Tourney raises funds for youth group

By Sam Waller

Red Sasquatch, a team that included Albany High School volleyball coach M.J. Reneau and players Sarah Cotter and Clara Holson, won the First Baptist Church youth group’s volleyball tournament Saturday, March 12 at the Albany High School gym.

The double-elimination tourney, which raised funds to send FBC youth to summer camps, drew eight teams. Other entries were the Stars, the Tigers, Umizoomi, We Showed Up, Impact, Two Bump Chumps, and One Hit Wonders.

First Baptist youth minister Eduardo San Lucas said the event met its goal.

“It went well,” San Lucas said. “We raised a pretty good amount, and we had a good time.”

San Lucas lauded numerous volunteers, many of them members of the FBC family, for helping make the event a success. San Lucas said tasks ranged from officiating matches to operating the concession stand.

“There were so many people who got involved in this,” he said. “I don’t want to leave anyone out by naming them. They made the day possible.”

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CORRECTION

The FCA golf tournament to be held in Abilene next week will be held on Friday, March 25, not Friday, March 26 as it was reported in last week’s Albany News.