By Sam Waller
The Albany Lady Lions basketball team continued to struggle last week in losses to Cisco and Anson as the District 10-2A girls schedule reached the midway point.
The Lady Lions (4-16 overall, 1-6 district) began the second round of the league schedule Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 56-16 loss at Hawley. Details will be reported next week. Albany has the district bye on Friday, Jan. 17 and returns to action Tuesday, Jan. 21 against Stamford at home.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lions varsity boys basketball team endured a rough second week of the new year with losses to Cisco and Anson.
The Lions (8-6 overall, 3-3 District 10-2A) returned to action Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 48-65 loss at Hawley in their only outing this week. Albany has the district bye Friday, Jan. 17 that fortuitously coincides with the Shackelford County Livestock Show.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lions broke their losing streak with a win over TLC Abilene last week, also picking up the first district win for the season.
Albany hosted Haskell on Dec. 31, falling 60-25, but picked up a 37-23 win over TLCA on Jan. 3 in Abilene.
The girls hosted the 18-2 Cisco girls on Tuesday in a district game, falling to the Lady Loboes 66-17 to post a season mark of 4-15 including 1-4 in district.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The varsity Lion basketball team earned a pair of wins over district opponents last week, defeating both Haskell and TLC Abilene to improve to 8-4 for the season, including 3-0 in district.
The Lions hosted the Cisco Loboes on Tuesday, dropping to 3-1 in district with a 48-39 loss.
Albany will be on the road on Friday in Anson to take on the Tigers in a 7:30 p.m. bout, followed by a trip to Stamford on Jan. 20 to wrap up the first half of district.
By David H. Waller
On Monday, January 6, 389 days after the Albany Lions captured their second consecutive Texas State Championship, Coach Denney Faith presented players with their long-awaited championship rings.
What was expected to be a routine four-to-six-month turnaround stretched into more than a year, but as Coach Faith said at the start of his speech, “Better late than never.”
By Donnie A. Lucas
Albany’s varsity Lady Lions opened District 10-2A action on Dec. 21 with a loss in Stamford, followed by dropping a non-district game in Aspermont last Saturday, Dec. 28.
The girls hosted the Haskell Maidens on Tuesday, Dec. 31, but results were not available due to an early deadline for the News.
The district race will continue with a road game on Friday against Abilene TLCA. The girls will follow the JV boys at approximately 6:15 p.m. Albany will host Cisco on Jan. 7.
