The Moran Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs competed at the Albany Roaring Lions Invitational track meet on Thursday, March 28, and Kobee Lapp won first place in boys varsity triple jump with a distance of 43 feet two inches.
Also earning medals for Moran were Sondra O’Keefe with gold in JV girls pole vault (6-06), Johnnie Hise with bronze in JV girls triple jump (29-06.25), and Lyric Huskey with a bronze in JV boys triple jump (38-06).
The Lion baseball team picked another pair of wins last week, with the most significant being the district opener in Stamford.
Albany hosted Baird on Tuesday, earning a 16-6 victory to keep the streak going and improving the overall mark to 8-4. Details will be reported next week.
The Lions will stay at home again on Friday, with a game against the Hawley Bearcats as the hunt for the district title continues. The opening pitch is set for 5:00 p.m.
The local team will once more be at the local field Tuesday, April 2 to host the Eula Pirates starting at 5:00 p.m.
The girls track team finished as the fourth place team at the Eastland track meet last week, while the varsity boys placed sixth out of eight teams present.
The JV boys had the best team total of the day for Albany, placing third overall with 83 points.
The girls garnered 61 points and the varsity boys scored a total of 36 points.
Albany will host a meet Thursday (today) starting at 3:00 p.m. with field events. Running events will follow at about 5:30 p.m.
The Lady Lion softball team split games against district teams last week, beating a Class 1A opponent while losing to a 2A contender.
The district is mixed this season with a combination of both 1A and 2A schools, but teams in each classification will go separate ways when it comes to the playoffs.
Albany traveled to Haskell on Tuesday, suffering a second loss to the Maidens 18-0. Details of the bout will be reported next week.
Two Albany High School golfers competed in the first round of the district golf tournament Monday at Maxwell Municipal Golf Course in Abilene.
Both local athletes were entered as medalists because there are not enough players for a team.
The top two medalists from the district meet, if they are not already on a winning team, advance to the regional tournament, as do all members of the top two teams.
Albany tennis players hosted five other schools in a practice meet here last Wednesday, March 20 in preparation for tournament action this week and the district competition April 2-3.
The AHS athletes are entered in the Abilene High School Invitational Tournament this Friday and Saturday, March 29-30 prior to the district tournament at Rose Park in Abilene the following week.
Players came from Eastland, Moran, Lueders, Breckenridge, and Anson, according to tennis coach Sara Wilson.
Results are as follows:
Mixed Doubles
The seventh grade boys and eighth grade girls teams both brought home third place finishes from the Eastland track meet last Friday, while the other two squads finished in fourth place.
The Cubs and Lady Cubs hosted a meet on Monday, but results were not available at press time.
The junior high will travel to Roscoe for the district meet on Thursday, April 11.
The eighth grade girls racked up 106 points for third behind Cisco and Breckenridge.
The Lion baseball team picked up a pair of wins last Friday while hosting Hamlin and Wellington in a round robin, and the JV Lions also earned a win over Hamlin during a full day of baseball.
The varsity hosted Knox City on Tuesday in the final pre-district warm-up game, beating the Greyhounds 15-2. Details of the game will be reported next week.
The Lions will open District 8-2A action in Stamford on Friday with the opening pitch scheduled for 4:30 p.m. for the JV, followed by the varsity game at 7:00 p.m.
Three Albany High School golfers played in the seventh annual Tommy Terrell Invitational Golf Tournament here at the Albany Golf Course on Monday, March 18, with several other area schools bringing teams and medalists for the event.
Alayna Koemel shot a personal best 119 on Monday, placing fifth overall.
In the boys division, Cooper Fairchild shot a 109 on 18 holes, and Taren Farmer posted a score of 152.
The Albany track teams are hosting two track meets next week, and volunteers are needed to run the concession stands.
Monday, March 25 Albany will host a junior high meet with nine visiting schools signed up to participate.
High school tracksters from eight area schools will take to the local track and field on Thursday, March 28.
