By Kathy Thomson
Bus loads of Albany students were among over 7,000 who gathered at Shot-well Stadium in Abilene on Wednesday, Oct. 9 for the Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes sponsored Fields of Faith.
FCA Big Country East representative and local pastor Paul Johnston said that the event went well.
“It was a great evening,” Johnston said. “All of the speakers at the locations were good.”
By Kathy Thomson
Fort Griffin Living History Days took place last weekend, and the annual event drew a sizable number of area students on Friday even though the two Shackelford County schools cancelled due to the threat of rain.
By Kathy Thomson
Friendship Baptist Church will hold a revival starting next Sunday, and everyone is invited to join members for the multiple-day event.
“We’re inviting everyone to come,” said pastor Paul Johnston. “The whole community and anybody else who wants to come is welcome.”
Kenny Rawls, senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Hamlin, will be the speaker, and child care will be provided.
Services will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings, Oct. 20-22.
By Kathy Thomson
Members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will be presenting fire safety information to local school children this Friday, Oct. 18 as part of National Fire Prevention Week.
“We will have two or three firefighters going to the elementary schools this year,” said fire chief Kyle Tischler. “I don’t know if Ember (the chief’s fire dog) will be going just yet, but we will be taking our big engines and rescue truck for the kids to look at.”
By Kathy Thomson
The downtown merchants will host their annual trick-or-treat event on Halloween, and since there is not a city-wide Trunk or Treat event planned this year, they have invited others who wish to hand out candy to join them.
“The Chamber would like to invite anyone who wants to hand out candy to line the sidewalks downtown and at the Bank Park from 3:00 until 4:30 p.m. on Halloween,” said Chamber of Commerce manager Mary Beth Jones. “You can dress up or just be you to spread the cheer.”
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion volleyball team picked up a pair of district wins last week but fell short again against the Lady Bearcats on Tuesday in Hawley.
Albany, now 7-2 in district, suffered a five-set match loss to Hawley 21-25, 25-22, 28-26, 18-25, 12-15, still holding firm to the second place position in District 6-2A.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The varsity Lion football team opens District 7-2A competition at home on Friday, hosting the Roscoe Plowboys.
The Lions (4-2) are fresh off of an open week, while the Plowboys (1-5, 0-1) fell in their district opener last week to Hamlin, 64-0.
By Kathy Thomson
The Albany Fall Ball team plays teams from all over the Abilene area and so far this season has been great, according to organizer Anthony Ceder.
“We have won four games, tied one, and lost one,” Ceder said. “We have beaten teams from Jim Ned, Wylie, and Dixie. We lost to a team from Southern and tied a team from Wylie.”
Playing for Albany are Jakobi Word, Graham Ceder, Aiden Vickers, Lyle Wheeler, Clay Chapman, Gatlin Wills, Bennett Neece, Pecos Duke, Cash Edgar and Colter Edgar.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The JV Lions remain undefeated after rolling past the Stamford Bulldogs 34-6 in less than three full quarters last Thursday in Robert Nail Stadium.
The JV will not be traveling to Roscoe this week because the Plowboys do not have a JV team currently. Albany coaches set up a game with Haskell, which will be played in Hamlin about 6:15 p.m. following the Hamlin junior high games.
The Stamford game was called midway through the third quarter due to lightning, with the Lions leading.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The junior high volleyball teams played a couple of games last week and traveled to Colorado City on Monday.
Both eighth grade squads will play at Moran on Tuesday, Oct. 22 starting at 4:00 p.m. The seventh grade girls will travel to Woodson for one game at 5:00 p.m. that same day.
Last Week’s Matches
The eighth grade girls won a match in Strawn last Tuesday, 25-10, 25-17.
“There was a lot of teamwork in this win,” coach Jamie Wilson said. “I thought they did a great job on defense being scrappy.”
