The Collinsville Pirates lived up to their No. 4 ranking last Thursday.

Holliday seniors Bailee Bowers, Kenna Wood and Isaac Villa signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level on Friday, Nov. 10.

The wet, cold and windy weather led to a less than ideal first half for Windthorst in their bi-district game against Lindsay before a second-half explosion catapulted the Trojans to the win on Thursday, Nov. 9, in Bowie.

The Lady Eagles exceeded all expectations in 2023. For a team that returned just four letterwinners from last year’s squad and adding a first-time head coach, few believed the Lady Eagles were capable of an unbeaten run through district and a pair of playoff wins.

Holliday made it look easy. The Eagles (10-1) scored in all three phases – in the first four minutes no less – and essentially ended their bi-district matchup with Eastland (3-8) before it ever really got started in a 44-7 rout.

Rylee Wolf has this volleyball thing figured out. With chants of ‘feed the beast’ echoing throughout the Mineral Wells gymnasium from a raucous Windthorst crowd, the Trojanettes turned to the reigning Class 2A Player of the Year time and again to power past Hamilton and get back to the Region I-2A Tournament later this week in San Angelo.

Peaster was fed up with Holliday. Since 2020, the two schools have met six times across the various UIL girl’s postseasons, and each time, Holliday has been ever-so-slightly better than the Lady Greyhounds – sometimes by the slimmest of margins.