By Donnie A. Lucas

After a three-week break, the Albany Lion football team will finally see action Thursday (today) in the Class 2A-Div 1 area playoff against the Ralls  Jackrabbits at Snyder.

The second-round playoff bout will kick off at 7:00  p.m.with the Lions serving as the home team.

Tickets are selling for $6 for adults and $4 for students and must be purchased online by accessing a link on the Albany ISD website. A small processing fee will be added to each ticket sold.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Cubs and Lady Cubs won three out of four games during their opening set of games on Monday.

The junior high girls won both bouts against the visiting Abilene Christian School teams, while the boys split games with ACS in Abilene.

The four Albany teams are scheduled to play Cisco next Monday, Nov. 23, with the girls on the road and the boys at home.

The junior high girls are putting a Red team and a White team on the floor this season, both with a mixture of seventh and eighth grades.

The Red team edged out ACS 19-17.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion basketball team hosted Rule on Monday in the home opener, picking up a 53-18 win.

The varsity is scheduled to host the Abilene Lady Hawks on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. 

The girls are also on the books to travel to Guthrie on Monday, Nov. 23 at 6:00 p.m., then return home to host a Tuesday, Nov. 24 game against Comanche prior to a break for Thanksgiving.

The Lady Lions have been combining the JV and varsity players not playing volleyball, but the teams should be sorted out by next week now that volleyball is over.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Thanks to her determination over the last eight years, senior Elia Hebel signed last week with D1 University of Louisiana at Lafayette to play softball for the next four years.

Hebel, an Albany softball standout both for the Lady Lions and her travel teams, is part of what has been determined as the top-ranked recruiting class this year in NCAA softball. She will join six of her Houston-based travel club teammates at UL Lafayette to play for the No. 8 ranked Ragin Cajuns beginning in the fall.

By Sandy Morris

 The district-wide canned food drive competition sponsored by the Moran junior and senior classes is still going strong.

 According to Moran ISD principal Jo Hise, the food drive has become very fierce.

“Right now, we have a close tie between the pre-K and third grade classes,” said Hise on Monday. 

The food drive will continue after the Thanksgiving holiday with Friday, Dec. 18 being the final day to make a donation. 

All donations will be delivered to local needy families. 

Big Country Electric Cooperative requests your help spreading word amongst local 10th, 11th and 12th grade students about the Government-in-Action Youth Tour, an all-expense-paid trip to the nation’s Capital. 

Big Country EC will send three students on the 2021 Youth Tour, scheduled June 13-22. Students’ parents/guardians do not have to be members/customers of the Cooperative to compete in and win. 

By Sandy Morris

Moran High School’s varsity girls basketball team traveled to Strawn on Friday, Nov. 13. 

The Lady Bulldogs came up short, losing 67-17. 

According to girls head coach John Hughes, the score isn’t a true reflection of the game.

“There is definite improvement from where we were last year,” said Hughes. “We still have things to work on, but it is early.”

By Sandy Morris

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released November state sales tax revenue amounts for counties across the state of Texas, including Shackelford County.

The City of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $40,378 from the state this month. This amount is up 0.39 percent from the $40,222 payment received this time last year.

Payments to date for the 2020 year to the City of Albany are $66,445 down by 13.59 percent from the comparable time last year when $488,739 had been received. 

By Sandy Morris

The Albany Junior High School one act play cast and crew competed in the district contest on Thursday, Nov. 12 in Stamford. 

The students performed a comedic fairy tale, “The Magic Well.”

While the show did not place, several students were awarded individual awards, including Jalea Bowman – Best Technical Crew, Ann Davis – Honorable Mention, All-Star Cast, and Avery Everitt – All -Star Cast. 

Director Melanie Turner was very proud of her students’ performance.

Ruel Tabor, age 104 of Moran, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. A graveside service was held at the Moran Cemetery Pavilion Monday, Nov. 16 with Pastor Jerry Shields officiating. Interment followed under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.

Ruel Elizabeth Rice was born Nov. 4, 1916 in Sedwick, Texas to parents, John Rice and Hattie Scott Rice. She grew up in Shackelford County and attended Moran High School. Two years later, she married Boyd Tabor on June 27, 1936 in Moran.