By Nolan Davis
Albany’s 7on7 football team recently traveled to College Station, where they competed in the state tournament.
The two-day event on June 27-28 saw teams from across the state face off to crown the state champion 7on7 team.
The local players were able to go to the tournament after they went 3-0 in a qualifying tournament in Archer City earlier in the month.
By Nolan Davis
The Albany Lions football schedule had to undergo some changes after Baird dropped down to six-man football.
With Baird out of the district lineup, the only remaining teams in District 7-2A Division II are Albany, Cross Plains, Haskell, Roscoe Collegiate, and Hamlin.
The Lions will compete in two scrimmages against Coleman and Anson on Aug. 16 and 22 to start the season.
The season opener will be on Aug. 30 when the team faces off against Colorado City in Colorado City.
Two new faces on the schedule are Peaster and Menard.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Albany’s 10U and 12U Little League All-Star teams picked up wins in the first two rounds of bracket play in the District 5 All-Stars Tournament.
Both teams started bracket games on Saturday, continuing Sunday despite a rain delay for one of the teams.
Albany hosted teams from Breckenridge on Tuesday evening, with the 10U winning 16-10, and the 12U dropping their first game 7-2. Details of the games were not available at press time but will be reported next week.
By Nolan Davis
The Albany 7on7 team is looking to win big as they compete in the state tournament today and tomorrow in College Station.
The team qualified for the state level after going 3-0 in a qualifying tournament June 7 in Archer City.
The team, coached by Anthony Ceder and Spencer Newsom, has been very successful in its season so far, playing in two tournaments and many exhibition games.
While Albany has qualified for state before, the local players did not advance last year.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Albany 16U Senior League team had a short season due to the high school baseball playoffs, but still finished the season undefeated.
The local team finished with a 10-0 record in games against Wylie and both the Abilene Nationals and the Abilene Twins from Northern Little League.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Both Albany Little League All-Star teams got off to a good start with a pair of wins on Monday against Haskell to open the District 5 tournament.
Albany’s 10U team defeated the visiting Haskell team 19-1, while the 12U team put together a 5-0 victory in the first pool game.
The two teams were in action again on Wednesday, hosting Clyde in the second and final pool game. The pool games will be used to determine seeding for bracket games that start Saturday.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Accolades continued to come in for members of the 2019 Albany High School baseball team that advanced to the state tournament last month.
The Texas High School Coaches Association hosted its annual All-Star game last Saturday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
Albany senior Joshua Dyer played for the Class 2A-4A North All-Stars, which ended up losing 6-2 to the South squad.
Dyer played third base in the game, going one for two at the plate and scoring one run.
By Nolan Davis
Albany’s 7on7 team members continue to compete and hone their skills as they prepare for the state tournament in College Station on June 27 and 28.
The local team recently competed in a qualifying tournament in Abilene on June 14. While the team had already qualified for the state tournament thanks to their efforts in a previous qualifying tournament, the Abilene tournament was a chance to practice and improve their play, according to their coaches.
The team was divided up into two separate teams for the tournament – a varsity and a JV.
Several Albany Lion baseball players received All-District honors for their regular season performances, including senior Joshua Dyer being named the District 8-2A MVP.
Three other Albany players were given superlative honors among the four 2A schools in the district.
District 8 also included four 1A schools, which were represented in a separate set of selections.
Freshman Cooper Fairchild was named the 2A Newcomer of the Year, while junior Ben West shared Pitcher of the Year honors along with Hawley’s Dylan Frazier.
What started as a dead-even pitching duel through four innings ended with the defending state champion Big Sandy Wildcats breaking the deadlock with three runs in the fifth on their way to 4-1 win and a third consecutive appearance in the Class 2A final last week at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
Big Sandy (36-4) repeated as the state winner on Thursday with a 7-1 win over Linden-Kildare.
Albany pitcher Ben West and the Wildcats’ pitcher Brandon Hendrix opened the semifinal bout firing from the mound.
