For the second edition of the top three football games of the 25-26 season, the Archer City Wildcats come into the spotlight. Last season, the Wildcats’ dangerous run-game clawed through defenders with relative ease, but with the quarterback (Landon Smith), and a pair of explosive running backs (Isaac Dieguez and Noah Cornell), as well as those same athletes and several others on the defensive side all graduating, how will this refurbished backfield matchup against this year’s opponents? Week 6, Oct.

The 25-26 football season is quickly approaching for the three high school teams in Archer County. In just 64 days (first kickoff is Friday, August 29), athletes from Archer City, Holliday, and Windthorst will dawn the shoulder pads and take the field under the Friday Night Lights like so many have before.

Archer County has a history of incredible baseball teams, and the 24-25 season was no different. All three county teams made the playoffs, with one even going four rounds deep. A combination of upperand underclassmen filled the rosters throughout the county, and that dynamic allowed returners to cement their legacies, and for newcomers to carve out a name for themselves.

In last week's Softball Diamond Dozen article. The Archer County News incorrectly named Kindle Marek as Kinley Marek.

Following another fantastic year for the Track and Field teams for the county high schools, numerous athletes earned All-State recognition from the Texas Girls Coaches Association and the Texas High School Coaches Association.

District 7-3A was one of the toughest districts for baseball and softball in the entire state. Between the two sports, the district saw two state semifinalists and five regional finalists across the two playoff divisions.

Former Archer City Wildcat Darryn Shearmire was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame during the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Clinic in San Antonio on Saturday, May 10.

Another year, another successful season on the softball diamond for the three county high school squads. Archer City, Holliday, and Windthorst all secured a spot in the playoffs, will all three even winning in the Bi-District round.

In a gripping best-ofthree series, district rivals the Holliday Eagles and the Iowa Park Hawks faced off in the Regional Finals round on Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24, to determine who would move on to the State Semifinals next week.

This 2024-2025 baseball season marked a lot of upsides for both the Archer City Wildcats and the Windthorst Trojans. With a relatively young cast, the Wildcats managed to nab a playoff spot and even string together four wins in a row with double- digit runs.