By Donnie A. Lucas Albany’s 7on7 football team qualified for the state tournament last Friday at McMurry University. The Lions defeated Merkel 13-7 in the D3 championship game to advance to the state tournament set for June 24-26 in College Station.

By Donnie A. Lucas Summer conditioning, along with limited sport-specific training for junior high and high school aged students, is underway and will continue for several more weeks.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Little League will host tournament games for the District 5 All-Stars beginning on Saturday. Both the Albany 12U and 10U All-Stars will play on Saturday, with the 10U starting the action at 9:00 a.m. The 12U team will play at 11:00 a.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany’s 7on7 summer football team won two out of three games in Archer City last Saturday, and local players will have one more shot to qualify for the state tournament.

By Donnie A. Lucas The summer conditioning and limited sport-specific training for junior high and high school aged girls started this week and will continue through June and again for two weeks in mid-July.

By Sandy Morris Eight Albany High School seniors will be competing in the upcoming Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star games over the weekend. Parker Henry, Cade Neve, Jackson Chapman, and William Webb will represent Albany on the FCA North baseball team.

By Donnie A. Lucas Members of the Albany High School varsity Lion baseball team were awarded a number of positions on the District 8-2A All-District team, including four of the top superlative honors.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Reds Little League 12U team, or majors, played to the final round of the County Tournament of District 5, winning the Rural Community County title and playing Abilene Dixie for the overall championship last week.

By Sandy Morris Eight Albany High School seniors will be competing in the upcoming Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star games over the next two weeks. AHS basketball coach Tate Thompson is spending the week in Brownwood helping coach the girls south basketball team.

By Donnie A. Lucas Local students have a couple of programs to help keep in shape over the summer, both starting over the next two weeks.