By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Lady Cubs volleyball teams wrapped up their busiest week of the season Monday, Sept. 19 by  sweeping home matches against Ranger.

The Lady Cubs return to action Monday, Sept. 26 when they host Abilene Christian. The seventh grade match will start at 5:00 p.m. with the eighth grade to start at 6:00 p.m.

Since Tuesday, Sept. 13, the seventh grade team has played four matches and the eighth grade five. Both teams competed in the Hawley tournament on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Seventh Grade

By Sam Waller

Alli Scott was crowned homecoming queen with Tyler Waddell named homecoming king during ceremonies at Moran’s football game against Mullin on Friday, Sept. 16.

Moran cheerleaders held a homecoming dance  at Moran Events Center following the game.

Free Lunches

The Moran school board voted at its Monday, Sept. 19 meeting to provide lunch for all MISD students at no cost.

By Sam Waller

The Moran Bulldogs made significant strides in their homecoming game last week before succumbing to the Mullin Bulldogs 58-44 Friday, Sept. 16.

Moran players (0-4) look to continue building momentum at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 when they visit Blanket.

Against Mullin, Connor Hail helped keep Moran in contention with 275 rushing yards and five total touchdowns. He also converted on four PAT kicks.

“The progress was unreal,” Moran coach John Hughes said. “We made a complete 180 from what we looked like the previous three games.”

By Sam Waller

The Moran Lady Bulldogs volleyball team dropped its only match of last week at Ranger.

The Lady Bulldogs return to action Saturday, Sept. 24 at Garner.

Moran lost 17-25, 19-25, 13-25 on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at Ranger.

Lady Bulldogs coach Jo Hise said the match originally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 20 against Three Way will not be made up.

“That’s turning out to be a good thing,” Hise said. “I’ve got a bunch of girls sick with allergies and everything else.”

By Sam Waller

The 15th annual John Rose and Jim Law Memorial Albany Kiwanis Charity Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14, at Albany Golf Course.

The event benefits the Albany K Charity Scholarship Fund.

Entry fee for the four-person scramble is $50 per player, which includes the Fajita Fiesta. Golfers may purchase up to four mulligans at $10 apiece.

Entry deadline is Friday, Oct. 7.

Kiwanian Zach Maberry said the field for the tournament is almost full.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Topping off a two-week exchange between county elected officials that occasionally caused tempers to flare, county attorney Rollin Rauschl made a statement on Monday that he intends to absorb a loss in income “to the extent of $19,000.”

After being notified by the State Comptroller’s office in August that the state has been sending the wrong amount for its portion of the CA salary for the past two years, county judge Robert Skelton and the commissioners had looked at a couple of options to try to make up at least part of the difference.

By Sam Waller

The Moran Bulldogs football team took a 56-8 loss Friday, Sept. 9 at Aspermont, but coach John Hughes said the team showed improvement.

The Bulldogs (0-3) return home Friday, Sept. 16 to host Mullin for homecoming. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

At Aspermont, Moran enjoyed production in the running game after finishing with negative yards on the ground the week before.

“We looked a whole lot better than we did in Week 2,” Hughes said. “We had better blocking and better running this time around.”

By Sam Waller

The Moran Lady Bulldogs lost one match on the court last week, then had another wiped out because of circumstances.

Moran faces another light schedule this week, visiting Ranger on Tuesday, Sept. 13 before having the weekend off. Results will be reported next week.

The Lady Bulldogs lost to Woodson 12-25, 16-25, 14-25 on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

“The girls played a lot better,” Moran coach Jo Hise said. “They got their three hits. It was just hard to finish the points, and that’s what hurt us. Otherwise, we looked a lot better than we have been.”

By Sam Waller

Moran is celebrating homecoming this week with four days of activities leading up to the homecoming game against Mullin on Friday, Sept. 16.

“We’ve had dress-up days all this week,” principal Jo Hise said. “We had Meme Monday, Throwback Tuesday, Jersey Wednesday, and Spirit Day for Thursday.”

She added that the cheerleaders are organizing a homecoming dance Friday night following the game.

The homecoming pep rally is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 (today).

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Lady Cubs volleyball teams split their home matches last week against Bangs with the eighth grade team recording its first win of the season.

Both teams are now 1-2.

Because of the Labor Day holiday, last week’s matches were played Thursday, Sept. 8. The schedule was juggled again this week with matches at Coleman played Tuesday, Sept. 13 because of a schedule conflict for Coleman. Details will be reported next week.

Seventh Grade

Against Bangs, the seventh grade Lady Cubs lost 6-25, 13-25.