The Holliday Lady Eagles completed the first leg of their journey for a state championship with a near sweep of the District 7-3A championship on Monday, Oct. 11. Holliday scored 17 points, taking first through third and fifth through eighth to win the crown.

Archer City senior quarterback Ty Bates accounted for five touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 42-20 win over Quanah on Friday, Oct. 8. The Wildcats (3-2, 1-0) avenged their lone district loss to the Indians (0-6, 0-1) from a season ago.

For just the third time in school history, Holliday (6-0, 1-0) put up 80 points on an opponent in football. The Eagles scored time after time in an 80-16 rout of Valley View (0-6, 0-1) to open up district action with a win on Friday, Oct. 8.

Archer City’s combined junior high squad held on for a 22-14 victory against Quanah on Thursday. Gavin Hulse recorded a game-sealing interception as time expired.

Petrolia (6-0) raced out to a 27-0 halftime lead and never looked back as the Pirates routed Archer City (2-2), 40- 19, to spoil the Wildcats’ homecoming on Friday, Oct. 1.

Windthorst junior quarterback Logan Cope tossed five TD passes and ran for another in the Trojans’ 45-0 win over Hamlin on Friday, Oct. 1. The Trojans avenged a 14-0 setback from last season’s state title run, the only blemish on their resume a year ago.

The Archer City Junior High squad suffered a 44-0 defeat to Petrolia on Thursday, Sept. 30.

With just seven matches to go in the regular season, playoff pictures and district races are beginning to take shape. In District 9-2A, we seem to be on a collision course leading up to Archer City/Windthorst on Saturday, Oct.

The Holliday Lady Eagles’ cross country team picked up a pair of wins, taking first at the Lubbock ISD Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 25, with 59 points and winning the Decatur Reunion Run on Saturday, Oct. 2, with 32 points.

The 2021 Homecoming Court (L to R): Hudson Williams, Jill Liles, Gage Gillispie, Maddie Lopez, Kolton Miller, Crown-Bearer Kai Awakuni, Homecoming Queen Abby Sargent, Flower Girl Jill Graham, Breden Hulse and Sara Schroeder.Photo/Will Edwards