By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion volleyball team split games last week, but the game they won was critically important.

Albany lost in three sets to the visiting 4A Graham Lady Blue, but defeated district rival Hawley in four sets on Saturday to lead the 2A bracket of District 6-2A.

The Lady Lions were on the road Tuesday in Rising Star, finishing the first half of play against district teams with a 25-1, 25-4, 25-5 win. Complete results will be printed next week.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The JV Lion football team improved to 3-0 for the season with a 28-0 shutout of the Haskell Indians last Thursday in their first home game of the season.

The JV will host Anson this Thursday (today) at about 6:30 p.m. after the two junior high games 

Albany churned out the offense behind the protection of the line.

“I was very pleased with our offensive line,” coach David Fairchild said. “I also saw a lot of second-effort blocking down the field.”

By Donnie A. Lucas

The eighth grade Cubs posted a 46-0 win over Haskell last Thursday in the first home game of the season.

The seventh grade got to scrimmage for one quarter against Haskell’s combined team, since the Indians didn’t have a separate seventh grade team to put on the field.

The Cubs will play two full games at home on Thursday (today) against the visiting Anson Tiger Cubs, starting at 4:00 p.m. for the seventh graders. The eighth grade will play at about 5:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The seventh grade volleyball team traveled to Hico on Monday, earning a win in two sets.

The eighth grade girls played Tuesday evening at Rising Star, but results of the game were not available at press time. 

Albany will host a full set of junior high volleyball games on Tuesday, Sept. 29 against Ranger. The seventh grade will start the action at 4:30 p.m., followed by the eighth grade at 5:30 p.m. Both games will be played in the old gym.

The Lady Cubs brought home a 25-7, 25-8 victory from Hico.

By Lynsi Musselman

The Moran Bulldogs suffered another loss against non-conference Blackwell on Friday, Sept. 18.

The Bulldogs scored 16 points in the first quarter to start the game but ended up losing 16-64.

Moran is on the road this Friday, Sept. 25 against Lingleville at 7:30 p.m.

Both teams are 0-4.

The junior high team will play at home against Lingleville on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 6:00 p.m.

Lady Bulldogs

The Moran volleyball girls lost a conference match to Strawn in three sets last Saturday, Sept. 19.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lion offense didn’t have many chances to score against the visiting Hamlin Pipers last Friday because Hamlin’s defense was just too much for Albany to handle, giving the Lions their first loss of the season 42-6.

Albany (2-1) will play their first road game this Friday, making the trip to Haskell to play the Indians (1-2) with a 7:00 p.m. kickoff.

Albany fans are able to purchase tickets online in advance by using the TicketLeap website (haskell-cisd.ticketleap.com/haskellsports). Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for students.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion volleyball team picked up three more wins last week to extend its winning streak to 12-1, including a 1-0 district mark.

Albany hosted Class 4A Graham on Tuesday, falling to the Lady Blues in three sets, 14-25,11-25,16-25, to suffer just their second loss of the season. Details will be reported next week.

The Lady Lions will return to District 6-2A action on Saturday, hosting the Hawley Lady Bearcats beginning at noon. The JV II will start the action at 10:00 a.m., followed by the JV I team at 11:00 a.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Albany cross country girls will run at the Hamlin meet next Wednesday, Sept. 23.

Race time is set for 9:00 a.m.

The four girls competing this season will also participate in the Seymour meet on Oct. 7, followed by a meet in Anson on Oct. 14 and a meet in Munday on Oct. 21.

The district meet will be held at Anson on Oct. 28.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Both junior high volleyball teams picked up a pair of victories over the last week.

The seventh grade girls will travel to Hico on Monday, Sept. 21 for a game at 5:00 p.m. The eighth grade girls will play in Rising Star next Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 5:00 p.m.

The eighth grade team hosted Moran last Tuesday, Sept. 8, earning a 25-9, 25-5 win.

“I saw a big improvement from the  first game to this one,” coach Dakota Fowler. “The girls played great together.”

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Albany Cubs will host their first home game of the season on Thursday (today) at 5:00 p.m. at Robert Nail Stadium.

Only one combined game will be played by Cubs since the visiting Haskell team does not have a separate seventh grade squad. All of Albany’s junior high athletes will suit up for the game.

The seventh and eighth grade players will all have individual and team pictures taken prior to the game starting at 4:00 p.m. Parents can send checks with their students or pay at The Albany News.