By Sam Waller
Tom Dibbern has transferred the success he enjoyed as an Albany athlete into a stellar coaching career in the college ranks.
A 1996 Albany graduate, Dibbern is in his sixth year as head track and field coach for the Angelo State men’s and women’s teams.
By Sam Waller
The foursome of James Waters, Randy Walker, Rodney Barton, and Charles Barrett took a one-stroke victory in the 9th annual Albany Masonic Lodge Scholarship Golf Tournament Oct. 23, shooting a 12-under round of 59 in a competitive field of 32 players at the Albany Golf Course.
The four-person scramble benefits the Albany Masonic Wisdom Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, which awards college scholarships to Albany High School graduates each year.
Mason Randall Palmore said the event easily met its fundraising goal.
The Albany Junior High Cubs football teams will play different opponents in different locations Thursday (today).
The eighth grade team (7-0) will join the junior varsity for a doubleheader at Santo. The eighth grade game will start at 5:00 p.m.
The seventh grade Cubs (5-1) will play at Eastland at 5:30 p.m. in a game that was added to the schedule on Monday.
Both teams, along with the rest of Albany’s football players, were off last week during a break in the schedule.
By Sam Waller
Hannah Rogers and Arren Hawley were crowned Homecoming Queen and King last Saturday during halftime of the Bulldogs’ football game with Lueders-Avoca.
Others in the homecoming court were queen nominees Harmony Slaughter and Johnnie Hise.
Also honored were princess Samantha Hinkle, prince Keagan Kilcrease, duchess Vivi Green, duke Connor Hail, lady in waiting Aydan Moreno, and page Ellis Hise, as well as FFA Sweetheart and Beau, Johnnie Hise and Cotten Campbell.
Homecoming Queen
By Sam Waller
The Moran Bulldogs suffered a 58-12 homecoming loss last Saturday against Lueders-Avoca, falling to to 1-6 overall and 1-2 in District 9-1A Division II. Lueders-Avoca (1-5, 1-1) picked up its first win.
“We’re trying to get better, like always,” Bulldogs coach John Hughes said. “Our youth showed with some missed assignments, but the guys played as hard as they could. We got in the fourth quarter again and that’s a big positive.”
Ellis Hise was 7 of 16 passing for 180 yards and two touchdowns.
By Sam Waller
Quail hunting season opens Saturday across the state with seasons for white-tailed deer and Turkey to start Nov. 6.
Game Warden Jacob Mort said the outlook for quail is average to slightly below average in Shackelford County.
“There are some birds around,” Mort said. “It’s usually been between six and eight birds in a covey.”
Statewide, the quail forecast is looking up after three years below average, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department website, but prospects remain low in the Rolling Plains region.
By Sam Waller
The Albany NFL Flag Football League began the second half of its season Saturday, Oct. 23 with all three division races still undecided.
Games are played at the high school baseball field.
The league has two more weeks of play remaining before conducting its Super Bowl week Nov. 8-11.
Kindergarten-
First Grade
The Seahawks beat the Titans and the Packers beat the Rams in the youngest category of kindergarten and first graders.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Work is underway to make needed repairs and improvements on the exterior of the Aztec Theater, a major renovation project that is expected to cost in the neighborhood of $200,000, according to Aztec of Albany board president John Caldwell.
Board members made the decision earlier this year that a “complete makeover” was needed to prevent further water damage to the theater, which is nearing 100 years old.
By Sam Waller
There will be plenty to do this Saturday, Oct. 23 at Webb Park for folks attending the Albany Chamber of Commerce’s Home of the Hereford Cookoff and Cornhole Tournament.
Cookoff categories start with dutch oven bread at 10:00 a.m. and continue with a turn-in time every hour or so with desserts, fish, vegetables, chicken, wild game, pork, and beef. Awards will be presented about 7:15 p.m.
For more information and rules or to sign up, call the Chamber office at 325-762-2525.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Shackelford County Hospital board members voted to move forward with a search for a new district administrator during an Oct. 18 meeting.
They had voted on a similar motion in June after the former administrator, Jera Fairley, left the district’s employ in late May, but according to board president Jo Ann Estridge, they opted to “wait until after the audit is finished,” although there hasn’t been further explanation.
District secretary Regina Whitt said Monday that she expects the auditors to be present at the next meeting.
