By Sandy Morris Albany High School athlete Wesley Estridge continues to have an exceptional season at area powerlifiting meets, improving his state ranking after posting a personal best last week.  Estridge traveled to Snyder Jan.

By Donnie A. Lucas Three of the five junior high teams ended the season on Monday with wins over Stamford. Both girls teams won in Stamford, with the White team wrapping up a 7-2 season and the Red team finishing with a 5-3 record. The White team earned a 41-14 victory over Stamford.

By Donnie A. Lucas Three Albany volleyball players have been selected for positions on the Texas Sports Writers Class 2A All-State team. The annual recognition was released Jan. 30 for the 2020 volleyball season. Junior Sarah Beth Cotter was picked for first team middle blocker.

By Sandy Morris Registration continues for Albany Little League teams, including T-ball, Coach Pitch, Little League Majors and Minors, Intermediate, and Junior League, and will end on Monday, Feb. 8.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball team split games last week with district teams, with the regular season coming to an end on Friday. Albany traveled to Anson on Tuesday, suffering a 69-34 loss to fall to 3-8 in district action.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion basketball team suffered a second district loss to Cisco on Friday, but is still holding on to a third place finish in the district race at this point. Albany traveled to Anson on Tuesday, defeating the Tigers, who were previously the district leaders, 59-54.

By Sandy Morris The Moran High School varsity girls basketball team hosted Rising Star on Tuesday, Jan. 19 in district play. The Lady Bulldogs lost the contest 19-12. Hannah Rogers was the leading scorer with six points, followed by Emily Murk and Dariann Hawley with three points each.

By Sandy Morris Albany High School athlete Wesley Estridge is off to a strong start in powerlifting this season.  Estridge traveled to Brownwood on Thursday, Jan. 21 to compete in his second powerlifting competition of the year.

By Donnie A. Lucas Registration for Albany Little League teams, including T-ball, Coach Pitch, Little League Majors and Minors, Intermediate and Junior League, started this week and will continue through Feb. 8.

By Donnie A. Lucas Two of the four youth basketball teams didn’t play last Saturday due to conflicts with the local stock show. The final Saturday tournament is set this week on Jan. 30 with both the fifth and sixth grade boys playing at Hawley High School.