The cold and potentially icy weather postponed the start of the Moran track season by one week.
Hico called off the junior high portion of their track meet scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28, and MISD cancelled the trip.
Gordon ISD postponed their track meet from Monday, March 4 until today, March 7.
Moran varsity and junior high Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs are scheduled to compete at Gordon.
Schedule
Moran does not have any track meets planned over spring break.
The Lady Lion softball team won only one out of five games at the Stephenville tournament last week, playing against a tough slate of all larger teams.
Albany traveled to Bangs on Tuesday, bringing back a 16-6 win from only their second non-tournament game of the season. Details were not available at press time but will be reported next week.
The girls will be at home on Friday for a 5:00 p.m. game against Cooper High school’s JV team. They won’t play again until a tournament in Snyder on March 7-9.
The high school track season officially opens Thursday (today) at the Clyde meet, and Albany coaches are hoping to enter a strong field of competitors.
Field events start at 3:30 p.m. with running events set for 6:00 p.m.
Girls head track coach Lauren Peacock expects several returning tracksters, notably two state qualifiers – Caroline Masters and Alli Hill. There are several others with potential to do well, she said.
The JV Lion baseball team won two out of three games at the local tournament held last week and were on the road Tuesday for a game in Cisco.
Several varsity players joined the team this week following the end of the basketball season, giving coach David Fairchild enough players to put his varsity squad on the field in a tournament this weekend.
The Lions are playing in the Hamlin tournament starting Thursday (today), continuing over the next two days.
Both the varsity and JV are scheduled to travel to Anson on March 5 for a pair of games against the Tigers.
Little Dribblers teams will end the 2019 season this Saturday, March 2, playing two games each in the old Albany High School gym, starting with Red taking on Blue at 8:30 a.m.
Results from the third week of play, Saturday, Feb. 23 are listed below.
BOYS
Black 24 - Blue 23
Scoring for Black - Aiden Vickers 12, Wesley Gleitz 6, Lyle Wheeler 6.
Scoring for Blue - Zarek Bell 9, Connor Smith 5, Levi New 4, Jack Nail 3, Graham Ceder 2.
Grey 17 - Blue 16
Moran FFA members and their advisor Matthew Hise hosted two special events recently during national FFA week, and the entire school celebrated the week with daily dress up days.
Monday was camouflage day, Tuesday was dress as your favorite farmer, Wednesday was bring your favorite stuffed farm animal to school, Thursday was dress as your favorite cowboy, and Friday was wear Blue and Gold.
The Lion basketball team played even for three of four quarters against Sundown Friday, but couldn’t make up for a 10-point spread in the second that signaled the end of the season with a 53-41 loss in the Region I area playoff at Colorado City.
Albany defeated Christoval 46-43 for a bi-district win earlier in the week at Bangs, advancing on to the area round of the Class 2A playoffs, finishing out the season with a 13-6 record.
It wasn’t a “lights out” type of game, but then again it was.
The Lion basketball team won a Region I Class 2A bi-district game on Tuesday in Bangs, beating Christoval, 46-43, after the bout was moved from the original location in Coleman due to an electrical outage.
Albany (13-6) now advances to the area round of the playoffs to face the Sundown Roughnecks, winner of District 5-2A. The game is set for Friday in Colorado City with a 7:00 p.m. tip-off.
Ticket prices are $3 and $2, with usual passes accepted.
The Lady Lion basketball team proved just how far they have come this season, winning a bi-district title and leading at one point Friday in the Region I-2A area playoff before things went wrong.
The season came to a close with a 44-31 loss to Sundown in Colorado City on Friday, but the team posted a 21-10 record – its best season in several years.
Albany beat Eldorado earlier last week, 32-30, in Coleman for the bi-district trophy.
Five Albany Lion football players were selected for the Class 2A all-state team selected by the Texas Sports Writers Association recently.
Seniors Ryan Hill and Cameron Dacus both received first team picks, while fellow senior Payne Hebel was named to the third team. There were also three honorable mentions.
Hill was picked for first team offense as a tight end, while Dacus received a first team defensive back spot. Hill also earned honorable mention as defensive lineman at the defensive end position.
