By Kathy Thomson
Children at Nancy Smith Elementary School will join others around the nation observing Read Across America Day next Monday, March 2.
Read Across America Day was inaugurated in 1998 by the National Education Association, and is held every year in early March.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Advancing to the third round of the Class 2A playoffs for the first time in 25 years, the Lady Lions faced the familiar Stamford Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday, suffering a season-ending 49-39 loss.
Albany finished the season with a 22-11 overall record, including 6-4 in District 8-2A behind Stamford (8-2) in second and Haskell (10-0) in first. The Lady Lions lost both games to the Lady Bulldogs in district.
The Lady Bulldogs move on to the Regional Tournament that starts Friday in Levelland, facing Gruver in the first game.
By Kathy Thomson
The season of Lent began on Feb. 26, Ash Wednesday, and at least two local churches have special activities during the weeks leading up to Easter, which will be cele-brated on April 12.
Trinity Lutheran Church members will host a Lent service at 7:00 p.m. each Wednesday evening until Holy Week.
The services will be preceded by a soup and sandwich meal served at 6:00 p.m. Desserts are also served.
Everyone in the community is welcome to attend.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Junior high track teams traveled to Knox City on Monday, earning a number of medals and ribbons.
The four teams will compete at Breckenridge on Tuesday, March 3, starting at 3:30 p.m.
Results for both girls teams were received, but records weren’t kept for the boys teams. Several events were run in heats with just heat results reported.
8th Grade Girls
2400 m run – 2. Maci Hatchett 11:06. 4. Callan Edgar 13:24.
100 m dash – 1. Robin Lucas 14.08. 1. Kiana Roberson 15.06. 2. Braylyn Abbate 15.02.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion softball team is off to a strong start, winning three of the first four games.
Albany will play in the Stephenville tournament on Thursday through Saturday, playing two games each day.
Albany will play South Hills at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, followed by a 5:45 p.m. bout versus Krum. On Friday, the team will face Godley at 9:00 a.m. and Midway JV at 2:15 p.m., followed by a Saturday morning game at 9:00 a.m. against Eastland. Bracket play will be played later in the day based on the results of the first five rounds.
By Kathy Thomson
Albany siblings Newt and Alayna Koemel have both developed a passion for meat, not just eating it, but spending hours in cold lockers learning about meat science, competing on meat judging teams, and pursing a college degree and future career in the field.
Newt recently placed as the fifth alternate on the Texas Tech meat judging team that won the National Championship in Dakota City, Nebraska.
By Kathy Thomson
Boys and girls on Albany Little Dribblers teams played their third set of games last weekend on Saturday, Feb. 22, and will finish out their year this Saturday, Feb. 29.
Three girls teams and four boys teams are each playing two games every Saturday throughout the season.
The final set of matches will take place this Saturday, Feb. 29, starting at 8:30 a.m. with a match between the boys’ Red and Black teams. The first game of the day for the girls will be at 9:30 a.m. between Purple and Red.
By Kathy Thomson
Albany junior Wesley Estridge placed first in the super heavy weight class at the Greenwood Invitational powerlifting meet on Saturday, Feb. 22, with a total lift of 1570 pounds.
The Albany junior has secured a spot at the regional meet, which will be held March 14 in Sundown.
At Greenwood, Estridge had a 700 pound lift in the squat, bench pressed 405 pounds, and had a dead lift of 465 pounds.
His win carried Albany to an eighth place team finish, even though Estridge was the only one on the team.
By Kathy Thomson
The National Weather Service (NWS), with the help of local organizations, conducts SkyWarn classes each spring all over the nation, including two scheduled in area towns over the next few days.
This Saturday, Feb. 29, a SkyWarn class will meet in Hart Auditorium in the Onstead-Packer building at Abilene Christian University from 9:00-11:30 a.m.
A SkyWarn class will also be offered on Monday, March 2, in Breckenridge.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The 2020 baseball season will open this week with the Albany JV Tournament, set for Thursday through Saturday.
The varsity Lions are on the calendar to open the season March 5-7 at the Hamlin tournament.
Currently, four JV teams are signed up for this week’s tournament in Albany, including Hamlin, Early, Cisco, and Albany.
“Each team will have one game each day for a total of three,” baseball coach David Fairchild said.
