Albany

Students in Albany are honoring a classmate who died in a card accident with a special day.

Kimball's Luke Ashbrook is the individual leader after the first round of the Class AA State meet at the Ridges of Sand Creek in Jordan. He shot a 70 in the first round. Albany's Zac Kreuzer is tied for 12th place after shooting at 74.

The Albany boys golf team won the section 6-2-A meet at Blackberry Ridge Tuesday coming from behind to defeat Pequot Lakes by just 4 strokes. Cathedral finished 3rd and Staples-Motley finished 4th.

The boys and girls section 6-2-A meet at Blackberry Ridge took place with first round action Monday. Pequot Lakes leads on both the boys and girls sides entering today's final round.

Albany earned their first boys basketball state championship by defeating Minnehaha Academy 72-65 Saturday afternoon at Target Center in the Class 2-A State Championship. The Huskies led 39-31 at halftime and held off the Red Hawks in the 2nd half.

Albany started fast and held off Pequot Lakes 69-53 at Williams Arena in the Class 2-A State Boys Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Tuesday night. The Huskies led 27-18 at halftime and outscored Pequot Lakes 42-35 in the 2nd half.

Albany and Eden Valley-Watkins will play in the Class 2-A State Boys Basketball tournament this week. The Huskies are the #2 seed and will play Pequot Lakes at 6 p.m. Tuesday night in the State Quarterfinals at Williams Arena. Albany captured the Section 6-2-A title Friday at St. Cloud State over Milaca 74-57.

Albany has successfully advanced to the Class 2-A State Tournament Semifinals after topping Perham 51-38 Wednesday night at Maturi Pavillon. The Huskies led 26-18 at halftime and outscored Perham 25-20 in the 2nd half.

Central Minnesota will be well represented at the girls basketball state tournament this week. In Class 2-A Albany is seeded 3rd and New London-Spicer is seeded 4th. Becker is the top seed and Alexandria is seeded 3rd in 3-A. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa is seeded 5th in Class A.

Lights in the Country in Albany is gearing up for another year of their drive-thru style light display.

A recent $25 million dollar purchase conducted has seen 7 Minnesota trailer parks change ownership, with two of them being right here in Central Minnesota

The Albany baseball team defeated host team, Stafford, Virginia 4-1 in bracket play Friday at the 15U Babe Ruth World Series in Fredericksburg/Stafford, Virginia.