Archer County softball update

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Monday, March 15 Windthorst 15, Olney 0 The Trojanettes pounded out 17 hits and plated 11 runs in the home half of the first in a 15-0 rout of Olney. Bree Kirk (3 R, 2 RBI) and Camryn Latham (2 R, 3 RBI) each went 4-for-4, combining for three doubles.
Maddie Lopez connects with a triple in the Lady Cats’ 15-0 win against Olney on Tuesday, March 16. Lopez went 3-for-3 with four RBI in the win over the Lady Cubs. Photo/Will Edwards

County track and field update

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Archer City traveled to Seymour on Thursday, March 18, for the Seymour Run and Gun. The Wildcats finished second behind the Panthers, falling short of the title by four points. The Lady Cats finished fourth behind Stamford (211), Seymour (129) and Throckmorton (122).

County baseball update

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Tuesday, March 16 Bowie 7, Holliday 6 Bowie rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to upset the eighthranked Eagles, 7-6. Holliday surrendered a bases-loaded, one-out single in the final frame to suffer their first district loss of the year.
Justin Browning fires in a strike in the third inning of Archer City’s 20-0 win over Electra on Friday, March 19. Browning tossed a no-hitter with seven strikeouts in the three-inning affair. Photo/Will Edwards

Belcher inducted into Howard Payne's sports Hall of Fame

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Current Jacksboro head baseball coach and Holliday High School alumnus Blake Belcher is being inducted into the Howard Payne Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 15. Belcher, a class of 1994 graduate from Holliday, is the brother of Windthorst head baseball coach Scott Belcher.
Blake Belcher

Lady Eagles, Trojanettes track and field keep winning

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For the second-straight week, the Holliday Lady Eagles and Windthorst Trojanettes dominated the track and field circuit. Holliday hosted its first track meet since the late 1990s and took first place, more than doubling second-place Breckenridge (114) with 260 points at the Hero Relays. Windthorst held off Quanah, 174 to 171 to record their second-straight win at the Munday Mogul Relays.
Holliday’s Grayson Castagna clears the final hurdle before racing to the finish in the girls 100 hurdles. Castagna finished first with a time of 18.36. Photo/Ravyn Fager

AC Tennis at Seymour

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Jill Liles amd Cade Strickland won a championship in mixed doubles at day one of the Seymour Tournament on Monday, March 15. Chase Curry won the boys singles championship. Layne Briggs and Luke Haehn took second place in boys doubles. Chandler Clark and Jaxton Barrett placed second in mixed doubles. Seth Deerinwater won the consolation bracket in boys singles. Sara Schroeder and Caitlyn Hilbers placed third in girls doubles on Tuesday, March 16. Courtesy photo
AC Tennis at Seymour

Archer County softball roundup

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Tuesday, March 9 Archer City 12, Graford 2 (Game 1) Maddie Lopez went 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple and Emma Gray went 2-for-3 with a double as the Lady Cats downed Graford 12-2. Jill Liles (4-7) struck out 10 while allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks.
Archer City’s Kadence Huffman pulls down a popup in the Lady Cats’ game against Holliday on Thursday, March 11. Photo/Will Edwards

Sports photos of the week

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Holliday’s Hayden Strealy leaps over the hurdle en-route to a first-place finish in the 110 hurdles with a time of 16.65. Photo/Ravyn Fager Archer City’s Chris Allen scoops up a throw in the Wildcats’ 10-1 loss to Gunter on Friday, March 12.
Sports photos of the week
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