The Albany High School baseball team picked up a 15-0 win in a no-hitter in Hamlin last week as the Lions prepared for their final round of district games.
Albany hosted Stamford on Tuesday to start the final three district bouts against the 2A portion of the bracket, earning a 3-0 win over the Bulldogs. Details of the game will be reported next week.
The Lions hold a 2-2 record among the 2A members of the district, with two games remaining.
The Lady Lion softball team continues to fall to the 2A teams in their district, losing to Hawley at home on Tuesday, 9-7 to finish in fourth place in their bracket of the playoffs.
The regular season schedule will end next Tuesday in Eula against Lady Pirates at 5:00 p.m., rescheduled from this Friday.
The Lady Lions, Haskell, Stamford, and Hawley competed in the 2A division of District 7-2A, while Knox City, Eula, and Baird will advance into the 1A bracket of the playoffs.
Six Albany basketball players have been named to positions on the All-Big Country Basketball teams for Class 2A, along with a local coach being recognized as Coach of the Year.
Seniors Cameron Dacus and Ryan Hill both received first team selections for Class 2A, while senior Josh Dyer and juniors Ben West and Coby Knight were named to the second team.
On the girls side, junior Jaleigh Morales was given a place on the Class 2A first team, and third-year girls coach Tate Thompson was named Coach of the Year.
Kobee Lapp earned gold at the area track meet in Dublin on Monday in the triple jump with a distance of 42 feet six inches, outdistancing both his nearest rival at area by over a foot, and his own winning jump at district by almost three feet to advance to regional competition.
Lapp also qualified for the regional meet in high jump and long jump, taking the fourth place medal in each of those field events.
Johnnie Hise took bronze in the 800 meter run to earn a spot of her own at the upcoming Region 3 meet.
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.
Lapp advanced in the triple jump, high jump, long jump, 4x200 relay, and 4x400 relay.
Also advancing on the boys 4x200 relay team are Jonas Cadena, Harley Schafer, and Braden Crow.
Team members on the 4x400 relay at area will be Harley Schafer, Crow, Arren Hawley, and Lapp.
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. Results of the meet were not available at press time, but the top four winners from that meet advance to the Region I-2A Track Meet on April 26-27 at South Plains College in Levelland.
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 team will be off on Friday, but the annual fundraiser including a hamburger supper and long ball batting fundraiser will start at 6:00 p.m. with all proceeds benefiting the baseball program.
Members of the team are selling tickets for the hamburger supper, as well as gathering pledges for the batting competition.
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. Details of the game were not available at press time but will be reported next week.
The local team will host Haskell on Friday at 5:00 p.m. and will also be at home on Tuesday, April 16 to host the Hawley Lady Bearcats at 5:00 p.m.
The Lady Lions lost to Eula, 18-6, on April 2, falling behind early and never recovering.
Five Albany High School athletes will be competing in the regional tennis tournament next Wednesday, April 17 at Odessa College in Odessa.
District girls singles champion Sarah Beth Cotter, along with two second place doubles teams, will leave for Odessa next Tuesday, with games starting Wednesday morning.
Cotter, a freshman, finished with the top spot after a first round bye and two subsequent perfect matches.
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.
“The boys capped the season with some of their best performances of the year,” boys coach Ryder Peacock said. “Overall, I was very proud of their efforts. The seventh grade came out of nowhere to win the meet, and the eighth grade mile relay ran an impressive race under four minutes for second place.”
