By Donnie A. Lucas

A total of 17 members of the Lion and Lady Lion track teams qualified to advance to the area track meet next week in 16 events, including four relays.

Albany hosted the District 10-2A meet on March 31, with the varsity boys team taking third place with 100 points and the girls team finishing fourth with 81 points. The JV boys also finished fourth as a team with 52 points.

The Hawley boys topped the boys varsity division with 157 points, while the Haskell girls won their division with 166 points.

By Sandy Morris

The Moran varsity track team members competed at the Paint Rock Indian Relays on Friday, March 26. 

The next meet will be the District 13A meet on April 9 at May High School.

Varsity Girls Results

Alli Scott placed second in the long jump and first in the 100 meter and 300 meter hurdles.

Johnnie Hise finished second in the high jump and third in the 200 meter dash. 

Hannah Noble won second in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes and Dariann Hawley was fourth in the high jump.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion softball team split games last week, suffering the first district loss in Eula on Friday but getting back in the win column earlier this week.

The Lady Lions traveled to Cisco on Tuesday, bringing back a big 11-4 win to advance to a 9-9 record for the season. Details will bee reported next week.

Albany will host Gorman on Friday at 12:00 p.m.

The team is open next week because two district schools didn’t field teams this season.

By Donnie A. Lucas

All four of the junior high track teams fared well at the District 10-2A meet last Saturday in Hamlin, with the eighth grade boys winning their division.

The eighth grade boys scored a total of 160.3 points for first place. The seventh grade boys scored 133 points to take second place.

In the girls division, the seventh grade team was third with 66 points, while the eighth grade girls finished in fifth with a total of 59 points.

By Melinda L. Lucas

In their last two warm-up meets before next week’s district tournament, Albany High School golfers have continued to improve and turned in some impressive results from a March 29 practice at Shady Oaks Golf Course in Baird.

AHS athletes also played at Shady Oaks the previous Tuesday.

The local boys team didn’t place as a team, but golf coach Tate Thompson was encouraged with their performance.

“There were four of our district opponents at this tournament, and we beat all of them,” said Thompson.

By Sandy Morris

It’s been six years in the making with the past four years of dedicated hard work, but Albany High School senior athlete Wesley Estridge finally made his goal become a reality.

Estridge lifted his way to win the Division 3 super heavyweight class at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association state meet held this past Saturday at the Taylor County Expo in Abilene.

“I don’t feel like I can take credit for it,” said Estridge. “If it hadn’t been for all the support I had at the state meet, I don’t know that I’d have done as well as I did.”

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lion baseball team opened district last week with a pair of wins, including a rally for a win over Stamford and a no-hitter against Haskell.

Albany hosted Anson on Tuesday, posting a 7-5 win over the top-ranked Tigers, improving their record to 9-3 overall and 3-0 in district.

The Lions will travel to Cisco on Thursday, April 1, with a first pitch at 4:30 p.m. The JV game against Cisco was cancelled.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Albany track teams competed in Breckenridge last Thursday as the final tune-up before the District 10-2A meet.

Albany hosted the district meet on Wednesday (yesterday), but results were not available prior to the printing deadline for this week’s issue. A complete report including those who qualified to advance will be printed next week.

Boys coach Rod Britting said earlier this week that he was still evaluating his players in preparation for the district meet.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The junior high district track meet is set for Saturday, March 27, in Hamlin.

All four Albany teams will participate, including seventh and eighth grade boys and girls teams.

Field events for the four divisions will begin at 9:00 a.m., with events rotating among sessions also starting at 9:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

Running events will start at 1:00 p.m. on a rolling schedule.

By Sandy Morris

The Moran varsity track team members competed over Spring Break on Thursday, March 18 at the May Tiger Relays.

The next meet is scheduled for Friday, March 26 at Paint Rock.

Varsity Girls Results

Hannah Noble placed second in the 100 and 200 meter dash.

Alli Scott came in first in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles and second in long jump.

Dariann Hawley was third in the 800 meter run and fifth in high jump.