By Donnie A. Lucas

The Albany Lion baseball team opened the season last week strong, with a win for the varsity and a championship for the JV in the local JV tournament.

The varsity Lions will travel to Glen Rose this week for games on both Thursday and Friday. 

Albany will play Glen Rose at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, followed by a 12:00 p.m. game against Springtown. The varsity will also play at 10:00 a.m. Friday against Waxahachie Life and 12:00 p.m. against Grandview.

The JV is scheduled to play in Eula on Saturday.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Four members of the Lady Lion basketball team received all-district honors, including three second team picks and one honorable mention.

Seniors Alli Hill and Elia Hebel, along with sophomore Brylee Moore, were named to the second all-district team for their play during the District 10-2A competition.

Senior Torie Fuentes received honorable mention.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Three Albany golfers competed in their first tournament of the season last week when they traveled to the Tin Cup Country Club in Merkel on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

Ayden Balliew shot a 97 for seventh place out of 30 golfers, while Lute Wheeler was right behind him with a 99 for eighth place. Houston Heatly also played, recording a score of 107.

“For very little practice and considering the conditions, these are pretty good scores for their first high school tournaments,” said coach Tate Thompson. 

By Donnie A. Lucas

Despite the lack of workout time due to weather and playoffs in other sports, the Lions and Lady Lions opened the track season last Thursday in Breckenridge with several individuals and relays earning medals.

The local tracksters will travel to Anson in Thursday (today) for the next meet.

By Sandy Morris

The Albany High School’s One Act Play cast and crew gave a public performance of  The Love of  Three Oranges on Monday, March 1 at the Albany High School auditorium. 

District competition was scheduled for Wednesday, March 3 at the new performing arts center in Haskell and results were not available at press time. 

Monday’s performance gave the students the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience before competing at district. 

By Sandy Morris

Local FFA and 4-H members returned to the San Antonio Livestock Show last week to show their projects. 

Albany FFA sponsor and ag instructor Chris Beard said 17 exhibitors showed barrows Feb. 19-26 during the second week of the show.

Callan Edgar placed second with her middle weight cross in class 53 and made the sale.

Carli Edgar’s entry in the class 59 heavy weights was selected third.

Hannah Snyder won second with a cross in class 95.

Tatum Grady earned 10th place with her Hampshire. 

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has announced that the waiver on expiration dates for driver licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) will end April 14, 2021. Customers who need to renew are urged to make an appointment soon.

The waiver, granted by Gov. Greg Abbott last March due to the pandemic, applied to DLs, commercial DLs, commercial learner permits, ID cards and election identification certificates that expired on or after March 13, 2020.

Expanded Hours

By Sandy Morris

The Project Graduation organizers for the senior class held another successful fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 28 at The Feed Store.

Students and parents  served a ‘To Go’ lunch featuring chicken spaghetti, salad, bread stick, and dessert for a donation.

Class parent Tisha Wilkins said the fundraiser was ‘fantastic.”

Beginning Monday, March 8, the KDYX or DYESS WSR-88D operated by NOAA’s National Weather Service in San Angelo, Texas will be down for approximately two weeks for an important upgrade. 

Technicians will refurbish and replace the pedestal, one of the most critical components of the radar, which is necessary for antenna rotation and positioning to capture data in all directions. 

The components are extremely heavy and will require the radome to be removed by crane and replaced when the work is completed.

By Sandy Morris

The Albany Volunteer Fire Department has announced its annual Easter egg hunt set for 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 3.

The egg hunt will take place at Webb City Park, and age groups will be divided.

The groups are ages zero to three, ages four to six, ages seven to nine, and ages 10 and up.