Moran FFA stood out Monday, March 25 at the Agriculture Engineering CDE in Abilene with an all-girl team competing in welding. The quartet of Kielar Carr,RayniVinson,Bradee Stautzenberger, and Jayla Bussell have been working under the tutelage of teacher Robert Stanley.

Moran high school athletes competed Friday, March 22 at the May track meet. The varsity boys scored four points with JV girls scoring two and JV boys one.

TheAlbany SoftballAssociation will take a second try at holding its opening ceremonies at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 29 at Webb Park.

Shackelford County hunters can expect another subpar spring turkey season. “The numbers are way down,” game warden Jacob Mort said.

Albany Softball Association opening ceremonies will be held at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, March 21 (today) at Webb Park.

TheAlbany Lions and Lady Lions track and field programs were denied a chance to compete in a big meet Saturday, March 16 when the Possum Kingdom Relays at Graham were cancelled because of inclement weather.

The Albany Lions baseball team saw its final tuneup before the start of district play rained out Friday, March 15, with a game at Snyder being cancelled. The Lions (6-1 overall) opened the District 8-2Aschedule Tuesday, March 19 with a 3-4 loss at Hawley.

TheAlbanytennisteam returns from spring break with almost a full lineup Thursday, March 21 (today) at the Abilene High tournament. Albany has appeared in just two tournaments this spring with a third event cancelled because of bad weather.

Albany Lions and Lady Lions golfers had a busy week as they prepare for district competition with appearancesintwotournament over three days. Albany has one tournament remaining before district.OnMonday,March 25, Myleigh Leveridge will play in the girls division of the Haskell tournament, followed by the boys on Wednesday, March 27.

Color photo packets of the youth basketball and Little Dribbler teams, takenby TheAlbanyNews, are ready for pickup this week at the news office. High school softball packets will be available by Monday.