By Kathy Thomson Signup is underway for local fifth and sixth grade boys and girls who want to play in the Albany Little Dribblers Association youth basketball league, according to organizer Clint Chapman. “The deadline to sign up is Saturday, Nov. 30,” Chapman said.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball season officially opened last week, with the JV picking up a win against Graham and the varsity beating Newcastle. The varsity returned to the court on Tuesday for a home opener against the Abilene Lady Hawks, earning a 39-21 win.

Displaying both their bi-district trophy and a banner declaring Albany’s 700th program win, the 2019 -Lions cele-brate after defeating Miles 56-7 last Thursday night at Gordon Wood Stadium in Brownwood. Albany will take on Windthorst in an area playoff this Friday night in Graham.

By Donnie A. Lucas The seventh grade girls basketball team and the combined boys B team opened the season on Saturday at the Woodson tournament. Both groups split games with opponents at the tournament.

Albany seniors Aubrey Moon (l) and Ben West (r) both signed letters of intent for college athletics in separate ceremonies last Thursday. Moon will play softball for Harding University in Arkansas, while West will join the baseball program at Weatherford College. 

By Kathy Thomson The Lady Bulldogs played in the Baird tournament last week, hosted Blanket on Tuesday, and are entered in the Rising Star tourney Thursday through Saturday. The varsity boys are also playing in Rising Star, and the teams will travel together for games in Bryson on Tuesday, Nov.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion football team is having to wait another week to attempt to hit the 700-win mark for the program after a surprising 66-20 loss last Friday in Hamlin that broke both a district winning streak and district championship run.

By Donnie A. Lucas Despite jumping out with a win in the first game, the Lady Lion volleyball team came up short in the area playoff against Miles on Saturday in Eastland.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Cubs and Lady Cubs will start the basketball season during the next week, with a couple of squads playing in the Woodson Tournament on Saturday. The combined boys B team is supposed to play on Saturday in the tournament, along with the seventh grade girls.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany seventh and eighth grade Cubs ended the season last Thursday with a pair of victories. The eighth grade team defeated Hamlin’s combined junior high squad 38-15, while the seventh graders shut out Haskell 44-0.