Place-Hayden Steinberger 2nd Place-August Yates 3rd Place-Cannon Berend 4th Place-Eli Schroeder 5th Place-Gavin Wolf 6th Place-Luke Wolf 7th Place-Eli Veitenheimer 8th-Place-Jace Hoffman 6-Year-Old Girls-60 yards 1st Place-London Wolf 2nd Place-Lyvian McLemore 3rd Place-Sadie Ferguson 4th Place-Sienna Grant 5th Place-Kinley Clayton 6th Place-Lyla Barton 7th Place-Sawyer Steinberger 8th-Place-Katie Hoff 6-Year-Old Boys-50 yards 1st Place-Everett Loyd 2nd Place-Patrick Veitenheimer 3rd Place-Wyatt Grotelueschen 4th Place-Casimir Berend 5th Place-Jeremy Meurer 6th Place-Sylas Blevins 7th Place-Gideon Schroeder 7 & 8-Year-Old Girls-80 yards 1st Place-Nora Loyd 2nd Place-Tylar Moer 3rd Place-Mila Solorio 4th Place-Lena Solorio 5th Place-Hadley Berend 6th Place-Harper Hoegger 7th Place-Quinn Wolf 8th-Place-Madison Koetter 7 & 8-Year-Old Boys-80 yards 1st Place-Luke Berend 2nd Place-Braxton Tressler 3rd Place-Dossen Anderson 4th Place-Eli George 5th Place-Ryder Hoff 6th Place-Levi Hoff 7th Place-Max Berend 8th-Place-Holden Schreiber 9 & 10-Year-Old Girls-100 yards 1st Place-Ellie Kolar 2nd Place-Ellie Barton 3rd Place-Sophia Petro 4th Place-Libby Schroeder 5th Place-Chandler Lindemann 6th Place-Millie McEwen 7th Place-Maci Casillas 8th-Place-Emily Schroeder 9 & 10-Year-Old Boys-100 yards 1st Place-Karson Teakell 2nd Place-Kastin Wolf 3rd Place-Barrett Wolf 4th Place-Daniel Painter 5th Place-Matthew Anderle 6th Place-Lucas Petro 7th Place-Blayden Koetter 8th-Place-Jake Schroeder Windthorst Dairy Derby-1.5 mile 10 & Under Females 1st Place-Ellie Barton 2nd Place-Ellie Kolar 10 & Under Males 1st Place-Barrett Wolf 2nd Place-Kastin Wolf 11-13 Females 1st Place-Natalie Anderle 2nd Place-Liliana Colchado 11-13 Males 1st Place-Luke Zicarelli 1st Place-Luke Zicarelli 2nd Place-Slade Berend 14 & Over Females 1st Place-Bri Hoff 2nd Place-Shonda Hoff 14 & Over Males 1st Place-John Davis 2nd Place-Matt Kolar Windthorst Dairy Derby 5K 14 & Under Females 1st Place - Heidi Norris 2nd Place - Aubree Kate Hoegger 14 & Under Males 1st Place-Kolton Rodgers 2nd Place-Nolan Schreiber 15-19 Females 1st Place-Abby Schroeder 2nd Place-Jenna Veitenheimer 20-29 Females 1st Place-Megan Pennartz 2nd Place-Katie Pennartz 20-29 Males 1st Place-Nathan Morrow 2nd Place-Logan Veitenheimer 30-39 Females 1st Place-Andrea Koetter 2nd Place-Megan Steinberger 30-39 Males 1st Place-Bryan Wilson 2nd Place-Thomas Koetter 40-49 Females 1st Place-Esther Ricon 2nd Place-Anna Norris 40-49 Males 1st Place-Ricky Schreiber 2nd Place-Armando Tapia 50 & Older Females 1st Place-Missy Hoegger 2nd Place-Gina Wolf 50 & Older Males 1st Place-Daniel Brown 2nd Place-David Veitenheimer Overall Champion Larry Filer.

Holliday had its fair share of opportunities to force a decisive game three on Saturday but the comeback bid just wasn’t in the cards as the Lady Eagles dropped a pair of games to Coahoma, 5-1 and 7-4, in the regional finals.

Holliday's Sydney Linn runs down a fly ball in the gap for an out in the first inning of Saturday's 7-4 loss to Coahoma in the regional finals in Abilene. Photo/Will Edwards Holliday's Carissa Griffin celebrates after turning a double play in the first inning of Saturday's 7-4 loss to Coahoma in the regional finals in Abilene.