Several Moran tracksters, including members of three relay teams, and triple jump gold medalist Kobee Lapp qualified for the 1-A area track meet at the District 20-A meet in Dublin last Wednesday in spite of the blustery weather.

A total of 20 Albany tracksters qualified for the area meet in 18 events, helping the boys place second and the girls third at the District 8-2A Track and Field Meet held last Thursday here in Albany. The top four places in each district event moved on to the area meet held yesterday in Mertzon.

The Lion baseball team was edged out by a walk-off run on an error last Friday to drop their second district game against Haskell. Albany was on the road Tuesday in Hamlin, bringing back a 15-0 win against the 1A Pipers.

The Lady Lion softball team split games last week against a couple of the 1A members of the district, as the second round of league action got started. Albany traveled to Stamford on Tuesday, bringing back a 7-0 loss.

Five Albany High School athletes will be competing in the regional tennis tournament next Wednesday, April 17 at Odessa College in Odessa.

By Donnie A. Lucas The seventh grade boys track teams captured the district championship last Saturday in Roscoe, with the eighth grade boys finishing in second. The two girls teams both took third place.

Local tracksters continued to improve times and distances last week at the local meet in preparation for the District 8-2A meet set for Thursday (today). Albany is hosting the district meet. Field events are slated to begin with running preliminaries at 8:30 a.m.

The Lion baseball team dropped the first district battle last Friday to Hawley, 3-2, waiting until the last at-bat to score. Albany hosted the Eula Pirates Tuesday, winning 15-2 to improve to 4-1 in District 8-2A.

The Lady Lions dropped two straight games last week, falling to 1-3 in district competition. The team hosts a rematch with Baird on Friday at 5:00 p.m. and will travel to Stamford next Tuesday, April 9, also with a 5:00 p.m. start. Albany hosted Eula on Tuesday, falling 18-6 to the Lady Pirates.

As of press time, several Albany High School tennis players were already guaranteed spots at the regional level after day one of the district tournament on Tuesday, April 2 at Rose Park in Abilene.