As of press time, several Albany High School tennis players were already guaranteed spots at the regional level after day one of the district tournament on Tuesday, April 2 at Rose Park in Abilene.

Local junior Alayna Koemel was the sole Albany High School golfer who competed in the second round of the district golf tournament Monday at Maxwell Municipal Golf Course, maintaining her status as the second place medalist and advancing to the regional tournament.

Dax Neece, a 2018 graduate of Albany High School and a current member of the Texas Tech Red Raider football team, is getting a chance to play spring ball for Tech.

All four junior high track teams competed in the local junior high meet on March 25, with the eighth grade boys placing fourth with 68 points to lead the Albany contingent. The seventh grade boys placed fifth with 38 points, while the eighth grade Lady Cubs were sixth with 47 points.

The Moran High School tennis team participated in the district match on Monday, April 1 in Eastland.   “The boys doubles team of Kobee Lapp and Harley Schafer will advance to the regional meet,” said coach Jo Hise.

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.

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 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 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.

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.