By Sam Waller

The 2025 Shackelford County Livestock Show is set for Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 16-18, at the county show barn.

Annually the largest single extracurricular activity in the County, this year’s show has 132 students from Albany and Moran FFA chapters as well as Shackelford County 4-H entering approximately 225 animal projects. Each student will be allowed to sell one project in the premium sale, scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday.

By Melinda L. Lucas

With the Albany Chest goal now over the top, members of the board of directors originally planned to meet Wednesday, Jan. 8, to distribute funds collected during the 2024 campaign.

However, with the weather forecast uncertain, the decision was made on Monday to postpone.

According to board president Jana Kitchens, the directors are scheduled to meet at the Feed Store on Jan. 15.

Goal Exceeded

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lions broke their losing streak with a win over TLC Abilene last week, also picking up the first district win for the season.

Albany hosted Haskell on Dec. 31, falling 60-25, but picked up a 37-23 win over TLCA on Jan. 3 in Abilene.

The girls hosted the 18-2 Cisco girls on Tuesday in a district game, falling to the Lady Loboes 66-17 to post a season mark of 4-15 including 1-4 in district.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The varsity Lion basketball team earned a pair of wins over district opponents last week, defeating both Haskell and TLC Abilene to improve to 8-4 for the season, including 3-0 in district.

The Lions hosted the Cisco Loboes on Tuesday, dropping to 3-1 in district with a 48-39 loss.

Albany will be on the road on Friday in Anson to take on the Tigers in a 7:30 p.m. bout, followed by a trip to Stamford on Jan. 20 to wrap up the first half of district.