The Lady Lion softball team won only one out of five games at the Stephenville tournament last week, playing against a tough slate of all larger teams.

Albany traveled to Bangs on Tuesday, bringing back a 16-6 win from only their second non-tournament game of the season. Details were not available at press time but will be reported next week.

The girls will be at home on Friday for a 5:00 p.m. game against Cooper High school’s JV team. They won’t play again until a tournament in Snyder on March 7-9.

The high school track season officially opens Thursday (today) at the Clyde meet, and Albany coaches are hoping to enter a strong field of competitors.

Field events start at 3:30 p.m. with running events set for 6:00 p.m.

Girls head track coach Lauren Peacock expects several returning tracksters, notably two state qualifiers – Caroline Masters and Alli Hill. There are several others with potential to do well, she said.

The JV Lion baseball team won two out of three games at the local tournament held last week and were on the road Tuesday for a game in Cisco.

Several varsity players joined the team this week following the end of the basketball season, giving coach David Fairchild enough players to put his varsity squad on the field in a tournament this weekend.

The Lions are playing in the Hamlin tournament starting Thursday (today), continuing over the next two days.

Both the varsity and JV are scheduled to travel to Anson on March 5 for a pair of games against the Tigers.

Color photo packets of the youth basketball and Little Dribbler teams, taken by The Albany News, are now ready for pickup at the News office. 

Youth packages are priced at $18 plus tax, while the cost of school sports packages is $25 plus tax.

Also, stock show pictures will be ready next week, but those should be picked up at the Shackelford County Courthouse.

Call or come by the News office for more information about the sports photos.

Little Dribblers teams will end the 2019 season this Saturday, March 2, playing two games each in the old Albany High School gym, starting with Red taking on Blue at 8:30 a.m.

Results from the third week of play, Saturday, Feb. 23 are listed below.

BOYS

Black 24 - Blue 23

Scoring for Black - Aiden Vickers 12, Wesley Gleitz 6, Lyle Wheeler 6.

Scoring for Blue - Zarek Bell 9, Connor Smith 5, Levi New 4, Jack Nail 3, Graham Ceder 2.

Grey 17 - Blue 16

Little League signup takes place tonight at The Feed Store between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Today is also the deadline to sign up children for T-Ball and Coach Pitch.

Players who will be eight years old or older on Aug. 31, 2019 should plan to go with their parents to sign up for Little League. The registration meeting will be held between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. tonight at The Feed Store, but signup should only take a few minutes per player.

Moran FFA members and their advisor Matthew Hise hosted two special events recently during national FFA week, and the entire school celebrated the week with daily dress up days.

Monday was camouflage day, Tuesday was dress as your favorite farmer, Wednesday was bring your favorite stuffed farm animal to school, Thursday was dress as your favorite cowboy, and Friday was wear Blue and Gold. 

Moran teams have been running at the track in Cisco to prepare for the spring season, and they will take part in their first meet of the year at Hico today, Feb. 28.

Girls coach Dakota Fowler has 10 tracksters on the high school team and five on the junior high squad.

Harley Ethridge is the boys varsity and junior high coach.

All four track teams competed at Hico today and will participate in a track meet in Gordon on Monday, March 4 before taking a week off for spring break. 

Several weeks ago, 19 dogs from Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska came to the Crooked Tree Ranch outside of Albany to compete for the title of “2019 Region 7 AFTCA  Amateur-All Age Champion.”  

Judges for the event were Dr. Alex Jacocks of Edmond, Oklahoma and Scoot Terrell of Canton. 

“Both men have been involved in bird dog trials for many years and are knowledgeable in the ways of pointing dogs and wild quail,” said show secretary Mary Ann Gustafson. “The weather was perfect, and despite the lack of spring rain, quail were there to be found.”  

Next Thursday, March 7, the Albany Chamber of Commerce is hosting a meal and fun event at the Albany Golf Course from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. for Chamber members and their guests.

“All Chamber members are invited and are asked to bring a friend who wants to hear why they should join the Chamber too,” said Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones. “Please call me at 325-762-2525 to RSVP by this Friday, March 1. If I’m not there when you call, please leave a message, including the number and names of those who will be eating.”