By Sam Waller
With basketball season winding down, Albany Lions and Lady Lions athletes turn their focus to spring sports.
Competition begins this month for track, tennis, golf, softball and baseball with seasons extending to late April and into May.
The first events will be Thursday, Feb. 13 with softball competing in the Clyde tournament and junior high track running at Stamford.
Softball
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lions junior varsity boys basketball game split games last week with Abilene TLCA and Cisco.
The JV Lions hosted Anson on Tuesday, Feb. 4, winning 36-33. Details will be reported next week. The team wraps up its season at 5:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at home against Hawley.
This story was submitted by a student in response to last week’s Kids Corner Junior Journalist prompt, which challenged young writers to imagine what happened when circus animals escaped after a train crash near Albany.
By Tanner Howe
6th Grade
By David H. Waller
A high-speed car chase that began east of Abilene on Interstate 20 came to a dramatic conclusion in Albany on Tuesday, leading to a multi-agency manhunt that ended with the suspect’s arrest near the water tower on One Mile Hill. Here is a detailed account of the events:
Chase Begins on I-20
