The Albany Lady Lions opened the second round of the District 10-2A girls basketball schedule Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 56-16 loss at Hawley in their only outing of the week.

After a district bye on Friday, Jan. 17, Albany (4-17 overall, 1-6 district) returned to action Tuesday, Jan. 21 with a 31-27 home loss against Stamford. Details will be reported next week. The Lady Lions visit Haskell at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24.

First-year coach Ashlyn Bevel said the goal over the final five games is to make use of the lessons learned the first time through the district schedule.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions continued a rough stretch in the District 10-2A boys basketball schedule Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 65-48 loss at Hawley.

The Lions (8-6 overall, 3-3 in district) have lost three in a row to fall to fourth in the district standings.

Albany began the second round of the district schedule Tuesday, Jan. 21 with a 45-34 home win against Stamford. Details will be reported next week.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lady Lions basketball team continued to struggle last week in losses to Cisco and Anson as the District 10-2A girls schedule reached the midway point.

The Lady Lions (4-16 overall, 1-6 district) began the second round of the league schedule Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 56-16 loss at Hawley. Details will be reported next week. Albany has the district bye on Friday, Jan. 17 and returns to action Tuesday, Jan. 21 against Stamford at home.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions varsity boys basketball team endured a rough second week of the new year with losses to Cisco and Anson.

The Lions (8-6 overall, 3-3 District 10-2A) returned to action Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 48-65 loss at Hawley in their only outing this week. Albany has the district bye Friday, Jan. 17 that fortuitously coincides with the Shackelford County Livestock Show.

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.

By David H. Waller

On Monday, January 6, 389 days after the Albany Lions captured their second consecutive Texas State Championship, Coach Denney Faith presented players with their long-awaited championship rings.

What was expected to be a routine four-to-six-month turnaround stretched into more than a year, but as Coach Faith said at the start of his speech, “Better late than never.”