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Lady Bulldogs forced to forfeit games

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Leanna Sikes (r) hits the ball during one of the Lady Bulldogs’ final games of the season. Low numbers forced them to forfeit the last few games of the district schedule. Photo Provided By Moran School

Low numbers finally caught up to the Moran Lady Bulldogs volleyball team. Coach Jo Hise said the program was forced to forfeit the rest of its District 14-1A schedule because of a lack of eligible players.

“We played last week, but I had to use an ineligible player,” Hise said.

Hise said it had not beendeterminedifamatch against Strawn on Friday, Oct. 27 will be played.

“I gave their coach the option of playing us or finding another playoff warmup match,” she said.

Moran began the season with just six players and played a number of matches with just five.

Football

The Moran Bulldogs suffered a 51-6 loss Saturday, Oct. 21 at Panther Creek in their District 14-1A Division II opener.

Moran (2-6, 0-1) visits Paint Rock at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 in their second district outing.

Caleb York scored Moran’s touchdown on an 1-yard run in the second quarter.York finished with 33 rushing yards on four carries and caught two passes for 21 yards.

Ellis Hise was 6 of 8 passing for 28 yards and Garrett Hamilton was 5 of 8 for 32 yards. Hise rushed for 17 yards and caught three passes for 20 yards.

Landon Moreno caught twopassesfor20yardsand CottenCampbellhadthree receptions for 10 yards.

Hise led the defense with seven tackles, an interception, and a forced fumble.York, Moreno, and Hamilton were each in on three stops with Campbell getting two and Blake Boykin one.