Wildcats drum Cubs on diamond

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Archer City put together a pair of blowout victories over Olney on Tuesday, April 8, and Friday, April 11. Along with scoring a season-high 17 runs on Tuesday, the Wildcats also recorded their first shutout of the season on Friday.
Wildcat catcher Reed Truette makes the tag at home after catching a picture-perfect throw from centerfielder Isaac Dieguez in Archer City’s district game versus Olney on Tuesday, April 8. Photo/Landon Davis

Stewart shines on Senior Night

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The Holliday Eagles completed the series sweep over Vernon on Friday, April 11, building on their win over the Lions earlier in the week on Wednesday, April 9. After the Eagles gave up four runs and seven hits to Vernon in Game 1, senior pitcher Michael Stewart shutdown the visitors with a hitless, seven- inning, 16 strikeout performance to shut the Lions down on Senior Night.
Holliday second baseman Kelson Wales tosses a ground ball to first base in the Eagles’ 5-0 win over Vernon on Friday, April 11. Photo/Landon Davis

Lady Eagles pile on the runs against Vernon

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The Holliday Lady Eagles won by a combined 38-0 in their two games versus the Vernon Lady Lions on Tuesday, April 8 and Friday, April 11. Holliday allowed just three total hits over the series, while amassing over 30 hits as a squad.
Lady Eagle pitcher Carly Duggins nails a pitch against the Vernon Lady Lions on Friday, April 11. Duggins finished the day 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Photo/Landon Davis

Lady Cats claw back with walk off

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The Archer City Lady Cats exacted some revenge on Tuesday, April 1 as they came back from a four-run deficit to overcome district rival Petrolia. After their heart-pounding victory on Tuesday, the Lady Cats decimated Olney 22-1 on Friday, April 4, and Seymour on Monday, April 7.
Sophomore Addi Canada slams a pitch for a two-run home run in the Lady Cats’ 12-2 win over Seymour on Monday, April 7. Photo/Landon Davis

Windthorst track teams repeat as district champs

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Windthorst’s dominant run on the track and in the field from last season carried over into this year, as both the Trojans’ and the Trojanettes’ track teams torched their competition at the district meet on Wednesday, April 2, taking first place in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions.
Windthorst’s Daxton Anderson skims over the hurdle at the district meet in Petrolia. Anderson took home golds in both the 110 and the 300 hurdles. Photo/Landon Davis

Holliday track teams dominate at district meet

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It should come as no surprise that a team that returns nearly all of their district champions as well as several other Area qualifiers will have similar success this go around. That’s exactly what Holliday did as they decimated their competition at the district meet in Iowa Park on Wednesday April 2 and Thursday, April 3, sweeping the meet en route to a first-place finish for both the Eagles and Lady Eagles.
L-R: Tyce Whittington, Canon Faulkner, and Jaedin Kim sprint through the finish in the 100 meter dash at the district meet in Iowa Park. Photo/Landon Davis

Trojanettes breeze through district opponents

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It wasn’t a particularly tough week for the Windthorst Trojanettes on the softball diamond, handily defeating the Seymour Lady Panthers 18-0 on Tuesday, April 1 before cruising to a 17-4 victory over the Electra Lady Tigers on Monday, April 7.
Trojanette second baseman Malory Watson make the throw to first in Windthorst’s district game against Electra on Monday, April 7. Photo/Landon Davis

Trojan pitching stymies Wildcats

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In their district double- header on Tuesday, April 1, the Windthorst Trojan pitchers gave up a combined four hits and one run in the two games against Archer City, winning 14-0 and 11-1 to remain undefeated in district action.
Trojan lefty Conner Schreiber tosses a pitch against Archer City on Tuesday, April 1. The junior finished the day with 12 strikeouts on 69 total pitches. Photo/Landon Davis

Stewart shutouts Stangs

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The Holliday Eagles notched a pair of wins on Tuesday, March 25 and Friday, March 28 after suffocating the City View Mustangs 4-0 and 14-4 respectively. Tuesday, March 25 Holliday 4 City View 0 For the first game of the series, senior starting pitcher Michael Stewart went nuclear from the bump for the Eagles, amassing a miraculous 16 strikeouts in seven full innings.

Wildcats swarm Seymour

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After Archer City fell to the Panthers in walk-off fashion on Wednesday, March 26, the Wildcats stormed back with a vengeance, defending their home field and battering Seymour to improve to 2-2 in district.
Wildcat lefty Brody Reneau fires a pitch against the Seymour Panthers on Wednesday, March 26. Photo/Landon Davis
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