In what felt like an ol’ west shootout, the Wildcats and Trojans lived up to the billing of the 11-Mile War. In one corner was Windthorst riding high on winning 11-straight against Archer City dating back to 2008 and ranked No. 4 in the state; in the other were the up-and-coming Wildcats looking to prove they belong.

Junior quarterback Ty Bates scored six touchdowns and the Wildcats defense forced seven turnovers in a 60-7 rout of Haskell in Archer City’s season-opener on Friday, Sept. 4, at Wildcat Stadium.

Windthorst (2-0) was near perfect in its homecoming rout of DeLeon (0-2). The Trojans rolled up 502 yards of offense in a 55-7 blowout of the Bearcats.

Archer City was unable to hold on to an early twoset lead in a five-set loss to Iowa Park on Saturday, Sept. 5, falling 3-2 (29-27, 29-27, 19-25, 16-25, 9-15).

The Holliday Lady Eagles (7-3) registered their fourthstraight win on Friday, Sept. 4, defeating Eastland in straight sets, 3-0 (25-12, 25- 16, 25-17).

Sophomore quarterback Peyton Marchand corralled the high-snap, faked the dive and went off-tackle to the right before breaking the plane of the goal line on Holliday’s twopoint play with 21 seconds remaining to give the Eagles a miraculous come-from-behind victory over Eastland.