By Sam WallerThe Albany Golf Club will conduct its annual membership meeting Saturday at the municipal golf course with the opening round of the club championship to tee off right after.A brisket lunch is scheduled for noon Saturday with the meeting to start by 12:30 p.m.

By Sam WallerLute Wheeler passed for  four touchdowns and Branson Beal scored three times last Thursday as the Albany Lions junior varsity football team defeated Olney 42-0 at Olney.The Lions JV (6-0) has won for the third consecutive week on the road.

By Sam WallerThe 14th annual John Rose & Jim Law Memorial Albany Kiwanis Charity Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta is expected  to have a full field for its makeup date of Friday,  Oct. 15.Kiwanian Zach Maberry said 12 teams are entered with none withdrawing after the event was postponed last week.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Lady Cubs seventh grade volleyball team scored a two-set victory at Ranger on Sept. 28 in the only junior high match of the week.The Lady Cubs won 25-12, 28-26.Charlee Hefner served for seven points in the first set with Zayne Lefevre serving for six.

By Sam WallerThe Albany NFL Flag Football League got off to a belated start Tuesday with more than 100 elementary students participating on 12 teams in three age divisions.

By Sam WallerThe Moran Lady Bulldogs picked up their third victory in District 6-2A volleyball on Sept. 28, defeating Abilene TLC 25-16, 25-10, 25-15.Moran had an open date on Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs were scheduled to host Newcastle on Tuesday and will visit Albany Saturday.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Chamber of Commerce has postponed the Home of the Hereford Cookoff and Cornhole Tournament scheduled for this weekend until the weekend of Oct. 23, Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones announced on Tuesday.

By Donnie A. LucasThe 2021 homecoming parade is set to roll through downtown on Friday featuring Albany High School and ex-student royalty, followed by special presentation of the homecoming court during the halftime of the Albany vs. Olney homecoming game that kicks off at 7:00 p.m.

By Melinda L. LucasBefore weather forecasts changed many of the weekend’s activities, members of the Albany Chamber of Commerce had planned to support the Kiwanis Club’s Charity K golf fundraiser on Friday by eating at Fajita Fiesta benefit at the Albany Golf Course.

By Donnie A. LucasAfter almost 45 years of ownership, Melinda and I are ready to let someone else take over the reins of this 140-year old newspaper – The Albany News.