It’s hard to believe players report to fall camp in under two weeks. It feels like yesterday we were chasing baseball and softball teams around the state for deep playoff runs.

The Archer City Wildcats are hosting a midnight practice on Monday, Aug. 1, the first official day of practice, to kickoff the fall sports season.

Holliday’s Addison Lindemann earned TGCA All-Star Game MVP honors after going 2-for-2 with a homer and two RBI while tossing 2.0 no-hit innings with four strikeouts. Courtesy photo.

New Archer City Athletic Director and head football coach Bradan Ritchey has created quite the buzz about the Wildcats program since his arrival in February. Excitement around town is palpable as anticipation for the 2022 football season nears.

Wildcat Gym recently got a new court installed over the summer months. The center-court logo features the interlocking 'AC' with the state of Texas as a backgroun Photo/Will Edwards.

Windthorst had its new turf as well as a new scoreboard installed over the summer. Both the scoreboard and the turf highlight the Trojans' three state championships.

After returning to his alma mater last year, Josh Castles is taking over the reins of the Archer City boys basketball team following the departure of Andrew Morris. Castles takes over a program that returns three starters from last year’s team that went 17-13 and finished third in District 9-2A.

It was another tremendous season on the baseball diamond for Archer County. Archer City, Holliday and Windthorst all won district championships and advanced several rounds deep in the postseason. These kids deserve all the recognition they can get for all their hard work.

Archer City’s Ty Bates, John Machtolff and Hudson Williams competed for the West in the Oil Bowl football game on Saturday, June 18, at Iowa Park. Bates led the West with four catches for 34 yards while Machtolff caught a pair of balls for 8 yards. Photo/Will Edwards

The Wildcats were represented by Kameron Moss in the Oil Bowl basketball game on Friday, June 17, at Rider High School. Moss finished with five points for the East squad.