By Sam Waller

Albany’s Dax Neece began his third football season at Abilene Christian with a different perspective on his college career.

Neece, a wide receiver, graduated with a bachelor of business administration in finance in May, then started working on an MBA in June through ACU-Dallas.

“Basically, I take one class for seven weeks, have a week off then take another class,” Neece said. “It’s all online, so it’s really not the toughest schedule for me. It’s nice to take one class at a time.”

By Melinda L. Lucas

Three artists will be featured in the Old Jail Art Center’s fall exhibitions, scheduled to open at the local museum with a members’ reception and dinner on Saturday, Sept. 17.

The evening is free to all OJAC members, who are asked to RSVP by next Monday, Sept. 12.

Memberships range from $25 to $1,500. To obtain a membership, call the Old Jail Art Center at 325-762-2269, email­ ­kbellah @theojac.org, or visit the museum’s website, www.theojac.org.

Fall Features

The Ben Richey Boys Ranch 75th anniversary reception will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at Perini Ranch Steakhouse in Buffalo Gap rather than at the Abilene BRBR campus, as was reported last week.

Anyone planning to attend should RSVP by calling 325-692-2500 by Monday, Sept. 12.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions made sure their second outing of the season didn’t come down to the wire, riding a fast start to a 55-14 victory over the Dublin Lions on Friday, Sept. 2 at Dublin’s Cervetto Stadium.

Albany takes to the road for the second week in a row Friday, Sept. 9 to face the Seymour Panthers in a matchup of 2-0 teams.

At Dublin, Albany scored on five of six first-half possessions and needed just four minutes to take the lead for good.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lady Lions volleyball team split its two matches last week, losing at Abilene Christian on Tuesday, Aug. 30 and sweeping Woodson on Saturday, Sept. 3 at home.

On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Lady Lions (11-8) won 17-25, 28-26, 25-20, 25-16 at Benjamin. Details will be reported next week.

Albany will host Tolar on Saturday, Sept. 10, with JV2 starting at 10:00 a.m. JV1 and varsity will follow.

By Sam Waller

Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten will visit Albany this weekend in his role as head football coach of Argyle Liberty Christian.

The Liberty Christian Warriors (1-1) will play the Lubbock Trinity Christian Lions (1-1) at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

The game will be the second of the season at Nail Stadium for Trinity Christian, which opened its schedule Aug. 26 against Albany.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Cubs opened their 2022 football schedule Thursday, Sept. 1, with a pair of victories over Dublin at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

The seventh grade rallied to win 16-14, while the eighth grade led all the way in winning 32-8.

The junior high teams play at home again this week, taking on Seymour on Thursday, Sept. 8. The seventh grade game will start at 4:30 p.m. with the eighth grade to follow.

Seventh Grade

By Sam Waller

The team of Walker-Anderson successfully defended its title at the Albany Golf Club’s Labor Day Tournament, winning a competitive Championship Flight on Sunday, Sept. 4 at Albany Golf Course.

Walker-Anderson shot 130 over 36 holes, edging Waters-Holson by a stroke with Russell-Bodney another shot back in third place.

The two-person scramble drew 42 teams for the weekend, according to Albany Golf Club president Randy Walker.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions junior varsity football team held on late to take an 18-13 victory over Dublin on Thursday, Sept. 1 at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

“Overall, it was a tough fight and a good win,” coach David Fairchild said.

The JV Lions (2-0) play their third consecutive home game to start the season on Thursday, Sept. 8 (tonight) when Seymour visits. The game, which is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m., will be the nightcap of a tripleheader with the junior high teams.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions and Lady Lions opened their cross country season Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Haskell with 10 runners competing.

“The kids did so good,” coach Ginger Norton said. “I’m very proud of them.”

The runners returned to action Sept. 6 at the Eula meet. Results will be reported next week.

At Haskell, Albany had five boys in the varsity division. The Lions’ top three finishers were sophomores. Times for Albany runners were not reported.