By Sandy Morris The ladies of the Sallie Matthews Circle of Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church announced this week that they will not host their annual Christmas Bazaar.

By Sandy Morris The date has been set for Friendship Baptist Church’s fourth annual “Harvest Acres.”  The yearly event is always scheduled for the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  This year’s date is set for Saturday, Nov. 21, starting at 9:00 a.m.

By Lynsi Musselman Closet Angels is cele-brating 10 years of being Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church’s clothing ministry, with the purpose of helping those in need.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion varsity football team got a rough start in Santo last Thursday, allowing the Wildcats to go ahead by two touchdowns before rallying to earn a 34-14 victory in district play.

By Donnie A. Lucas The varsity Lady Lions volleyball team ended the regular season last Saturday with a win over Rising Star, and the girls are now preparing for the Class 2A playoffs. Albany will play a rematch against Miles in the area playoff  round on Monday, Nov.

By Donnie A. Lucas The combined seventh and eighth grade Cubs hosted their final home game last week, sending Santo’s junior high home with a 33-6 loss. The Cubs will combine again this week for the last game of the season in Cross Plains. Kickoff is set for 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball team will start the season on Saturday in Coleman with scrimmages against the Lady Bluecats and Veribest. The action will start at 9:00 a.m. against Coleman, followed by a 10:00 a.m. tip-off for the scrimmage with Veribest.

By Sandy Morris The last “Fifth Quarter” event of the 2020 season will be held at The Feed Store directly after the Cross Plains game this Friday, Oct. 30. First Baptist Church will host the event for the students and will serve Subway sandwiches.

By Sandy Morris The Moran PTO will sponsor Trunk or Treat on Friday, Oct. 30.  The event will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the front parking lot of the school. Everyone is invited to participate.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lion football team will play in Tuscola Thursday (today) against the Jim Ned JV with a 6:30 p.m. kickoff. The JV was originally without a game this week since Cross Plains isn’t fielding a JV team, but the substitute game was arranged by coaches several days ago.