By Donnie A. Lucas The summer conditioning and limited sport-specific training for junior high and high school aged girls started this week and will continue through June and again for two weeks in mid-July.

By Sandy Morris Eight Albany High School seniors will be competing in the upcoming Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star games over the weekend. Parker Henry, Cade Neve, Jackson Chapman, and William Webb will represent Albany on the FCA North baseball team.

By Donnie A. Lucas Members of the Albany High School varsity Lion baseball team were awarded a number of positions on the District 8-2A All-District team, including four of the top superlative honors.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Reds Little League 12U team, or majors, played to the final round of the County Tournament of District 5, winning the Rural Community County title and playing Abilene Dixie for the overall championship last week.

By Sandy Morris Eight Albany High School seniors will be competing in the upcoming Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star games over the next two weeks. AHS basketball coach Tate Thompson is spending the week in Brownwood helping coach the girls south basketball team.

By Donnie A. Lucas Local students have a couple of programs to help keep in shape over the summer, both starting over the next two weeks.

By Donnie A. Lucas Several youth sports camps are planned for the summer, with one already concluding this week. The all-sports camp started Tuesday and ends today with two separate morning sessions for different age groups.

By Donnie A. Lucas The two rounds of the District 5 baseball tournament scheduled to  be played in Albany on Monday were moved due to excessive rainfall.

By Donnie A. Lucas A total of 10 players from the Lady Lion softball team received All-District honors, including two of the top superlative awards. Albany senior Torie Fuentes was named the Defensive MVP for District 8-2A, which is a hybrid district of both 2A and 1A teams.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion baseball team got in trouble early in the first game of the regional semi-final series last Thursday but came back strong in Game 2 only to have a win snatched away on an error in the seventh.