The Lion baseball team pulled together an epic comeback effort to defeat New Deal in the Region I final series, advancing for the second time in three seasons to the state baseball tournament in Round Rock.

With two weeks of the summer vacation and a couple of summer sports camps already in the past, local youth still have the opportunity to participate in additional camps coming up in both June and July.

The Albany Golf Club is once again hosting the annual Father’s Day golf tournament, which will take place on Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16. Tee times for the event on Saturday include a morning slot at 8:30 a.m. and an afternoon slot at 1:30 p.m.

Summer conditioning programs for both boys and girls entering grades 7-12 in the fall are set to start on Monday at the high school campus.

Albany’s 7on7 football team went 1-2 in their first games of the season, as they prepare to enter tournament play.  The local team played three games at the Lee School Complex in Abilene on Thursday, May 30 to start their season.

Beth Roysdon was elected president of the Albany Softball Association at the organization’s annual officer election meeting last Tuesday. Amy McDaniel will remain vice president. “Due to a light turnout, elections of other officers were tabled until our next meeting,” McDaniel said.

Two local Little League 10 and under teams worked through the competition in the county bracket of the District 5 tournament last week, with the Albany Reds beating the Albany Indians to advance to the overall district championship against city bracket winner Wylie Hooks on Monday.

Four Albany seniors will be competing in the annual Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star games this weekend. Cameron Dacus and Cutter Edgar were both selected to play in the FCA All-Star football game.

Moran families certified eligible for monthly commodity distributions should receive cold items beginning this month.

The Albany Little League will once again be hosting one of the Little League District 5 machine pitch tournaments to compete against teams in the Big Country area. “Sixteen teams will play in Albany on June 8,” said local little league president Paul Hamilton.