By Sam WallerThe Moran Bulldogs stumbled in their second outing of the football season Friday, Sept. 1, falling 54-6 at Baird.The Bulldogs (1-1) return to action Friday, Sept. 8, when Aspermont visits Bulldog Field.At Baird, two early turnovers put Moran in a hole it couldn’t get out of.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Junior High Cubs kicked off the football season with a pair of victories Thursday, Aug. 31, at Dublin.The seventh grade won 38-14 with the eighth grade winning 36-22.A combined seventh/eighth grade team will play this week at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 at Seymour.

By Sam WallerThe team of Toombs-Toombs shot consecutive rounds of 61 to win the Championship Flight of the Albany Golf Club’s Labor Day Tournament.The two man scramble, played Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 2-3, at Albany Golf Course, drew a field of 50 teams.

By Sam WallerThe Albany cross country program made its second outing of the season Wednesday, Aug. 30, with seven runners competing at Haskell.The next meet will be Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Hawley.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Lions junior varsity football team scored on offense, defense, and special teams Thursday, Aug. 31 in defeating Dublin 38-0 to open the season.The Lions JV returns to action at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at Seymour.

By Sam WallerWork has begun on installing monuments honoring Albany’s three state championship football teams at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.“The foundations were poured last Friday (Sept. 1),” Albany superintendent Jonathan Scott said.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Lady Lions volleyball team avenged an early loss and pushed its winning streak to 16 matches with a pair of wins last week.On Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Lady Lions (19-3) visited Benjamin for a rematch of their preseason scrimmage, losing 25-5, 25-17, 25-16.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Lions took a step forward in their second outing of the season Friday, Sept. 1, rolling to a 55-7 victory over the Dublin Lions in the home opener at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.Albany (2-0) makes its second home appearance at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Sept.

By Sam WallerShackelford County 4-H started its new year Monday, Sept. 4 with a kickoff party at Webb Park.“There were a few families there that I had never met before, which is shocking in a town this size,” Shackelford County extension agent Kelsey Bell said.

By Melinda L. LucasLocal singer songwriter Jeff Martin marked another item off his to-do list when he performed the National Anthem on Labor Day, Sept. 4 prior to the Texas Rangers-Houston Astros game.