The Lady Lions edged out Eldorado Monday night in Coleman, 32-30, to win the bi-district championship and advance to the second round. Albany (21-9) will face the Sundown Roughettes Friday in Colorado City in the area playoff. Tip off is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Lion basketball team traveled to Stamford on Tuesday for the regular season finale, hoping to bring home the district title by handing the Bulldogs a second loss. Albany had to settle for second in District 8-2A after a 77-55 loss to Stamford.

Team and individual pictures of the seven Little Dribblers teams are scheduled this Saturday, Feb. 16, starting at 9:00 a.m. The pictures will be taken in the lobby of the main gym.

Four Albany seniors are among the 278 top athletes and cheerleaders of the area who make up the 2019 all-star class for Big Country Chevy Dealers Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival, announced Sunday.

The Lady Lion softball team took the field for the first game this season on Tuesday, hosting Breckenridge at Webb City Park. The Albany girls won the opener 7-5, even though several local starters didn’t play due to the basketball playoffs.

The seven local teams of Little Dribblers played their first sets of games last Saturday, Feb. 9, in Albany, while the fifth and sixth grade youth teams finished out their season playing in tournaments in Clyde and Eula with mixed results.

The community is invited to a band concert on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2:00 p.m. in the high school gym, according to Albany band director John Stockdale. “This is taking the place of our Christmas concert,” said Stockdale. “Because of football and other conflicts, we couldn’t fit it in until now.

Five Albany ISD trustees met briefly Tuesday morning to formally order  the board election on May 4, 2019 and approve the election schedule. At least one of the three seats is contested, with the filing period ending Feb. 15.

Liz Walls’ art classes sold, created, and delivered “kisses” for Valentine’s Day. “This is an annual fundraiser that we do with the seventh and 11th grade art classes to make money for supplies,” said Walls. Elementary classes will have Valentine’s parties today (Thursday). Friday, Feb.

Moran’s basketball season ended Monday night when the Bulldogs lost their final district game of the season 49 to 54 in Ranger. Eula, 25-6 on the season and 9-0 in district, with one game remaining as of press time, is the 1A District 20 champion.