The 2019 Moran Homecoming will be held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5. A pep rally is planned downtown on Friday. 

That evening, the Moran Bulldogs junior high and high school teams are scheduled to host Chillicothe at Bulldog Stadium. 

Activities on Saturday will include a morning open house at the Moran Historical Museum, a morning volleyball game between the Lady Bulldogs and Woodson Cowgirls at the school gym, sandwich lunch in the school cafe-teria, and the traditional homecoming assembly and program in the high school auditorium. 

Elizabeth Martin of Moran was named to the President’s List at West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) for the spring 2019 semester. She graduated cum laude in May 2019 with a bachelor of science degree in psychology. 

The 2015 Moran High School graduate was a member of the Pi Gamma Mu, International Social Science Honor Society, and the Golden Key International Honour Society. 

By Donnie A. Lucas

It was a tale of two halves for the Albany Lions last Friday in Eastland.

The 2A Lions dominated the first half of the non-district showdown against the 3A Mavericks, taking a 28-27 lead to the locker room at the half.

But the second half belonged to the Mavericks, who scored 33 unanswered points to rally for a 60-28 win over the visiting Lions.

Albany will be at home Friday night in Robert Nail Stadium to host the unbeaten Hawley Bearcats, who are fresh off a win over the Hamlin Pied Pipers last week.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The varsity Lady Lion volleyball team opened District 6-2A competition with a pair of wins over Strawn and Newcastle during the last week.

First-round action will continue on Saturday with the Hawley Lady Bearcats visiting for bouts between the only actual 2A teams in the district. Games start at 10:00 a.m. for JV II, 11:00 a.m. for JV I and 12:00 noon for the varsity.

The Lady Lions will play a set of non-district games next Tuesday, Sept. 24 in Coleman. Games start at 4:30 p.m.

By Kathy Thomson

Area churches are again taking turns hosting after-game fellowships following each of the Albany Lions’ home football games.

The second “Fifth Quarter” event of the season will be held Friday, Sept. 20 at The Feed Store after the Hawley game, and will be hosted by First Christian Church and The Feed Store.

Sandwiches, chips, drinks, and cookies will be served at tomorrow’s event.

The fellowships begin immediately after the varsity home football games and conclude at 12:00 midnight. 

By Kathy Thomson

Visitors, Albany High Alumni, and locals are all invited to take part in the 12th Annual Albany Kiwanis Charity/John Rose & Jim Law Memorial Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta at the Albany Golf Course next Friday, Sept. 27.

Funds raised by the annual event help sponsor the Albany K Charity Scholarship Fund.

The fundraiser begins at 11:00 a.m. with a Fajita Fiesta meal prepared by the Kiwanis members. 

By Kathy Thomson

The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $37,868 from the state this September. The amount is down 15.76 percent from the $44,955 payment received in September of 2018.

Payments to date for the 2019 year to the city of Albany are $413,711, up by 6.42 percent from the comparable time last year, when payments of $388,741 had been made.

The city of Moran will receive a net payment of $1,493 this period for a 23.30 percent increase from the $1,211 received in September 2018.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Three Albany runners traveled to Merkel on Tuesday for their third meet of the season, with freshman Brylee Moore earning her second medal of the year.

She came in sixth out of 56 runners in the girls JV division. 

“Two of our runners improved their times by more than a minute from last week,” said cross country coach Tate Thompson. “I feel they are getting the hang of things, getting in shape, and learning to push through their barriers.”

 By Donnie A. Lucas

The JV Lions improved to 3-0 for the season after a 38-14 win over the Eastland Mavericks at Robert Nail Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 12.

Albany will travel to Hawley this week to play the Bearcats in a 7:00 p.m. game

The Lions scored four times in the first half to lead 26-7 at the half.

“I’m sure it was a fun game to watch,” coach Rod Britting said. “There were two good teams out there on the field, but ultimately we were able to take advantage of their turnovers and stepped up our defense.”

By Donnie A. Lucas

Both Albany Cub football teams suffered losses in Eastland last Thursday during the second road games of the season.

The Cubs will be out of town again this Thursday (today) for games in Hawley starting at 4:30 p.m. with the seventh graders. The eighth grade will follow at about 5:45 p.m., and the junior varsity will start at about 7:00 p.m.

The eighth grade Cubs were shut out by the Mavericks 18-0.