Both the Holliday Eagles and Lady Eagles took home the Region 1 Cross Country crowns on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock. The Lady Eagles repeated as champions beating their score of last year, 44, by 13 points. The Eagles also snatched the gold medal, overcoming last year’s score by over 30 points.

It was a quick and painless 3-0 sweep for the Holliday Lady Eagles on Tuesday, Oct. 15, beating the Iowa Park Lady Hawks 2515, 25-15, and finally 25-17. This marks Holliday’s third program sweep in district play this season.

It’s been a long time since the Archer City Wildcats have bested the Windthorst Trojans on the gridiron, with the Black and Gold’s last victory coming from 2008-2009 season when they secured the 34-7 win at home. Now, on Friday, Oct.11, 16 years later almost to the day, the Trojans and Wildcats met for what could decide the 2A-2 District 6 championship.

The Windthorst Spartan football team played Archer City on Thursday, Oct. 10.

Volleyball fans who were at the matchup between the Windthorst Trojanettes and the Nocona Lady Indians on Tuesday, Oct. 8 witnessed one of the closest, heart-pounding volleyball matches in recent memory.

Cross country runners for Archer City and Windthorst persisted through sweltering heat for their chance at gold in the district cross country meet in Seymour on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Archer City endured a five-set slugfest versus the Petrolia Lady Pirates on Tuesday, Oct. 8 to eek out the 16-14 victory and notch their second district win of the season. This nail-biting win pushes the team’s district record to 2-2.

The Lady Eagles seem to be near-unbeatable this year as they scored a dominant clean sweep over the Vernon Lady Lions on Tuesday, Oct. 8 before knocking off the Henrietta Lady Cats in 4-1 set victory on Friday, Oct. 11 to remain undefeated in district play.

The Holliday Eagles travelled to the home of the Millsap Bulldogs on Friday, Oct. 11, for the Red and White’s first district game on the gridiron. The Eagles were in tip-top shape on Friday, scoring on six of their seven first half drives to tame the Bulldogs 48-20 and kickoff district with a win.

The Holliday Lady Eagle’s utter devastation through the district continued on Tuesday, October 1 and Friday, October 4 as they swept the City View Lady Mustangs and the Jacksboro Tigerettes to remain undefeated in district play.