By Donnie A. Lucas Local conditioning and sport specific training will resume for the last week of workouts prior to two-a-days for local athletes entering grades 7-12. The final week of summer conditioning for both boys and girls will start Monday, July 27.

By Donnie A. Lucas Local athletes entering grades 7-12 got a break from summer conditioning and sport specific training last week but were back working this week.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Yard Goats, a local baseball 14U travel team, won the championship at the Nokona Iron Jacket VII Baseball Festival for the 14 & under age group. The tournament was held in Nocona, Texas and sponsored by the famous Nokona baseball glove manufacturer located there.

By Lynsi Musselman The Albany Athletic Booster Club met July 1 to elect new officers and begin making plans for the annual Hamburger Supper and other fall events. Officers elected at the meeting are Shawnee Tischler – president, Stephen Kayga – vice president, and Tisha Wilkins – secretary.

By Kathy Thomson The Albany Athletic Booster Club’s annual kick off meeting for the upcoming school year  took place Wednesday evening, July 1, at The Feed Store, and although members are working on raising funds for the new school year by selling ads in the annual football program, details were...

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany youth who have been participating in summer conditioning will get a week’s break from the training during the week of July 6-9.

By Donnie A. Lucas The shortened seasons for Albany Little League major teams came to an end this week, with the Raiders winning the league title. Play continues for both the intermediate league and junior league through July 22.

By Donnie A. Lucas A record amount of donations was raised by Albany High School baseball parents on Monday during the annual “Long Ball” fundraiser to benefit the program.

By Kathy Thomson A dozen Moran high school and junior high boys and seven or eight girls are participating in summer strength and conditioning practices at MISD.

By Donnie A. Lucas Strength and conditioning workouts will continue on Mondays through Thursdays through the end of July, with the exception of a couple of blackout periods in July.