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.

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 varsity Lion baseball team lost three straight games at the Windthorst tournament last week, but their coach says they came away with several positives. The Lions will host both Hamlin and Wellington on Friday for a round robin set of games.

The Moran junior high and high school track teams traveled to Gordon last Thursday, March 7 to begin their 2019 track season, and each of the MISD teams brought back several ribbons from the event.

The Lions’ varsity track team stepped up their level of competition last week with a fourth place finish at the Breckenridge meet, while the varsity girls were still working short-handed.

The high school track teams got off to a slower than usual start last week due to weather conditions. Albany traveled to Clyde for the usual first meet of the season, but field events were canceled and running events moved up due to cold and windy conditions.

The varsity Lion baseball team opened the season last week with three wins at the Hamlin tournament. The varsity traveled to Anson on Tuesday, bringing home a 5-3 loss. Details of the game were not available at press time.

The Lady Lion softball team got back on track last week with a pair of wins as they prepare for the third and final tournament this week before the start of district competition on March 19.

Lion basketball players captured two superlative awards, three first team picks, one second team selection, and several honorable mentions on the District 8-2A all-district team.

Albany High School tennis players competed well in their first two outings, which included the Hawley Invitational on Feb. 21 and the Seymour Invitational on Monday and Tuesday of last week. “Everyone did well for their first tournaments,” said coach Sara Wilson.