Winning five out of six tournament games, the Lady Lions finished out the pre-district portion of their schedule with a 13-4 record.

Albany was off this week for spring break but will be back on the diamond Tuesday, March 19 to open district in Baird. The game is slated for 4:30 p.m.

The Lady Lions will continue the District 7-2A race at home on Friday, March 22 at 5:00 p.m.

Albany lost the opening game in the Snyder Tournament to Ft. Stockton, 11-3, but then picked up five straight games in the non-bracketed tourney.

The varsity Lion baseball team lost three straight games at the Windthorst tournament last week, but their coach says they came away with several positives.

The Lions will host both Hamlin and Wellington on Friday for a round robin set of games.

The Lions will take the field at 10:00 a.m. against Hamlin, followed by a 3:00 p.m. game versus Wellington.

The JV Lions will play the Hamlin JV at 11:30 a.m. after the Albany and Hamlin varsity game.

Albany will finish the pre-district schedule on Tuesday, March 19, hosting Knox City in a 5:00 p.m. bout.

The Moran junior high and high school track teams traveled to Gordon last Thursday, March 7 to begin their 2019 track season, and each of the MISD teams brought back several ribbons from the event. 

“It was a fantastic meet put on by the Gordon community and coaching staff,” said Moran head coach Harley Ethridge. “All of our participants competed proudly and represented the Moran school and community with exhibitions of sportsmanship and excellent determination.”

The Lions’ varsity track team stepped up their level of competition last week with a fourth place finish at the Breckenridge meet, while the varsity girls were still working short-handed.

Both track coaches are looking forward to the Hamlin track meet on Saturday, which starts at 9:00 a.m. Field and running preliminaries will be on the track in the morning, followed by the running finals starting after the lunch break.

The high school track teams got off to a slower than usual start last week due to weather conditions.

Albany traveled to Clyde for the usual first meet of the season, but field events were canceled and running events moved up due to cold and windy conditions.

The track teams will compete again at the Breckenridge meet set for Thursday (today) with field events starting at 4:00 p.m., followed by running events at 6:15 p.m.

The varsity Lion baseball team opened the season last week with three wins at the Hamlin tournament.

The varsity traveled to Anson on Tuesday, bringing home a 5-3 loss. Details of the game were not available at press time.

The Lions will play in the Windthorst tournament starting on Thursday (today) with a 12:00 noon game against Archer City. Albany is scheduled to face off against Gunter at 6:00 p.m. The team will return on Friday for a third and final bout at 12:00 noon game against Windthorst.

The Lady Lion softball team got back on track last week with a pair of wins as they prepare for the third and final tournament this week before the start of district competition on March 19.

The team will travel to Snyder starting Thursday (today) for a three-day tournament, opening with a 5:00 p.m. bout against Fort Stockton, immediately followed by a 7:00 p.m. game against Tahoka.

The local girls will be back in action at 1:00 p.m. on Friday against Seminole., with a 5:00 p.m. game against Hermleigh.

Lion basketball players captured two superlative awards, three first team picks, one second team selection, and several honorable mentions on the District 8-2A all-district team.

Senior Cameron Dacus was named the Defensive MVP and junior Coby Knight was awarded the Sixth Man honor by the district coaches.

The Lions ended the regular season in second place behind the Stamford Bulldogs with a 7-3 district record. Stamford was given the other three top awards.

Albany High School tennis players competed well in their first two outings, which included the Hawley Invitational on Feb. 21 and the Seymour Invitational on Monday and Tuesday of last week.

“Everyone did well for their first tournaments,” said coach Sara Wilson.

The Albany team hosted Miles, Stamford, and Rotan for a meet held at Rose Park on Wednesday, but results were not available at press time.

Local players will also host a tri-meet on March 20 after spring break.

HAWLEY INVITATIONAL

Girls Singles

The seventh and eighth grade track teams opened the season at a Clyde track meet on Friday, March 1, placing in a number of events.

The Cubs and Lady Cubs also competed on Tuesday, March 5 at a meet in Breckenridge, but results were not available at press time.

Ryder Peacock is coaching both junior high boys teams.

“Against a tough field of seventh grade athletes, we finished very well, being in the top six in just about every event we competed in,” said Peacock.