Numbers were up for the first day of summer football workouts on Monday, with 45 players donning shorts, shirts, and helmets as the Albany -Lions prepare for the 2018 season.

Students who still need school physicals can make an appointment with one of two local clinics. Both the Shackelford County Health Clinic and  ResourceCare charge $25 for a school physical.

Pictures for varsity and JV football players and cheerleaders have been set for this week. Cheerleaders will meet at Nail Stadium Thursday (today) starting at 5:00 p.m. for the junior high group. The varsity squad will follow at 5:20 p.m.

An Albany baseball player has been recognized on the Class 2A All-State Baseball team. Junior Joshua Dyer received honorable mention as a second baseman for the Lions on the annual list that is sponsored by Collin Street Bakery and the Texas Sports Writers Association.

A total of eight girls and one boy have shown up so far for high school cross country practices since the program started last Wednesday.

Plans are underway for the Albany Golf Club’s traditional Labor Day tournament set for Sept. 1-2 at the local course.  Registration for  the two-person scramble was officially opened after a Monday night board meeting held to finalize plans. Participants in the tourney will tee off at 8:30 a.m.

Albany sports fans are invited to attend the Athletic Booster Club’s annual ice cream supper next Monday, Aug. 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Bank Park.

Albany’s Kami Norton was one of three women across the country to be named as a Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year in NCAA Div. II Track and Field, a first for any female athlete at Angelo State University in San Angelo.

The Moran Independent School District is fully staffed for the upcoming year, according to superintendent Danny Freeman. “We just finished our hiring for this school year,” said Freeman last week. “Teacher in-service will begin Aug. 10 for all new staff, and Aug. 13 for everyone else.

Local singer Lorna Ayers will step into the spotlight at the Aztec and utilize her trademark voice and the excellent acoustics of the historic theater to again become the lead character of the musical Always...