♦ The Albany Lady Lions basketball team continues to battle through a difficult season, dropping games last week to Cisco and Hawley. The Lady Lions (5-15 overall, 0-9 District 10-2A) hosted Haskell on Tuesday, Jan.

Six Albany Lions football players and head coach Denney Faith were recognized by the Abilene Reporter-News with inclusion on the All-Big Country Class 2A-3A and Super Team. Faith, who was named Coach of the Year for both 2A-3A and the Super Team, guided the Lions to their second consecutive Class 2A Division II state championship and the program’s fourth state title in the 2023 season.Albany finished 16-0 for the first time in school history.

TheAlbanyJuniorHigh Cubs and Lady Cubs had their busiest stretch of the season over the last week, playing Hawley on Thursday, Jan.18andHaskellon Monday, Jan. 11.

For the second year in a row, the Albany Lions football team was honored with a reception by the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame. The event was held Sunday, Jan.

Albany High School ranked fourth in Class 2A in the mid-year Lone Star Cup standings, released lastweekbytheUniversity Interscholastic League. Albanyearned22points in the fall semester behind Tolar, Falls City, and Timpson.

The Moran Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs basketball teams continued with theDistrict13-1Aschedule last week, both taking a pair of road losses. On Tuesday, Jan.

The Albany Softball Association willholdaparents meeting for all age groups at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb.

The Albany Little Dribblers Association will have four girls and four boys teams for its 2024 season, according to organizer Joe Tidwell. The league offers four weeks of competition for children in second through fourth grades.

The Albany Lions were unbeaten in the District 10-2A boys basketball race with wins over Stamford and Anson last week, but ended up in a threeway tie after a loss to Cisco on Tuesday night in the local gym. The Lions (now 8-2 overall, 4-1 district) were in first place enteringTuesday’sgame,which ended in a heartbreaking 46-47 loss.

The Albany Little Dribblers Association extended its registration deadline to Thursday, Jan. 18 (today), pushing the draft and scheduling back to next week.