1. Baseball wins the first NCS play-off game
On Tuesday May 20 the Albany baseball team began play in the postseason with a 1-0 victory over Las Lomas in the first round of the NCS tournament. Its was the third time Albany beat Las Lomas this year, as the Cougars won 9-1 and 4-3 in their previous meetings. Albany was victorious due to great pitching by Kyle Shipley. ...
2. Albany takes Piedmont 2-0
On April 30th, the Albany baseball team made the annual trip up to Evans Diamond In Berkeley to play Piedmont at Cal’s baseball stadium. Bear territory was the perfect place for Albany to snap their four- game losing streak, with a 2-0 victory. The story of the game was pitching. It was a pitchers duel by the Cougars Kyle Shipley and ...
3. Albany defeats Oakland High
On March 12th, The Albany High baseball team gave fans many reasons to be excited for the season, with an 8-1 victory over Oakland High. The Cougars won with an all- around balanced attack providing great pitching and hitting.
David Teel got it ...
4. Girls BBall season ends at NCS
The Albany girl’s basketball season came to an end last Friday night with a loss in the second round of NCS to Dublin 62-48. Dublin’s, pressure defense and clutch shooting was too much for the Cougars to handle.
The game started off very slowly as both teams struggled to score points due ...
5. Baseball season ready to go
With winter sports winding down, that means its time for spring sports to start up. Baseball is arguably one of Albany’s most prestigous sports. Coming off a strong 2007 season in which they finished 18-6, the Cougars look to continue the tradition of excellence in baseball. Last year’s team made it all the way to NCS championship game ...
6. Lady cougars crush the Monarchs
If you looked at the scoreboard mid way through the 2nd quarter in Albany’s Monday night victory over Holy Names, you would think it was football not basketball. The Cougars were leading 24-0. They continued their dominance all game long as they won their fourth game in a row.
For Albany ...
7. Cougars fall in BSAL championships
Saturday night was one that most Albany Volleyball players and fans would like to forget soon. For the fourth year in a row, St. Mary’s defeated Albany in the BSAL championship. It also continued the streak of Albany defeating St. Mary’s in the regular season, but losing to them in the BSAL ...
8. Regular season recap of Albany volleyball
Going into the season, the Albany High volleyball team had high expectations. They had only lost one senior from last year’s team, which went 12-1 in league and 25-9 overall including tournaments. So far, this year’s team has definitely lived up to expectations. The regular season came to an end on ...
9. Albany Volleyball steamrolls St. Mary’s
The Albany high volleyball team continued their great season defeating cross-town league rival St. Mary’s on Wednesday night. Just like in there first meeting, St. Mary’s won the first game with Albany going on to win the next three.
St. Mary’s star player, Tarah Murrey, who is one of the best volleyball players ...
10. Albany Volleyball beats Salesian; stands alone in first place
On Monday October 1st, Albany volleyball visited Salesian in a match up of two undefeated BSAL teams. The game was one-sided from the beginning. Albany took all three games and now stands alone in first place. Going into the game, there was talk that Salesian would provide a huge challenge for Albany. Both teams have beaten St. Mary’s and have ...
11. Albany volleyball beats St. Mary’s 3-1
On Thursday September 27th, the Albany high volleyball team traveled to North Berkeley to take on their rival, the St. Mary’s Panthers. At first things did not go well for the Cougars as they lost the first game, but then they turned things around and took the next three games. Albany won with ...
12. Player profile - Alex Assia
Alex Assia is a two-sport athlete at Albany High. Assia plays football and basketball and will play baseball this year as well. I caught up with Assia to ask him a few questions about the football team and some other issues.
Our first topic was this years Albany High football team. When asked about ...