By Sandy Morris
The Moran varsity and junior varsity track team members competed in the District 13A track meet on Wednesday, March 7 at May High School.
Varsity Boys Results
Corey Miller won second place in the 400 meter dash and advanced to the area meet held Tuesday, April 13 in Hermleigh.
Arren Hawley, Memphis McGough, Caleb York, and Connor Hail also competed on the team which finished in sixth place.
Varsity Girls Results
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion softball team picked up a couple of non-district games last week to fill an open week in the schedule, splitting games with former district foes.
Albany traveled to Hamlin on April 6, bringing home an 8-0 win. However, the Lady Lions lost a game to Hawley 12-1 last Friday.
District 8-2A action picked up again for the Lady Lions on Tuesday, with Albany on the road in Baird to earn a 19-0 win that pushed the team to a 6-1 district mark and 12-10 overall.
By Melinda L. Lucas
For the first time in well over a decade, an Albany boys golf team will advance to the regional tournament after winning first place at the district meet last week.
A freshman-dominated team led by Lute Wheeler put together its best two-round total of the year at Maxwell Municipal Golf Course April 6-7, defeating the second place team by 71 strokes.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lion baseball team stayed in sole possession of first place in District 8-2A thanks to three wins over the last week, in addition to the news that Stamford defeated Anson this week to give the Tigers a second loss.
Albany (13-3-1, 7-0) is still going into what previously had was thought to be an unofficial district championship game in Anson on Friday, but even a win by the Tigers would not knock the Lions out of first place.
“We would have to lose two of our last three games to go to a tie for first,” coach David Fairchild said.
By Melinda L. Lucas
The Albany High School varsity tennis team earned a clean sweep of champions at the district tournament, advancing nine players to the regional meet later this month in all five divisions.
Tennis coach Sara Wilson commented that this is the first time in her 21 years of coaching, and possibly ever, that Albany has won first place in every category.
In addition, Albany won team titles in both the girls and boys divisions, as well as the overall district title.
The last overall team championship was in 2018, said Wilson.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Sophomore Cole Chapman advanced to the regional track and field meet in three events on Tuesday, with five other Lions and Lady Lions moving on as well during the area meet for field events on Tuesday.
Originally, both field and running events were scheduled for all day on Wednesday in Graham, but organizers moved field events up by one day to Tuesday due to concerns about rain that was in the forecast.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Several Albany High School tennis players performed well in the Seymour Invitational Tournament last week, returning home with two consolation championships in the boys division and the top two spots in girls singles.
“Wind was a huge factor on day one,” said coach Sara Wilson. “It was impossible to make adjustments.”
The district tournament will start Friday, April 9 at Rose Park in Abilene, with the semifinals and finals set for Monday, April 12.
Results from the Seymour tournament are as follows:
Girls Singles
By Melinda L. Lucas
Albany High School golfers played their second round at the district tournament Wednesday at Maxwell Municipal Golf Course in Abilene, but results weren’t available at press time.
The AHS boys’ team was leading the pack after Monday’s first round, also played at Maxwell, with Lute Wheeler recording a 19-hole total of 83 for the first overall. Houston Heatly was third over with 87. Both boys are freshmen.
Scores from the April 5 round are as follows:
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lion baseball team knocked off the top-ranked team in Class 2A in a District 8-2A match-up against Anson last week to take the lead in the district race as the first half of district games comes to an end.
Albany hosted Hawley on Tuesday, earning an 11-1 win to remain undefeated through the first round of league action. Details of the game will be reported next week.
The Lions have a 11-3-1 overall record and are 5-0 in district.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion softball team earned a pair of wins last week in Cisco and Gorman, maintaining a three-way tie for first place in district with a 4-1 record.
Albany finished the first round of district with an 11-4 win over Cisco, then started the second round with a 19-4 blowout in Gorman.
