By Donnie A. Lucas

The varsity Lady Lions won three out of four scrimmages last week to start the 2020 season.

Albany hosted a set of varsity-only scrimmages against Lingleville and Benjamin on Friday, then traveled to Breckenridge for scrimmages against the Lady Bucks and Wichita Falls Hirschi on Saturday. 

The regular season opened on Tuesday at home with the Lady Lions defeating the Lady Bucks 25-23, 25-23, 25-17. Details of the match will be reported next week.

By Lynsi Musselman

Albany Golf Club will host a Labor Day Golf Tournament on Sept. 5 and 6.

The tournament is a two-person scramble format with an entry fee of $160 per team.

The entry fee includes one mulligan per person each day and a meal on Saturday night.

There is a morning tee time on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and another later in the day at 1:30 p.m.

Teams will be flighted after Saturday’s rounds.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lion football team is closing in on two full weeks of workouts for the 2020 season, with another week on the practice field before their first contact with an opponent.

The lone scrimmage of the season is set for Thursday, Aug. 20 in Hawley starting at 5:00 p.m. The University Interscholastic League is limiting all teams to only one scrimmage this season in an attempt to limit the spread of the -COVID-19 coronavirus.

The Lions have a roster of 46 players this season for the varsity and JV squads.

By Lynsi Musselman

Albany Kiwanis organization hosted a youth golf camp this past Monday through Wednesday for 20 aspiring young golfers.

Kiwanis Club member and avid golfer Ken Lawrence helped organize the event at the Albany Golf Club with Abilene Country Club golf director Jimmy Tidwell.

Abilene native and professional golfer Bob Estes helps supports a youth golf foundation that Tidwell and ACC head golf pro Brian Nagy helped create that led to the golf camp in Albany this week.

By Lynsi Musselman

Across the state of Texas, exhibitors are getting ready for stock show season 2020.

Albany High School agriculture teacher Chris Beard said entry deadlines are coming up for all the major fall stock shows including the West Texas Fair and Rodeo in Abilene that will be Sept. 10-19, where Albany students will exhibit steers, heifers, goats, lambs, and pigs.

The junior livestock show entry deadline for Abilene is today, Aug. 13.

By Lynsi Musselman

The Lady Bulldogs started volleyball action last Saturday, Aug. 8, with a scrimmage against Loraine.

Moran volleyball coach Jo Hise reported that the team played well, and they were able to make adjustments and focus on rotation.

“We have a couple of areas where we need more practice,” Hise said.

Moran will host Munday this Saturday, Aug. 15 at 11:00 a.m.

Football

The Bulldogs football team is in its second week of two-a-days with 12 players on the roster.

By Lynsi Musselman

The 2020-2021 school year is underway for Moran ISD teachers and administrators.

Staff development days started on Monday and will continue through Friday, Aug. 14, and again next week, Aug. 17-21.

MISD superintendent Danny Freeman said that school personnel are getting training, preparing lesson plans, and getting classrooms ready for students to arrive on Monday, Aug. 24.

Born April 6, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas to Jesse and Mary Cleveland, Jesse (Jay) Mack Cleveland passed away July 15, 2020 in Ponca City, Oklahoma with family by his side. 

Unlike previous times, this is not a ploy to avoid creditors or people he despised. He assures us that he is gone. He will be greatly missed. 

Jesse was a 1970 graduate from Albany High School in Albany, Texas. He had a psychology degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. 

By Donnie A. Lucas

With only one new positive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus reported over the last week, local officials are pleased that the county infection rate has again slowed.

According to a report on Tuesday from the Texas Department of State Health Services, only one new positive case was reported last week, bringing the total number of confirmed to 17 since the pandemic reached the area in March.

The total number of tests administered to county residents was reported as a total of 104.

By Lynsi Musselman

Families and students are anxiously awaiting the first day of school, while staff and administrators are preparing to welcome students back to school either in person or in a virtual classroom.

Registration

Whether they plan to attend physically or remotely, students at both campuses need to be registered for the 2020-2021 school year using the new online -ASCENDER system.