The Lady Lions edged out Eldorado Monday night in Coleman, 32-30, to win the bi-district championship and advance to the second round.

Albany (21-9) will face the Sundown Roughettes Friday in Colorado City in the area playoff. Tip off is set for 6:30 p.m.

Sundown (19-13), the winner from District 5-2A, beat Iraan 53-29 on Monday in their bi-district round.

The Lady Lions will serve as the visitors in Colorado City. Ticket prices are set at $3 and $2, and district and senior citizen passes will be honored.

The Lion basketball team traveled to Stamford on Tuesday for the regular season finale, hoping to bring home the district title by handing the Bulldogs a second loss.

Albany had to settle for second in District 8-2A after a 77-55 loss to Stamford.

The Lions (12-5, 7-3) will advance to the bi-district round of the playoffs next Monday or Tuesday, with the opponent to be decided in a District 7-2A tiebreaker for second place between Eldorado and Christoval.

Four Albany seniors are among the 278 top athletes and cheerleaders of the area who make up the 2019 all-star class for Big Country Chevy Dealers Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival, announced Sunday.

Representing Albany High School will be Cameron Dacus on the Red football team, Cutter Edgar on the Blue football team, Joshua Dyer on the North baseball team, and Ryan Hill on the North men’s basketball team.

The football teams are designated by color, red and blue, because they are selected by an actual draft of players.

The Lady Lion softball team took the field for the first game this season on Tuesday, hosting Breckenridge at Webb City Park.

The Albany girls won the opener 7-5, even though several local starters didn’t play due to the basketball playoffs.

Albany will be on the road Friday and Saturday at the Eastland tournament. The Lady Lions are scheduled to play at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Friday, followed by games at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Coach Jimmy Fuentes reports that he has 18 players on the roster so far, with new players showing up just this week.

The seven local teams of Little Dribblers played their first sets of games last Saturday, Feb. 9, in Albany, while the fifth and sixth grade youth teams finished out their season playing in tournaments in Clyde and Eula with mixed results.

Results from the Little Dribblers games on Saturday were not available as of press time

Fifth Grade Boys

The fifth grade boys won their first game 39-9 over Clyde #2.

Moran’s basketball season ended Monday night when the Bulldogs lost their final district game of the season 49 to 54 in Ranger.

Eula, 25-6 on the season and 9-0 in district, with one game remaining as of press time, is the 1A District 20 champion. 

Lady Bulldogs

The Lady Bulldogs’ season ended last Tuesday with a 12-80 loss in Strawn.

The varsity girls posted a 2-21 season showing and were 0-10 in district.

Junior High Boys

The Moran junior high boys played their last game of the season last Monday, Feb. 4. 

The Lady Lion basketball team ended the regular season at home Tuesday with a big upset over Haskell, handing the Maidens, ranked third in the state, their only district loss.

Albany fought throughout the game and ended up with a big 37-32 win, electrifying a home crowd at the AHS gym. The Haskell girls have lost only one other game the entire season.

The Lion basketball team dropped to second place in the district standings due to a pair of district losses in the last week but still have a shot at the district title.

Now 8-2 in District 8-2A action, Albany lost in Hawley last Friday and were surprised with a 41-40 loss at home on Tuesday to Haskell. Details will be reported next week.

With just two games remaining in the regular season, the Lions will host Cross Plains on Friday starting at 5:00 p.m. with the JV. The varsity will take the floor at 6:30 p.m.

The Cubs and Lady Cubs ended the season with a set of games against Roscoe on Monday, with the boys winning their games while the girls lost.

The Lady Cubs also played in the Stamford tournament on Saturday with mixed results.

The boys closed out the season on a positive note, bringing home three victories.

The eighth graders earned a 50-17 win on Monday.

Three of Moran’s basketball teams completed their seasons this week with final games for the junior high players on Monday, Feb. 4, and on Tuesday, Feb. 4 for the girls varsity team.

The Bulldogs still have two district games left, and they will play in Gordon tomorrow, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. and at 8:00 p.m. in Ranger next Tuesday, Feb. 12.

Junior High Results

The junior high Lady Bulldogs lost in Strawn this Monday, 15-42.

Scoring for Moran were Chole Hendricks 9 and Emily Murk 4.