# 2 Lipan until 4th period The Albany Lions saw their basketballseasoncometoanend Thursday, Feb. 22 with a 51-42 loss to second-ranked Lipan in a Class2AareaplayoffatGraham.

TheAlbany Lady Lions softball team picked up two wins last week against Trent and De Leon, then got some bad news early this week. The girls have been playing with a minimum nine players.

Albany’s Adam Hill was named Most Valuable Player on the All-District 10-2A boys basketball team as the Lions and Lady Lions combined to have 14 athletes earn mention. The teams were selected by votes of district coaches and released after all playoff qualifiers had been eliminated.

Four Albany pitchers combined on a five-inning no-hitter Tuesday, Feb. 27 as the Lions opened their baseball season with a 17-0 victory against Colorado City at the Clyde field.

The Albany Lions and Lady Lions track teams started their season Monday, Feb. 26, at Anson’s Tiger Relays with 12 varsity athletes placing in the top six.

Moranjuniorhightrack teams competed in their first meet Tuesday, Feb. 27 at Breckenridge.

Albany senior Lute Wheelerbecamethefourth member of his class to earn the chance to participate in athletics at the college level, signing Wednesday, Feb. 14 to play golf for North Central Texas College in Gainesville.

Albany Little League is wrapping up registration for its 2024 season this weekend. Albany Little League organizer Paul Hamilton saidmorethan100players have registered so far.

Albany entries won four of five draws Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Hawley Invitational in the first tournament of the tennis season, played atAbilene’s Rose Park Tennis Center.

The Albany Lady Lions opened their softball season by going 3-1 last weekend at the Clyde tournament. “We got some games under our belt, saw game situations and came out of it with a whole list of things we’ve got to cover,” Lady Lion coach Jimmy Fuentes said.