The Dodd City Hornets spoiled the Alba-Golden boys basketball home opener last Tuesday. The Hornets used great finishing and strong inside play to claim a 71-31 win. more

For sheer competitiveness, there are few scholastic sports which rival girls basketball. The rationale for this remains elusive, but it likely has to do with the determined nature of local varsity teams, the often sudden melding of a team out of a handful of individuals, and the surprising talent resident in the athletes – regardless of their size or stature. more

The Quitman Lady Bulldogs held off Alba-Golden at Ballard Memorial Gym last Tuesday to record a 36-30 victory over their Wood County rivals. more

Texas playoff football requires one thing -- a team must play their best to proceed. Unfortunately for the Alba-Golden Panthers, they just did not bring their best game to the field last Friday. The Lindsay Knights defeated the Panthers, 21-0, to end Alba-Golden’s 2021 campaign. more

The Alba-Golden Panthers face Lindsay at Blue Ridge High School and the Mineola Yellowjackets head to Bullard where they encouter Sabine, both kicking off at 7 p.m. Sabine takes the opening drive … more

There were early indicators that the Beckville Ladycats were a different type of volleyball team. During their entire warm-up session before last Saturday’s area playoff match-up against the Lady Panthers of Alba-Golden, the combined Ladycat team mis-hit exactly two practice shots. more

The Alba-Golden Lady Panthers played a complete match and bested the James Bowie Lady Pirates in bi-district action last Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant High School. more

It was late in the game. Alba-Golden led a defensive-dominated contest 7-0 and had the ball just shy of the Como-Pickton goal line. They had been turned back by the Eagle defense on three attempts to score from the doorstep. Coach Webster whistled a time-out. One message was clear as the whole team huddled around their coach. “Let’s go – lace it up!” more

That teamwork thing seems to fit the 2021 Alba-Golden Panthers pretty well. Having re-discovered it last week in Bogata, the Panthers displayed it in spades Friday by coming back in the second half … more