Lions battle back to eliminate Eldorado

The Albany Lions are headed to the regional semifinals after bouncing back from an opening loss to win two straight games against Eldorado in their Class 2A Division II area playoff series last week in Hermleigh.

Albany dropped the opener 2-1 despite a dominant outing from Brody Oliver, who struck out eight batters and allowed only one hit across seven innings. The Lions stranded 12 runners in the …