The Lion football team proved to doubters that they are the real thing last Friday, plowing over Roscoe 49-6 for a second straight district win.

Starting the season with an 0-5 pre-district record, the Lions opened District 7-2A with a victory over Baird and now added a second decisive win over the Plowboys in Roscoe.

Albany will be at home this Friday to host the Cross Plains Buffaloes at Robert Nail Stadium as the district race continues. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m.

The Lady Lion volleyball team wrapped up regular season play on Tuesday, hosting Ranger in a battle for third place in District 6-2A.

Albany won the game in  four tough sets to tie third overall with Ranger out of the six district teams, ending district with a 7-5 record. The win has no effect on the playoff picture.

The Lady Lions advance as the runner-up behind Hawley in the 2A bracket of the playoffs, while three of the other five Class 1A teams will play in the 1A bracket.

The Albany Cubs traveled to Roscoe due to a soaked field at Robert Nail Stadium, bringing back a pair of wins from the road trip.

The junior high teams will be on the road again this Thursday (today) for games starting at 4:00 p.m. The JV is scheduled to follow the two junior high games at 6:30 p.m. if Cross Plains still has enough players to field a team. The JV Buffaloes were down to just 12 players last week.

The eighth grade Cubs picked up a 22-8 win over Roscoe last week.

The Moran Bulldogs tied up their season 3-3 with a 46-24 win in Gustine last Friday night.

Tomorrow, Oct. 26,  the varsity boys play their first ever game in District 6, in Bulldog Stadium, at 7:30 p.m., coming in as 45 point underdogs to the visiting Blackwell Hornets. 

Blackwell, also new to District 6, is expected to be the powerhouse. The Hornets did not lose a single game last year until the second round of the playoffs, and so far this season they have defeated four of their seven opponents by 45 points or more.

The Lion varsity football team delighted a large homecoming crowd last Friday with a decisive 48-12 victory over Baird, also breaking into the win column for the first time this season in the district opener.

Albany (1-5, 1-0) will travel to Roscoe (2-4, 0-1) this week as the District 7-2A race continues. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m.

The Plowboys opened district last Friday with a 50-21 loss to Hamlin, but have two pre-district wins over Munday and Miles while dropping games to Hawley, Gruver, and Stamford.

With the district race winding down, the Lady Lions volleyball team split games over the last week with just two regular season bouts remaining.

Albany will be at home for the final pair of District 6-2A games, with Woodson coming to town Saturday for a 10:00 a.m. game. The last regular season game is set for next Tuesday, Oct. 23 against Ranger in a parents night finale starting about 6:00 p.m. after the JV bout.

Although none of Albany High School’s cross country runners will advance to the regional meet, several local junior high runners medalled at last week’s district competition.

Included in that elite group are eighth grader Isaiah Carrillo, who came in second among all junior high boys at district after medalling at every meet he participated in this season.

Other medalists were Cason Fairchild, Lute Wheeler, and Ashlyn Holson.

The district meet was held Wednesday, Oct. 10 in Haskell.

The junior high volleyball teams were busy last week with a tournament in Graham, as well as games at Wylie on Monday.

The 7B also played in Moran on Tuesday, but results were not available at press time.

Albany will host both seventh and eighth grade games on Monday against Ranger starting at 4:30 p.m. to close out the season.

The seventh grade girls won two out of three matches at the Graham tournament to earn the runner-up spot.

Two teams of elementary aged volleyball players from Albany played in a youth league based in Breckenridge this fall, and both squads won top medals in their division.

“Both teams went 9-1 in regular season and ended up at the top of the league in their age groups,” said coach Lindsey Edgar. 

The Albany Aces also won last weekend’s tournament in each of their age divisions.

The Albany Cubs picked up a pair of games last week in Stamford, bringing home a shutout and tie.

The Cubs were scheduled to host Roscoe on Thursday, but since the Plowboys have a turf field, the games will probably be moved to Roscoe starting at 4:00 p.m. with the seventh grade. The eighth graders will follow at about 5:15 p.m. 

Also, the JV was originally scheduled to play Roscoe, but the Plowboys can’t put a JV team on the field due to injuries, and the Albany JV will instead play Post in Roscoe about 6:15 p.m. after the eighth grade game.