A group of Albany youngsters has had a productive spring playing for the Savage 8-and-under select baseball team. The team is coached by Jake Mort, Steven Sutton, and Matt Hargett.

With the school year now concluded, it’s time for Albany Junior/Senior High athletes to begin preparing for next year. Albany’s summer conditioning program for girls will begin Monday, June 3 with boys starting Monday, June 10 and continuing for six weeks.

The senior-freshman Pink team pulled away in thesecondhalfWednesday, May 22 to claim the 2024 Powder Puff football game at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium. The event is in its third year since being revived by The Feed Store.

The University Interscholastic League released district alignments for sports other than football, volleyball, and basketball several weeks ago, with Albany seeing mostly moderate changes. One significant change is softball, where the Lady Lions have been placed in a 10-team district.

Albanycoachesareonce again offering summer sports camps with the first one coming up next week. The Albany Lions and Lady Lions All-Sports Camp is scheduled for Tuesday-Thursday, May 28-30 at the Green Room.

The Albany Lions saw their baseball season come to a frustrating end as the Hawley Bearcats held on to sweep their Class 2A regional quarterfinal series at McMurry’s Walt Driggers Field. The series was delayed a day because of rain.

Perseverance was a key factor as three of four Albany entries in the Class 2A state tennis tournament brought home medals last week. Three-time qualifiers Luke Marshall and Sidney Russell completed their careers in singles Wednesday-Thursday, May 15-16 at Blossom Tennis CenterinSanAntonio.Marshall placed second in boys singles for the second year in a row, while Russell earned bronze after first-round exits the last two years.

Two Albany softball teamscompetedintournaments over the weekend with the 12U Lady Lions finishing second at the District 11 tournament, while the 8U Red Thunder hostedafundraisingevent. At the District 11 tourney, a 16-team doubleelimination event played Friday-Sunday,May17-19 at Abilene, the Lady Lions went 4-2, coming out of the losers’bracket to reach the championship round.

Albany Little League concluded its regular season last week with two final games rescheduled because of weather. The Reds won the Majors championship with a perfect 12-0 record.

Albany’s Tyler Chapman has been selected to playinthe2024TexasHigh School Baseball Coaches AssociationAll-Star game. Chapman was picked for the North team for the Class 2A-4A game, scheduled for Saturday, June 15 at Round Rock’s Dell Diamond.