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.

By Donnie A. Lucas A total of 17 members of the Lion and Lady Lion track teams qualified to advance to the area track meet next week in 16 events, including four relays.

By Sandy Morris The Moran varsity track team members competed at the Paint Rock Indian Relays on Friday, March 26.  The next meet will be the District 13A meet on April 9 at May High School.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion softball team split games last week, suffering the first district loss in Eula on Friday but getting back in the win column earlier this week. The Lady Lions traveled to Cisco on Tuesday, bringing back a big 11-4 win to advance to a 9-9 record for the season.

By Donnie A. Lucas All four of the junior high track teams fared well at the District 10-2A meet last Saturday in Hamlin, with the eighth grade boys winning their division. The eighth grade boys scored a total of 160.3 points for first place.

By Melinda L. Lucas In their last two warm-up meets before next week’s district tournament, Albany High School golfers have continued to improve and turned in some impressive results from a March 29 practice at Shady Oaks Golf Course in Baird.

By Sandy Morris It’s been six years in the making with the past four years of dedicated hard work, but Albany High School senior athlete Wesley Estridge finally made his goal become a reality.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion baseball team opened district last week with a pair of wins, including a rally for a win over Stamford and a no-hitter against Haskell.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany track teams competed in Breckenridge last Thursday as the final tune-up before the District 10-2A meet. Albany hosted the district meet on Wednesday (yesterday), but results were not available prior to the printing deadline for this week’s issue.

By Donnie A. Lucas The junior high district track meet is set for Saturday, March 27, in Hamlin. All four Albany teams will participate, including seventh and eighth grade boys and girls teams.