By Sam Waller
The Albany track and field teams were left with nowhere to run Thursday, March 2 with the cancellation of the Bangs meet.
Albany athletes return to action Thursday, March 9 (today) at Cisco.
Boys coach Rod Britting said the loss of a meet was something the Lions would have to overcome in the weeks before the district meet on Thursday, April 6.
By Sam Waller
The Lady Lions softball team closed out its tournament schedule last week by going 2-3 Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4 at the Clifton tournament.
Albany (8-9-1) was supposed to open District 10-2A play Tuesday against Gorman, but the Panthers forfeited because they didn’t have enough players.
Lady Lions coach Jimmy Fuentes announced a handful of schedule changes that will allow the team to take off most of next week for spring break.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lions baseball team remained undefeated last week, winning two games at the weather-shortened Bonham/Bells tournament.
The Lions (4-1) played 4A Vernon in their home opener Tuesday, March 7, losing 7-4. Details will be reported next week.
Albany hosts its varsity tournament Thursday, March 9 (today) through Saturday, March 11. The Lions are scheduled to play Eastland at 9:00 a.m. and Seymour at 3:00 p.m. today, followed by Brady at 11:00 a.m. Friday and Winters at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.
By Sam Waller
Shackelford County 4-H members Faith Fry and Grace Fry were the first locals to come away with awards from the Houston Livestock Show as both posted top-10 finishes in the horse judging contest.
In the senior division, Faith Fry placed seventh overall and second in reasons. In the junior division, Grace Fry was second overall and eighth in reasons.
The sisters were the only Shackelford County 4-H participants at the show. Several Albany FFA students are preparing to exhibit animal projects beginning this week.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Albany ISD students, facultyand staff are scheduled to be dismissed at the regular times on Friday, March 10 for the week-long spring break holiday.
The preschool classes will release at 2:30 p.m. as usual. All other classes will be dismissed at 3:00 p.m. at both campuses, with buses running at that time.
A regular “Friday schedule” will be observed.
Cheerleading try-outs will be held on the secondary campus during the morning, with results posted on the front door of the high school by the end of the school day at 3:00 p.m.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Ragin’ Red Band is preparing for concert and sight reading competition set for March 28 at Cooper High School in Abilene, hoping to repeat last year’s Sweepstakes Award by bringing home a pair of Division I ratings.
The band earned a Division I at the marching contest last fall, and if they earn two more Division I ratings in concert and sight reading, the group will add another Sweepstakes Award to their collection.
By Donnie A. Lucas
A group of 20 Albany FCCLA members competed at the Regional Leadership Conference last week in Waco, with both Parliamentary Procedure teams and two other paired partners advancing to the state conference.
Both the Level 1 and Level 2 parliamentary teams are moving on to the State Regional Conference set for March 31 through April 2 in Dallas.
By Donnie A. Lucas
With two rehearsals now under their belts, the cast and crew of the Fort Griffin Fandangle will take a week off for spring break before resuming practices for the Membership Sampler slated for April 15 at Reynolds Bend on the Matthews family’s historic Lambshead Ranch.
The initial two rehearsals for the show were held at the Aztec Theater over the past two weeks, but the cast will move outside at the Prairie Theater for practices on Mondays and Thursdays through April 13. All rehearsals will start at 7:30 p.m. at the theater.
By Melinda L. Lucas
The Albany Volunteer Fire Department recently upgraded its “jaws of life” super powers with new equipment provided by donated funds.
“We’ve taken delivery of a new set of cordless extrication tools,” said AVFD captain Joel Viertel. “We received a set of cutters as well as a set of spreaders (jaws of life), with extra batteries and charger.”
By Melinda L. Lucas
Just in time for spring sports and other warm weather outdoor activities, Daylight Saving Time (DST) returns this Sunday, March 12, at 2:00 a.m.
Most of the United States officially begins DST every year on the second Sunday in March, and changes back to standard time on the first Sunday in November.
Local residents are reminded to set any manual clocks forward one hour before they go to bed on Saturday night.
