The Lady Lion softball team continues to fall to the 2A teams in their district, losing to Hawley at home on Tuesday, 9-7 to finish in fourth place in their bracket of the playoffs.

The regular season schedule will end next Tuesday in Eula against Lady Pirates at 5:00 p.m., rescheduled from this Friday.

The Lady Lions, Haskell, Stamford, and Hawley competed in the 2A division of District 7-2A, while Knox City, Eula, and Baird will advance into the 1A bracket of the playoffs.

Six Albany basketball players have been named to positions on the All-Big Country Basketball teams for Class 2A, along with a local coach being recognized as Coach of the Year.

Seniors Cameron Dacus and Ryan Hill both received first team selections for Class 2A, while senior Josh Dyer and juniors Ben West and Coby Knight were named to the second team.

On the girls side, junior Jaleigh Morales was given a place on the Class 2A first team, and third-year girls coach Tate Thompson was named Coach of the Year.

The newest employee at the Shackelford County sheriff’s office is only two years old, but the energetic youngster comes highly trained and is a specialist at narcotics detection.

Joey was brought on board to replace Spyngo, the recently retired 11 year-old narcotic detection canine.

Joey works and lives with chief deputy sheriff Johnny Freeman.

Members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call of a tank battery fire just after 6:00 a.m. last Saturday, April 13. The location was about two and a half miles south of town off of Highway 283.

“Upon our arrival, we found one 210 barrel tank battery fully involved with the top blow-off and sitting where it landed some 75 feet away,” said fire chief Kyle Tischler. “The second tank battery was at the point of being involved. It had tremendous heat and smoke coming out of the tank.”

All 4-H and FFA members who plan to enter steers in major livestock shows in the fall of 2019 or the spring of 2020 should have already placed their order for validation ear tags. Tags should also have been ordered for show heifers, swine, market lambs, and market goats destined for the State Fair. 

The tags cost $15 each if they were ordered by the early deadline, or $25 each if ordered late, but before June 30. After June 30, animals (except breeding heifers) will not be eligible for validation.

The Moran Independent School District will be closed on Good Friday, April 19 and Easter Monday, April 22.

Classes will release at the normal times on Thursday, April 18 and begin again on the regular schedule on Tuesday, April 23.

The next break from classes will be  holidays on May 24 and 27 for the Memorial Day weekend.

Classes will release early on the last two days of school, May 30 and 31.

 High school graduation will take place on May 31.

UIL Region 3 meet

Kobee Lapp earned gold at the area track meet in Dublin on Monday in the triple jump with a distance of 42 feet six inches, outdistancing both his nearest rival at area by over a foot, and his own winning jump at district by almost three feet to advance to regional competition.

Lapp also qualified for the regional meet in high jump and long jump, taking the fourth place medal in each of those field events.

Johnnie Hise took bronze in the 800 meter run to earn a spot of her own at the upcoming Region 3 meet.

Children are invited to the Moran City Park this Saturday, April 19 at 10:00 a.m. for the third annual City of Moran Volunteer Fire Department sponsored Egg Hunt.

“We are hoping for as many kids as possible,” said fire chief Steve Taggart. “It is open to everyone from infants up to those who are 13 years of age. We will divide the children into three different age groups for the hunt.”

Over 4,000 eggs, lots of toys, and 30 free child’s meal vouchers to Texas Roadhouse will be given away.

Resignations were accepted, contracts renewed, and a teacher hired at Monday’s AISD board meeting.

Longtime local band director John Stockdale, who has been in Albany 20 years and in  music education for close to 60, submitted his resignation, and along with second grade teacher Lindsey Edgar’s resignation, it was accepted with regrets.

Also after the closed session came renewal of current term and probationary faculty contracts, along with approval of letters of assurance for the support staff.

New Teacher

At 6:00 p.m. this Saturday, April 19, the cast of the Fort Griffin Fandangle will present the 2019 membership Sampler at the site of the Town of Fort Griffin on Lynne and Clifford Teinert’s Collins Creek Ranch. 

Gates at the ranch will open at 5:30 p.m., and seating will be ready for Fandangle Association members who send in their RSVP by today, April 18.