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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.