Archer County Reunion

Both the Archer City Lady Cats and Windthorst Trojanettes took care of business Thursday night in openers of their Region II-A softball semifinal series.
If both do the same tonight in Aledo and Saturday afternoon in Denton, the two will meet in next weekend's regional final with a trip to the state tournament on the line.
The most likely neutral venue should be the Sunrise Optimist Softball Complex, giving Wichita Falls fans an opportunity to see a high-stakes playoff series right here in our backyard -- the first between the two since Archer City dropped down from Class 2A.
It probably should have happened before. But strangely, in the each of past five seasons, when one team is up, the other is down.
Archer City won the 2A state title back in 2001, but didn't advance past the area round until last season when the Lady Cats made it to the regional quarters.
Consequently, Windthorst has won two state titles and finished state runner-up once since 2001. The Trojanettes also logged two regional final appearances in the same time period before losing in the area round last year.
That loss prevented a Trojanettes-Lady Cats clash last season thanks to Sam Rayburn, which eliminated both teams in successive rounds.
The phenomena occurred in basketball where the two came close to a regional final meeting in 2004, which Hubbard derailed with a 59-52 win over Windthorst. The Lady Cats, despite a Trojanettes' sweep in district play, won the state title.
But, if this weekend's playoff games hold to form, the great Archer City reunion will finally take place.
It's about time.

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