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No. 1 is the loneliest number
May 26, 2008Rankings never guarantee a thing. Any coach that I have ever talked to has told me that.
Still, schools should always carry a sense of pride when they are at the top in the state of Texas.
Two of the five classifications in Texas had our area's baseball teams ranked No. 1. Archer City and Holliday both occupied the top spot, representing Archer County very well.
But both of teams had their seasons end well short of expectations over the weekend. Palmer swept Holliday -- which had entered the series with a 25-game winning streak -- and after winning Game 1, Archer City lost the last two to Bosqueville.
I did not see any of the AC series, so I cannot comfortably say what went wrong except the fact the Wildcats committed 11 errors in the two losses. Archer City probably goes back to state if Blaine Willett is able to pitch this season, too.
I think Holliday was pretty unlucky at the plate. The Eagles only struck out 5-6 times all series, but seemed to hit the ball right to the Palmer defense.
They had some costly outs on the basepaths, and Palmer was very good fundamentally. It is how baseball goes sometimes.
Even though they both lost -- leaving Seymour as our lone area team still alive in the playoffs -- both Archer City and Holliday should be commended for being the best team in the state for much of the season.
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