Lady Lions win first 2 district softball outings

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lady Lions softball team returned from spring break needing to fill a lineup hole, but have four weeks to work things out before the postseason starts.

As one of just two Class 2A teams in District 8-2A, the Lady Lions are assured a spot in the playoffs.

After a week off, Albany resumed district play Tuesday, March 22 with a 15-0 victory over May at Webb Park. Details will be reported next week.

The Lady Lions, who hold a 5-11-1 record, visit Eula at 5:00 p.m. Friday in their first district road game.

Unrelated issues have left the team with 10 players for the final nine games.

“We’re going to get through it the best we can,” coach Jimmy Fuentes said. “The good thing is we have some experienced and versatile kids. We may have to lean on them to learn a couple of different spots and just go from there, play the best ball that we can.”

Fuentes said having only Cisco to deal with for playoff seeding makes the situation more manageable.

“We’ve got to use these ballgames against these lower-division schools in our district,” he said, “take every opportunity we can to eliminate fundamental mistakes so when we do meet up with Cisco we can stay in that rhythm.”