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.

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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.