By Donnie A. Lucas
Three Albany volleyball players have been selected for positions on the Texas Sports Writers Class 2A All-State team.
The annual recognition was released Jan. 30 for the 2020 volleyball season.
Junior Sarah Beth Cotter was picked for first team middle blocker.
Two seniors were also honored with third team selections, including Alli Hill at middle blocker and Torie Fuentes at the libero position.
By Sandy Morris
Registration continues for Albany Little League teams, including T-ball, Coach Pitch, Little League Majors and Minors, Intermediate, and Junior League, and will end on Monday, Feb. 8.
Students at Nancy Smith Elementary had forms sent home last week, with the deadline to return registration forms by the Feb. 8 deadline.
Junior high students will be able to pick up forms in the school office. Completed paperwork needs to be returned to the school by Feb. 8.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion basketball team split games last week with district teams, with the regular season coming to an end on Friday.
Albany traveled to Anson on Tuesday, suffering a 69-34 loss to fall to 3-8 in district action.
The final game on the schedule pits the Lady Lions against the visiting Lady Bulldogs from Stamford on Friday. Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. The JV game will follow at 7:15 p.m. in the auxiliary gym.
The varsity girls traveled to Hamlin on Jan. 22, bringing home a 49-37 win.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lion basketball team suffered a second district loss to Cisco on Friday, but is still holding on to a third place finish in the district race at this point.
Albany traveled to Anson on Tuesday, defeating the Tigers, who were previously the district leaders, 59-54. Details were not available at press time but will be reported next week.
By Sandy Morris
The Moran High School varsity girls basketball team hosted Rising Star on Tuesday, Jan. 19 in district play.
The Lady Bulldogs lost the contest 19-12.
Hannah Rogers was the leading scorer with six points, followed by Emily Murk and Dariann Hawley with three points each.
The Lady Bulldogs were home against May on Friday, Jan. 22. The team lost the contest 73-15.
Hannah Noble led the scoring with eight points followed by Dariann Hawley with four points, and Alli Scott with three points.
By Sandy Morris
Albany High School athlete Wesley Estridge is off to a strong start in powerlifting this season.
Estridge traveled to Brownwood on Thursday, Jan. 21 to compete in his second powerlifting competition of the year.
Estridge had a successful meet, placing first individually in the competition and hitting his all-time best in deadlift.
The Albany senior squatted 650 pounds, benched 385 pounds, and dead-lifted 500 pounds for a total of 1,535 points.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Registration for Albany Little League teams, including T-ball, Coach Pitch, Little League Majors and Minors, Intermediate and Junior League, started this week and will continue through Feb. 8.
Students at Nancy Smith Elementary had forms sent home on Wednesday, with the deadline to return registration forms by the Feb. 8 deadline.
Students attending Albany Junior High will be able to pick up forms in the school office. Completed paperwork needs to be returned to the school by Feb. 8.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Two of the four youth basketball teams didn’t play last Saturday due to conflicts with the local stock show.
The final Saturday tournament is set this week on Jan. 30 with both the fifth and sixth grade boys playing at Hawley High School. The sixth grade team will play at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., while the fifth graders are scheduled for 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.
The fifth grade girls will play at Eula High School this week at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. The sixth graders are playing at Jim Ned High School at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Three of the five junior high basketball teams earned wins on Monday against Haskell as the 2020-2021 season winds down at the seventh and eighth grade level.
The Cubs and Lady Cubs will play Stamford next Monday in the season finale.
The girls will play in Stamford, while the boys will host the Indians. Games will start at 5:30 p.m. at both locations.
The Lady Cubs split games on Monday at home against Haskell, with the Red team losing 28-10 and the White team picking up a 25-20 win.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Members of Albany’s state-tournament qualifying volleyball team received another round of awards in the last week.
Three local players were selected for the first-team All-Big Country Team named by Big Country Preps.
Senior Alli Hill and juniors Sarah Cotter and Clara Holson each received first team recognition, while senior Torie Fuentes received Honorable Mention Defensive Specialist.
Albany coach M.J. Reneau was tapped as coach of the year.
