Holliday and Windthorst combined to send 11 individuals to the state track meet in Austin on May 12-13 at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

Windthorst (18-9) got a pair of pitching gems from Cooper Wolf and Zeke Mayo to complete the bi-district sweep of Lindsay on Monday in Henrietta. The Trojans offense came alive and pounded out 30 runs, sweeping the twinbill 12-0 and 18-1.

Friday, April 29 Holliday 5, Bowie 3 Cooper Turner belted a three-run blast in the bottom of the fifth to put Holliday (26-3) on top for good as the Eagles completed an unbeaten run through District 7-3A with a 5-3 win over Bowie. “(Going undefeated in district) is a good confidence boost going into the playoffs,” Holliday skipper Brad Blassingame said. “It’s a tough district. You have to show up to play every game. For us to go undefeated, it says a lot about the fight our team has and the team chemistry we have. We’re looking forward to the playoffs now.” Turner went the opposite way to left-center and the ball continued to carry out of the ballpark for his three-run shot to score Grant Cox and Dalton Anderson and putting the Eagles ahead 5-2. “I was just trying to see-fastball, hit fastball,” Turner said. “I thought it was just a pop fly but on my way to second everyone started cheering.” Grant Cox (7-0) picked up the win, tossing 5.1 innings allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits and four walks while fanning seven. Peyton Marchand came on with one out in the sixth to earn the save after Cox hit the pitch limit. Marchand threw 1.2 perfect innings, striking out three to close out the contest.

Archer City (20-6) hammered out 31 runs in a bi-district sweep of Era to advance to the area round. The Lady Cats took game one 18-4 before wrapping up the twinbill with a 13-3 win in game two on Thursday, April 28, in Springtown.

After suffering a high ankle sprain late in the Trojanettes win over Bryson on Tuesday, Windthorst’s Tara Tackett looked unlikely to even play in the onegame bi-district playoff with Lindsay. The junior proved everyone wrong.

Holliday’s Addison Lindemann (22-2) once again dominated in the circle and Campbell Jurecek combined to go 5-for-5 across both games as the Lady Eagles (27-2) made quick work of Peaster, sweeping the Lady Grehounds 12-0 and 10-0 on Wednesday and Thursday in Bowie and Graham.

Archer City Senior Ty Bates was presented with the Marlon Meador Memorial Scholarship at the ACHS auditorium Sunday. Coach Terry Wolf presented the scholarship. Wolf taught Bates parents, Gary and Gretchen. The scholarship is presented anually to a senior athlete who, like Meador, embodies a competitive spirit, dogged determination, teamwork and good character. Courtesy photo/Jenny Schroeder