By Sam Waller
The Albany Junior High Cubs opened their 2022 football schedule Thursday, Sept. 1, with a pair of victories over Dublin at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.
The seventh grade rallied to win 16-14, while the eighth grade led all the way in winning 32-8.
The junior high teams play at home again this week, taking on Seymour on Thursday, Sept. 8. The seventh grade game will start at 4:30 p.m. with the eighth grade to follow.
Seventh Grade
By Sam Waller
Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten will visit Albany this weekend in his role as head football coach of Argyle Liberty Christian.
The Liberty Christian Warriors (1-1) will play the Lubbock Trinity Christian Lions (1-1) at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.
The game will be the second of the season at Nail Stadium for Trinity Christian, which opened its schedule Aug. 26 against Albany.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lady Lions volleyball team split its two matches last week, losing at Abilene Christian on Tuesday, Aug. 30 and sweeping Woodson on Saturday, Sept. 3 at home.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Lady Lions (11-8) won 17-25, 28-26, 25-20, 25-16 at Benjamin. Details will be reported next week.
Albany will host Tolar on Saturday, Sept. 10, with JV2 starting at 10:00 a.m. JV1 and varsity will follow.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lions made sure their second outing of the season didn’t come down to the wire, riding a fast start to a 55-14 victory over the Dublin Lions on Friday, Sept. 2 at Dublin’s Cervetto Stadium.
Albany takes to the road for the second week in a row Friday, Sept. 9 to face the Seymour Panthers in a matchup of 2-0 teams.
At Dublin, Albany scored on five of six first-half possessions and needed just four minutes to take the lead for good.
The Ben Richey Boys Ranch 75th anniversary reception will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at Perini Ranch Steakhouse in Buffalo Gap rather than at the Abilene BRBR campus, as was reported last week.
Anyone planning to attend should RSVP by calling 325-692-2500 by Monday, Sept. 12.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Three artists will be featured in the Old Jail Art Center’s fall exhibitions, scheduled to open at the local museum with a members’ reception and dinner on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The evening is free to all OJAC members, who are asked to RSVP by next Monday, Sept. 12.
Memberships range from $25 to $1,500. To obtain a membership, call the Old Jail Art Center at 325-762-2269, email kbellah @theojac.org, or visit the museum’s website, www.theojac.org.
Fall Features
By Sam Waller
Albany’s Dax Neece began his third football season at Abilene Christian with a different perspective on his college career.
Neece, a wide receiver, graduated with a bachelor of business administration in finance in May, then started working on an MBA in June through ACU-Dallas.
“Basically, I take one class for seven weeks, have a week off then take another class,” Neece said. “It’s all online, so it’s really not the toughest schedule for me. It’s nice to take one class at a time.”
By Donnie A. Lucas
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported last week dropped to five positive tests, compared to 18 reported the previous week based on information provided by Albany’s two health clinics.
The weekly report by county judge Bob Skelton issued Tuesday reported five positive test results out of 22 tests administered at the two local clinics for the period of Aug. 29 through Sept. 2.
The use of home testing has increased after tests were made readily available, making it unclear as to the actual number of local cases.
The annual “Dollars for Bob’s Scholarships” fundraising drive gets underway later this month.
Sponsored by the Albany Ex-Students Association, the campaign traditionally starts the week of Robert Nail’s birth date, Sept. 13. This is the 55th anniversary of the first scholarship.
Although the annual goal is always set at a minimum of $1,000, fundraising efforts will hopefully bring more in donations.
Regular contributions are very important in keeping the fund stable, according to board secretary Melinda Lucas.
By Sam Waller
Friendship Baptist Church Pastor Paul Johnston will conduct Bible study sessions for Albany and Moran high school students at The Feed Store.
The first meeting of “The Word with Coach Johnston” will be at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11.
While the idea for the group came from Johnston’s involvement with Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes camps, he stressed that students do not need to be athletes or FCA members to attend.
