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Issue 50
December 1%1996
50C Member of Texas Press Association 1996
ARCHER
COUNTY
Trojans to Tackle
Tenaha For State Title
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Archer City,
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Semi-Final Game Against Iraan At Texas Tech Stadium
Eagles Win In
After being ranked # 1 in Texas
in Class A football for the entire
season, the Windthorst Trojans
will finally play for the # 1 spot
this Saturday. The Trojans
defeated Wheeler in an offen-
sive thriller in Vernon last Fri-
day to vault themselves into
the state championship game
against Tenaha.
Windthorst outdueled Wheel-
er in an offensive show that
resulted in 503 yards for the
Trojans and 392 yards for the
1
Duke Veitenheimer applies pressure to Wheeler quar-
terback in state semi-final action.
(Photo by Don Talley)
Young Picture Show
Players Will Present
’’Little Match Girl” In
Two Shows Saturday
The Picture Show Players will
feature a talented ensemble of
middle school students in the
Sidney L. Berger musical adap-
tation of the Hans Christian
Andersen tale. The Little Match
Girl. A little girl named Liesl is
forced by her pitiless father to
sell matches on icy, friendless
city streets. She encounters a
number of good, indifferent, and
mean characters in her efforts
to sell the matches. The pitiful
flames of the matches don't
warm her body but they illumi-
nate her spirit. The things she
has dreamed about but can't
have come alive in her dreams
as the icy winds claw at her
inadequately clothed, frail little
body The audience will see her
vision of a brightly decorated
Christmas tree surrounded by
beautiful toys- panda bears,
clowns, dolls, and toy soldiers.
Her dilemma is resolved in a
surprising but touching clos-
ing scene as she is reunited
with her loving Grandmother.
The dramatic, uplifting produc-
tion is not the typical sugar
coated Christmas program, but
all ages will find something spe-
cial in The Little Match Girl.
The matinee performance will
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Mustangs. The Big Blue Crew'
rushed for 443 yards (251 in
the first half) and passed for 60
(all in the first half).
The Trojans won the flip and
deferred to the second half.
Wheeler went right to work and
drove 75 yards in 11 plays to
take a 6-0 lead on a 6 yard run
by Bryan Judd.
The Big Blue Crew came right
back. Randy Berend returned
the kickoff to the 44. After
several penalties, Justin Boone
clipped off 15 yards followed by
11 more by Brent Hoff. Eric
Steinberger then broke right
up the middle to score with
3:46 left in the period. Wes
Johnson added the PAT for a 7-
6 Trojan lead.
Wheeler had to punt, but the
Mustangs intercepted a pass
with 1:09 left in the period.
They covered the 48 yards in 8
plays with Judd getting the fi-
nal 19 yards with 11:12 left in
the second quarter. Duke
Veitenheimer knocked the pass
attempt for two points to hold
Wheeler's lead to 12-7.
The Trojans needed just one
play to regain the advantage as
Boone swept right end and cut
back across the field for 66
yards and the TD. Brad
Hoffman kept for two points on
the conversion to give the Big
Blue a 15-12 lead with 10:56
remaining before halftime.
Wheeler punted, and
Windthorst moved across
midfield before disaster struck.
An errant pitch from Hoffman
to Boone was picked off by
Dusty Case and returned 58
yards for a touchdown.
Hoffman broke up the tiy for
two to leave Trojans trailing
18-15 with 6:14 left in the sec-
ond quarter.
The Big Blue Crew took the
ensuing kickoff and drove
straight down the field on 9
running plays. Steinberger
carried for 8, 12, 2, and the
final 6 with Boone mixing in
runs of 4. 7, and 11 and Hoff
two trips for 7 and 5. Johnson
added the kick to return the
lead to the Blue 22-18 at the
2:49 mark.
The Mustangs were inter-
cepted by Steinberger, but a
fumble returned the pigskin to
the Mustangs. Two straight
pass completions, one for 27
yards, moved the line of scrim-
mage to the Trojans 30. The
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Royal
Theater
Fund Overtime Again
Mumps
Into High
Gear
fco* SHOWING
HE LAST
The Archer Chamber of Commerce 18th annual Christ
mas parade wound through downtown Sunday afternoon
and culminated with visits with Santa by area Children.
Several hundred guests
showed their support for the
rebuilding of the Royal Theater
with their attendance at the
Reader’s Theater Gala Satur-
day which netted over $35,000
dollars. Special guests from
around the state shared a first
peek at the theater concept
plans for a state of the art stage
and film facility to be built in
and around the location of the
film sight of The Last Picture
Show”.
“Our goal for this event was to
raise the funds to purchase the
property while creating enough
exposure in regional, state, and
national media to make this
project viable.” Abby Abernathy,
chairman of the event stated.
“And, I feel that those goals
were accomplished. Our next
step is to raise the matching
funds needed to compliment
foundation grants which are
being sought. While we are not
ready to announce the specif-
ics of the next events, a series of
events and approaches will be
utilized to accomplish our $2
million dollar goal.
At the gala, four specific sup
ports were introduced. A $ 1000
donation will give your name
and hand a permanent etching
on the “Applause Wall.” (For all
of those that gave us a hand.)
This will be an actual interior
wall in the newT Royal Theater.
