By Donnie A. Lucas The seventh and eighth grade Cub football team combined forces last week for the season finale in Cross Plans, bringing home a 33-0 win. Ashton Bailey scored on the Cubs’ first offensive play, running the ball 55 yards for the touchdown.

By Donnie A. Lucas Four Albany High cross country track runners competed at the district meet in Anson last week, ending the season.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lion football team lost its first game of the season last week in Tuscola, playing to a 34-19 loss to the Jim Ned JV. The Lions will end the 2020 season on Thursday (today) at home against the Wylie sophomore team starting at 4:00 p.m.

By Sandy Morris Moran junior and senior classes are hosting a canned food drive over the next two weeks for needy families in the community.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball team traveled to Coleman on Saturday for a pair of scrimmages, winning both season warm-up games. The Lady Lions will be on the road Friday, Nov. 6 for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off in Hermleigh to open the regular season.

By Melinda L. Lucas The presidential race plus local board elections delayed from May due to COVID brought out large numbers of county voters for the 2020 General Election, with a large percentage voting early and absentee. A total of 1,635 voters cast ballots, representing 70.

By Sandy Morris Earlier in the year, the -COVID-19 pandemic basically gave Albany ISD students an extended spring break that ran through the end of the school year.

By Sandy Morris Recent cooler temperatures and a pleasant forecast for the upcoming weekend have hunters hopeful for a good opening weekend of deer and turkey season.  Deer and turkey season officially opens Saturday, Nov. 7, and quail season opened Oct.

By Sandy Morris It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Albany Chamber of Commerce.  Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones said this week that Albany Bucks tickets, parade float entries, and memorial ornament sales all begin on Tuesday, Nov. 10.