By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lion baseball team ended the regular season with a perfect 10-0 district sweep after a win over Hawley on Tuesday, clinching the undisputed District 8-2A championship title and advancing into the playoffs.

The Lions face the fourth place team from District 7-2A in bi-district action at the end of next week. The opponent and game details for the first round had not been determined at press time.

Albany closed the regular season with a 7-2 win in Hawley on Tuesday. Details will be reported next week.

By Sandy Morris

The Albany sixth grade band attended the Clyde Beginner Band Festival on Saturday, April 24 and earned straight division 1 ratings for their performance of “The Buglers” by Edmondson and “Star Wars” by Williams, arranged by Strommen. 

Albany band director Will Vaughan was very pleased with his musicians both on and off of the stage. 

Photo packages for local Little League and t-ball participants will be ready for pickup on Monday, May 3.

The softball pictures that are being taken today (April 29) and the coach pitch teams scheduled for Saturday, May 1 will probably be ready by Monday, May 10, according to Melinda Lucas of The Albany News. 

Lucas said that she will watch the weather and get word to the coaches about any changes.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Several Albany athletes placed at the Region II Track and Field Meet last week in Springtown, with two Lions advancing to the state meet in jumping events.

Sophomore Cole Chapman won the boys high jump, clearing 6-02 on his final attempt to move from fourth to first place.

Junior Luke Ivy will also be competing in Austin at the state meet in the triple jump with a distance of 43-10.25.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Albany High School junior Sarah Cotter claimed a spot at the state tennis tournament by blazing her way through the regional meet earlier this week, held at the Richland Tennis Center in North Richland Hills.

Details from the April 26-27 meet were not available at press time on Tuesday evening, but several other AHS players also played well, with the boys doubles and mixed doubles teams advancing to Round 2, and the girls doubles team to Round 3 along with Albany’s other girls singles player.

By Sandy Morris

Albany High School will send three students to the University Interscholastic League state academic meet this Saturday, May 1.

Because of COVID precautions, the event is being held at Abilene Wylie High School rather than in Austin.

Senior Tana Thompson advances in Feature Writing and Headline Writing, senior Hannah Trail will compete in Editorial Writing, and junior Luke Ivy will take part in the Science competition. 

Journalism sponsor Donnie Lucas and science sponsor André Raymond will attend the event with their students.

By Sandy Morris

Moran junior Johnnie Hise earned third place in Ready Writing at the UIL Region 2 Academic meet at Angelo State University and will advance to the state competition on May 1 at Abilene Wylie High School.

Aspen Box participated in Spelling and Vocabulary and won ninth place at the meet. 

Moran Prom

The Moran High School prom will be held on Saturday, May 1 at the Moran Event Center. 

The event is sponsored by the school, and the theme this year is “Masquerade Ball.” 

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion softball team ended the regular season on Tuesday with a 11-6 loss to the Cisco Lady Loboes, sending Albany into the playoffs as the runner-up in the 2A bracket for Region I.

The two teams were tied in the standings going into the bout at the local ballpark, with the winner advancing in the top spot in the playoffs.

The Lady Lions will face the Anson Lady Tigers, the third place team from District 7-2A, in a best-of-three series if field conditions and weather permits.

By Melinda L. Lucas

A four-member team of underclassmen, including three freshmen and one sophomore, finished in the top half of all Region 2 golf teams, finishing eighth out of 16 teams at the regional golf tournament held last Wednesday and Thursday in Ferris.

London Fuentes, Ayden Balliew, Houston Heatly, and Lute Wheeler recorded a two-day total of 743.

The City of Moran Volunteer Fire Department recently converted a 2.5-ton Stewart Stevenson into a firefighting machine. 

The truck was given through the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program and a $20,000 grant for a slip-on unit was awarded through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. Both programs are administered by Texas A&M Forest Service.