By Donnie A. Lucas
The 2020 baseball season will open this week with the Albany JV Tournament, set for Thursday through Saturday.
The varsity Lions are on the calendar to open the season March 5-7 at the Hamlin tournament.
Currently, four JV teams are signed up for this week’s tournament in Albany, including Hamlin, Early, Cisco, and Albany.
“Each team will have one game each day for a total of three,” baseball coach David Fairchild said.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Staying even for three quarters of the Class 2A bi-district battle, the Lady Lions scored 12 unanswered points in the fourth to surge ahead for a 50-39 win over Eldorado on Monday in Bronte.
Albany (21-10) now advances to the area round to take on the Wink Lady Wildcats (17-6), winner of District 6-2A.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The varsity Lion basketball team sewed up a playoff berth last week with a win over Cross Plains, finishing the regular season at home Tuesday against Stamford.
Albany lost the finale to the undefeated district winning Bulldogs 75-57. Complete results will be reported next week.
The Lions face first-place Christoval from District 7-2A on Monday, Feb. 24 at Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, starting at 6:30 p.m. Ticket prices are set for $4 and $2, with all passes honored.
by Kathy Thomson
Eight Albany seniors are among the more than 320 top athletes and cheerleaders of the area who make up the 2020 all-star class for Big Country Chevy Dealers Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival, announced Sunday, Feb. 16 at Beltway Church South in Abilene.
Representing Albany High School on the gridiron will be Ben West and Blaine Kayga on the Blue football team and Tyler Beard playing for Red.
Alayna Koemel was named to the cheer squad for the football and volleyball games.
By Kathy Thomson
The Moran basketball season ended this week with the high school boys playing in Ranger on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Results from that game and from the Bulldogs’ match in Strawn on Feb. 11 were not available at press time and will be reported next week.
The boys varsity team lost a close game to Gordon on Friday, Feb. 14, falling 38-36.
Lady Bulldogs
The high school girls played Strawn’s Lady Hounds on Tuesday, Feb. 11.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lions locked down third place in the district race last week with a pair of victories at home, earning a spot in the playoffs Monday, Feb. 17.
Albany will face Eldorado in the bi-district game, set to be played at Bronte on Monday, Feb. 17 with a 6:30 p.m. tipoff. Ticket prices have been set at $4 and $2 with all regular passes accepted.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lion basketball team split district wins last week at home, but lost on the road Tuesday in Haskell to the Indians.
Albany posted a 44-32 loss in Haskell, falling to 2-6 in district and tied for fourth place with Cross Plains in the 8-2A race behind Stamford in first (8-0), Hawley in second (6-2), and Haskell in third (5-3).
The winner of this Friday’s game with Cross Plains will decide the fourth place position in the district.
By Kathy Thomson
The fifth and sixth grade youth teams finished out their season last Saturday, Feb. 8, playing in tournaments at Clyde and Eula with mixed results.
Fifth Grade Boys
The fifth grade boys won their first two games to make it to the championship match.
They outscored Eula White 30-7 in game one, and returned to take Jim Ned 25-15 in game two.
Hawley came out on top in the final game, beating Albany 26-14.
Assistant coach Campbell Terry said that the boys played great during the tournament.
By Kathy Thomson
Seven local Little Dribblers teams started playing games last Saturday, Feb. 8, in the old Albany High School gym.
The games will continue each Saturday through Feb. 29.
The next set of matches will take place this Saturday, Feb. 15, starting at 8:30 a.m. with Blue facing Gray.
The girls’ Turquoise and Red teams will play next at 9:30 a.m., followed by alternating boys and girls games every hour until each team has played twice.
Team photos will be taken at the gym this Saturday, Feb. 15.
By Kathy Thomson
Wesley Estridge placed second in the super heavy weight class at the Hawley Bearcat powerlifting meet on Friday, Feb. 7, with a total lift of 1570 pounds.
He had a 700 pound lift in the squat, bench pressed 405 pounds, and had a dead lift of 465 pounds.
The Albany junior improved his squat by 100 pounds and his bench press by 65 pounds over his previous meet, raising him from fourth to third in his weight class in the current standings for Region 1, Division 3.
