For the first time since 1961, Albany is a Texas high school football state champ

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The number 61 was put to rest for Albany High School Wednesday night at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Albany won its first Texas high school football title in 61 years with a 41-21 win over Mart in the Class 2A Division II title game. The last football state title was in ’61.

Coy Lefevre scored three touchdowns in the victory that denied Mart its ninth Texas high school football title.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.