The cold and potentially icy weather postponed the start of the Moran track season by one week. Hico called off the junior high portion of their track meet scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28, and MISD cancelled the trip. Gordon ISD postponed their track meet from Monday, March 4 until today, March 7.

The Lady Lion softball team won only one out of five games at the Stephenville tournament last week, playing against a tough slate of all larger teams. Albany traveled to Bangs on Tuesday, bringing back a 16-6 win from only their second non-tournament game of the season.

The high school track season officially opens Thursday (today) at the Clyde meet, and Albany coaches are hoping to enter a strong field of competitors. Field events start at 3:30 p.m. with running events set for 6:00 p.m.

The JV Lion baseball team won two out of three games at the local tournament held last week and were on the road Tuesday for a game in Cisco.

Little Dribblers teams will end the 2019 season this Saturday, March 2, playing two games each in the old Albany High School gym, starting with Red taking on Blue at 8:30 a.m. Results from the third week of play, Saturday, Feb. 23 are listed below.

Moran FFA members and their advisor Matthew Hise hosted two special events recently during national FFA week, and the entire school celebrated the week with daily dress up days.

The Lion basketball team played even for three of four quarters against Sundown Friday, but couldn’t make up for a 10-point spread in the second that signaled the end of the season with a 53-41 loss in the Region I area playoff at Colorado City.

It wasn’t a “lights out” type of game, but then again it was. The Lion basketball team won a Region I Class 2A bi-district game on Tuesday in Bangs, beating Christoval, 46-43, after the bout was moved from the original location in Coleman due to an electrical outage.

The Lady Lion basketball team proved just how far they have come this season, winning a bi-district title and leading at one point Friday in the Region I-2A area playoff before things went wrong.

Five Albany Lion football players were selected for the Class 2A all-state team selected by the Texas Sports Writers Association recently. Seniors Ryan Hill and Cameron Dacus both received first team picks, while fellow senior Payne Hebel was named to the third team.