The seventh grade boys and eighth grade girls teams both brought home third place finishes from the Eastland track meet last Friday, while the other two squads finished in fourth place.
The Cubs and Lady Cubs hosted a meet on Monday, but results were not available at press time.
The junior high will travel to Roscoe for the district meet on Thursday, April 11.
The eighth grade girls racked up 106 points for third behind Cisco and Breckenridge.
The Lion baseball team picked up a pair of wins last Friday while hosting Hamlin and Wellington in a round robin, and the JV Lions also earned a win over Hamlin during a full day of baseball.
The varsity hosted Knox City on Tuesday in the final pre-district warm-up game, beating the Greyhounds 15-2. Details of the game will be reported next week.
The Lions will open District 8-2A action in Stamford on Friday with the opening pitch scheduled for 4:30 p.m. for the JV, followed by the varsity game at 7:00 p.m.
Three Albany High School golfers played in the seventh annual Tommy Terrell Invitational Golf Tournament here at the Albany Golf Course on Monday, March 18, with several other area schools bringing teams and medalists for the event.
Alayna Koemel shot a personal best 119 on Monday, placing fifth overall.
In the boys division, Cooper Fairchild shot a 109 on 18 holes, and Taren Farmer posted a score of 152.
The Albany track teams are hosting two track meets next week, and volunteers are needed to run the concession stands.
Monday, March 25 Albany will host a junior high meet with nine visiting schools signed up to participate.
High school tracksters from eight area schools will take to the local track and field on Thursday, March 28.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Albany tracksters faced a large field of athletes, many from much larger districts, at the Hamlin Piper Relays last Saturday to bring home a few medals and valuable experience.
The high school track teams will compete at the Eastland meet today, with the field events starting at 3:30 p.m. and the running at 5:30 p.m.
Both squads were operating at less than full strength at Hamlin due to spring break, but the coaches said that advances were made.
On Wednesday, March 6, the Moran High School tennis team traveled to Cisco to participate in a practice match between Cisco, Baird, and Moran.
“Our girls doubles team beat the team from Cisco,” said tennis coach Jo Hise. “Our boys doubles team defeated Cisco and then lost to Baird.”
Moran will play in Albany on March 20.
Playing varsity tennis for Moran this year are seniors Kaylin New, KJ Henderson, and Kobee Lapp; junior Harley Schafer; sophmores Corbin Roberts and Corey Miller; and freshman Hannah Rogers.
CISCO INVITATIONAL
The junior high track teams took a large contingent to Breckenridge on Tuesday, March 5, bringing home a number of medals and ribbons along with improved times and distances.
The junior high is off this week for spring break, returning to action on Friday, March 22 in Eastland.
The weather in Breckenridge was cold on the day of the meet, causing the jumping field events to be cancelled. Only the discus and shot put events preceded the running session.
After taking a week off for spring break, members of the Albany High School tennis team will be back in action on Wednesday, March 20, hosting a couple of other schools at the local courts starting at 2:00 p.m.
AHS athletes will then participate in the Abilene High School Invitational March 29-30.
The district meet is set for the following week on April 2-3 at Abilene’s Rose Park Tennis Center.
“Due to the weather, we haven’t gotten much court time, but hopefully that will change,” said tennis coach Sara Wilson.
Participants in the Albany Girls Softball Association played their first tournament games last weekend and will start the regular season on Monday, March 18.
“We have close to 60 girls signed up, including a few from out of town,” said president Cynthia Smith. “All the girls did a good job at the opening and looked like they had fun. I am excited about the season!”
There are five teams this year – two 8-U, one 10-U, and two 14-U.
The teams will play in Albany and various area towns during the 2019 season.
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.
