Body Archer City (1-1) certainly had its chances to knock off Henrietta, even without the services of Ty Bates at quarterback. Early turnovers, costly penalties and misfirings on offense allowed the Bearcats to pull away from the Wildcats 43- 28 on Friday, Sept. 17.

Body Isabelle and Whit Parkey competed at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo in Abilene. Isabelle brought home a 5th place with her Polled Hereford heifer, 3rd place with her Limousin heifer and 3rd place with her Brangus heifer.

Body As expected, the Holliday Lady Eagles cross country team has been dominant on the young season. Archer City and Windthorst have had strong showings at the local cross country meets.

Body Windthorst (16-10) split a pair of four-set affairs last week, falling to Iowa Park (25-20, 15-25, 25-21, 27-25) on Tuesday before downing Christ Academy (25-20, 25-21, 22-25, 29-27) on Saturday.

Body Holliday (23-5, 1-0) rolled to its fourth-straight victory on Friday, Sept. 10, sweeping District 7-3A rival Henrietta 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-16) to open league action.

Body After dropping four straight matches and five of the last six, Archer City jumped back into the win column on Saturday, Sept. 11. The Lady Cats (16-10) overcame a slow start to defeat Christ Academy, 14- 25, 25-10, 25-15, 25-21.

Body Windthorst Head Coach Chris Tackett just wanted to give his Trojans a chance to play after a COVID-19 outbreak among the Archer City coaching staff forced the Wildcats to pull out of their annual rivalry game.

Body The Windthorst 7thgrade Spartans defeated the Alvord Bulldogs 28- 18 on Thursday, Sept. 9. Brock “Big Juicy” Belcher threw two touchdown passes to Adam Barton and Brayden Messineo. Hayden Cavazos added two touchdowns on the ground. The Spartans are now 1-0 on the season.

Body Holliday (3-0) ran all over Vernon (1-2) in a 36-7 win over the Lions on Friday, Sept. 10, at Leo Brittain Field.

Body Second-ranked Windthorst rolled up nearly 500 yards of total offense in a 49-0 rout of De Leon on the road on Friday, Sept. 3. The Trojans (2-0) host Archer City (1-0) in their home opener on Friday, Sept. 10.