By Kathy Thomson The Albany Athletic Booster Club’s annual kick off meeting for the upcoming school year  took place Wednesday evening, July 1, at The Feed Store, and although members are working on raising funds for the new school year by selling ads in the annual football program, details were...

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany youth who have been participating in summer conditioning will get a week’s break from the training during the week of July 6-9.

By Donnie A. Lucas The shortened seasons for Albany Little League major teams came to an end this week, with the Raiders winning the league title. Play continues for both the intermediate league and junior league through July 22.

By Donnie A. Lucas A record amount of donations was raised by Albany High School baseball parents on Monday during the annual “Long Ball” fundraiser to benefit the program.

By Kathy Thomson A dozen Moran high school and junior high boys and seven or eight girls are participating in summer strength and conditioning practices at MISD.

By Donnie A. Lucas Strength and conditioning workouts will continue on Mondays through Thursdays through the end of July, with the exception of a couple of blackout periods in July.

By Donnie A. Lucas About 80 elementary age students took part this week in what may be the only youth sports camp offered this summer. The all outdoor camp was divided into two sessions, with about 55 registered in the K-3 group and 25 in the 4-6 grade level.

By Donnie A. Lucas Golfers entered in the annual Fathers Day tournament sponsored by the Albany Golf Club were able to get in two days of golf with good weather conditions. A total of 84 players participated in the annual tourney. “The tournament went really well,” organizer James Waters said.

By Lynsi Musselman Moran High School alumna and now Hardin-Simmons University graduate Sydney Ten Cate was recently named the 2019-2020 Academic All-Conference female cross country athlete of the year.

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany coaches reported larger than usual attendance at daily conditioning workouts for high school and junior high aged students that started last week.