To have a seat in the house
named after you, a gift of $500
will do the trick. The first
frames of a professionally pro-
duced documentary about the
rebuilding process were shot
on Saturday. A $200 donation
will allow you to become a Pro-
duction Assistant as listed in
the credits of the film. A dona-
tion of $100 will make you a
“Patio Paver”. This allows you
to piace your name on a Texas-
shaped paver in, the patio area
of the theater. To place orders
for these premiums, call 574-
2505.
The morning portion, “Labor
Pains", of the event featured a
reader’s theater presentation by
the Picture Show Players. Se-
lections from The Best of Me
collection of poems by the late
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Royal Tour
Of Homes
Is Sunday
The Archer Chamber of Com-
merce will sponsor a Royal Tour
of Homes this Sunday in Ar
cher city. The tour will begin at
3:00 p.m. from the First United
Methodist Church. Stops on
the tour include Doug and
Karolyn Smith, 1111 S. Ash;
Neal and Stephanie Reynolds.
112 Bob White Circle: Bertie
and Harold Beekman. 312 W.
Pecan: Cottage Tea and An-
tiques, 105 N. Ash; Spur Hotel,
110 N. Center; and Karen Fox,
506 N. Sycamore.
The charge will be 85.00 per
person, and refreshments will
be served at the church follow-
ing the tour. If a second tour is
needed, it will begin at 5:00
p.m.
by David Leeth
The Holliday Eagles added a
new speciality to their offense
and defense last week.. .that be
ing a second heart stopping
overtime victory. For the sec-
ond week in a row. the Eagles
showed their stubbornness by
sion at its own 27. The Big Red
mounted an 11 play drive that
culminated at 7:00 with a 22
yard pass from Peters to Grace.
Hale and Morgan provided 25
and 18 yards respectively on
the drive, and Kevin Hooker
added 7 on a crucial 4th and 2
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Raymond Hale hurdles for yardage in the state quar-
ter-final game against Mart.
(Photo by Don Talley)
putting their opponents in the
position of a must-score to win
the game. And the Eagles de-
fense sealed both victories.
The Eagles offense got in gear
again after a slow showing
against Italy. Holliday pro-
duced 351 yards of total of-
fense. The leading rusher was
Chris Morgan with 166 yards
on 30 carries. Raymond Hale
was back up to speed and pro-
duced 74 yards on 18 carries.
Mickey Peters, 4 of 11, and
Jeremy Crouch, 1 of 1, contin-
ued the Eagle air attack to pro-
duce 69 yards and 2 touch-
downs.
Defensively, the Eagles were
led in tackles by linebackers
Brice Pesterfield and Stephen
Davis with 12 and 9 respec-
tively. The Eagle secondary
was not to be outdone.
Cornerbacks Cletus Schenk
and Kevin Hooker had 8 tack-
les each, and Hooker provided
the game-ending interception
on a 2-point attempt. Kyle
Tucker and Mickey Peters both
had interceptions that ended
two potential scoring drives by
Mart. Peters's returned his 4th
quarter pick-off 96 yards to give
the Eagles a 26-21 lead. The
Eagle defensive line accounted
for two quarterback sacks form
John Souther and Justin
Vickers.
The Eagle special teams had a
new face included this week
when sophomore David
Rodriquez made 2 of 3 extra
point kicks. The special teams
helped the Eagles in getting
good field position with 2 kick
off returns by Wade
Weathersbee for 18 yards, 1
return by Peters for 20 yards, 1
return by Cletus Schenk for 10
yards and 1 return by Gary
Grace for 19 yards.
Holliday opened the game by
fumbling on the second play
from scrimmage. Mart covered
50 yards in 5 plays to take 7-0
lead with 10:00 left in the open
ing stanza.
The Eagles fumbled the ensu-
ing kick off, but a face mask
penalty gave Holliday posses-
from the 29.
Mart responded with a 4 plays
and a 54 yard touchdown pass
to regain the lead at 14-7 with
3:17 left in the quarter.
The Big Red "O" responded
with a 10-play effort that car-
ried into the 2nd quarter. Fac-
ing 3rd and 8 at the Panthers
40, Peters pitched to Jeremy
Crouch who fired the halfback
pass to Cletus Schenk in the
end zone for the TD. Rodriquez
added the PAT to tie the score
with 9:47 left in the half.
The Eagle defense killed two
Mart threats with an intercep-
tion by Tucker and a fumble
recovery by Dacil Bowers. Jus-
tin Vickers forced the fumble.
Mart opened the second half
with runs of 46 and 32 yards
by freshmen running backs
John Garrett and Lonnie Green
to take the lead 21-14.
Holliday advanced to the 5
yard line before stalling out. A
fake field goal attempt went
awry with Peters slipping down
at the 20.
Mart had to punt, and Holliday
took over at their own 33 with
2:56 left in the 3rd quarter.
Peters picked up 12 on a roll
out, Morgan got 5, and Hale
added 17, but an unsports-
manlike conduct call moved the
line of scrimmage back to the
49. Morgan got 18 and 13, and
Hale added 7 to end the quarter
at the 9. Morgan got 4,3, and 2
to score, but the extra point
was blocked with 11:09 left in
the game to leave the sore 21-
20.
Mart's Garrett broke loose on
the kick off and raced to the 5
yard line before being hauled
down by Cletus Schenk. On
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