Holliday Cross Country will have a big target on its back heading into the 2526 season. Both the Eagles (2nd) and the Lady Eagles (1st) are ranked in the top three for the 3A Pre-Season Poll by the Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas.

Being a wide receiver at Holliday High School has seen an uptick in usage over the last three years. For the longest time, the Eagles ran the Wing-T offense, a run-oriented offensive scheme that brought Holliday a ton of success on the gridiron.

For the third straight year, third-year head coach Kyle Atwood and his Holliday Eagles will have a different starting quarterback making plays for them, but Coach Atwood and his crew aren’t rattled by the change at all.

Holliday has a rich history of quality volleyball teams year-in and year-out, and long-time Lady Eagle Bennett Luig plans to maintain that consistency for her senior season. As one of the consistent faces around the program, Luig is coming off a junior year where she had 179 kills, 133 digs, and tied for a team-high 67 aces.

Much like their football counterparts, the Holliday Lady Eagles graduated a magnitude of skill and experience from last year, but head coach Kimberly Hargrove believes the versatility of this year’s squad will be the defining characteristic of the team.

Legacy is a big part of the history of Windthorst, especially in high school sports. The Trojans and Trojanettes own multiple state titles in a variety of sports, including volleyball.

Brothers Jaxon and Aiden Stark were destined to become star athletes. The older sons of current Windthorst coaches Dylan and Heather Schreiber Stark, the youngest son Mason is in middle school at Windthorst, the athletic genes from both families poured into their kids.

The 25-26 Windthorst Trojanettes will be strong in a variety of ways, but possibly their biggest strength will come from the sheer amount of varsity experience each player has. This year’s squad returns 12 athletes from last season’s state semifinals run, and head coach Allison Bussey is confident in the team’s defense to once again be a strong point.

Varsity experience is one of the key elements for a successful football team, and for the 25-26 Trojans, they will lean heavily on that aspect. Going into this year, the Windthorst football team graduated just seven seniors from last year, while returning over half of the starters on both sides of the ball.

WHS Cross Country The Windthorst Cross Country teams will be in very different situations for the 25-26 season compared to last year. The Trojans will look to build on their second- place finish at the state meet, while the Trojanettes hope to see improvement from a respectable 24-25 campaign.