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Albany News

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Cubs football teams swept their games Thursday, Oct. 13 at Cross Plains with the seventh grade winning 26-14, while the eighth grade won 28-20.

The Cubs return home to face Roscoe on Thursday, Oct. 20 (tonight). The seventh grade game will kick off at 4:30 p.m. with the eighth grade to follow.

Seventh Grade

At Cross Plains, Clay Chapman threw three touchdown passes and had two interceptions on defense, returning one for a score, as the seventh grade Cubs remained undefeated at 6-0.

Chapman’s first theft led to a 6-yard touchdown run by Jakobi Word. Bennett Neece ran for the conversion.

Albany’s second score came on a 58-yard pass from Chapman to Aiden Vickers.

Right before halftime, Chapman connected with Graham Ceder for an 18-yard score. Word ran for the conversion.

In the second half, Chapman and Neece hooked up on an 18-yard touchdown.

Chapman added the exclamation point with a 55-yard interception return. Neece ran for the conversion.

“Overall, this was a good team win,” coach David Fairchild said. “Offensively, Vickers, Ceder, Chapman, Neece, and Word played well. Defensively, Cash Edgar had a good game with several nice tackles along with Chapman, Vickers, and Neece.”

Eighth Grade

The eighth grade Cubs built enough of a lead that a Cross Plains touchdown in the final seconds didn’t change the outcome.

Scoring details for Albany were not available. The Cubs improved to 4-2 with the win.

“Offensively, we ran the ball well and threw the ball well,” coach Ryder Peacock said. “We’re getting better with the timing of our passing. That’s just learning the game, getting older, and developing.”

Peacock said the eighth graders have made good progress despite a number of players being moved to new positions.

“We have a few guys starting over, and that’s probably the hardest part right now,” he said. “Some of those guys are almost starting at zero."

Peacock commended the effort of players who are learning new spots.