By Kathy Thomson

Moran defeated the Rising Star Wildcats last Friday night, Sept. 6 by a score of 54-6 to improve their record to 2-0.

For the second time in as many weeks, the Bulldogs were able to claim victory over an opponent by the rule of 45 during the third quarter, and head coach John Hughes was pleased with his team’s performance.

“The game went well, as we fixed a lot of the mistakes from last week,” Hughes said. “We still came out a little slow, but it was understandable considering we were playing at home for the first time this year.”

By Kathy Thomson

Moran sent 12 cross country runners to the Eula Invitational Cross Country Meet on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Seven girls competed on the varsity team which placed 16th. 

One Bulldog ran in the boys varsity section, and four girls ran in the junior varsity girls division, but Moran did not have enough runners to be considered a team in either of those divisions.

By Donnie A. Lucas

It was a win for the record books, both for Coach Denney Faith and the Albany Lion program in general.

The Lions opened the 2019 season with an 18-3 win over the Colorado Wolves last Friday – avenging last season’s opening loss, giving head coach Denney Faith his 300th career victory and pushing the Albany program one notch closer to setting a program record of 700 wins this year.

The Lions will host Dublin in their home-opener this week, with kickoff on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Robert Nail Stadium.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion volleyball teams traveled to Clyde last week, with all three squads recording losses to the 3A Lady Bulldogs.

Albany hosted Bangs on Tuesday with better results.

The varsity posted a 25-11, 21-25, 25-18, 25-22 win to improve to 9-8 for the season. Complete results will be reported next week.

The Lady Lions will also host Dublin on Friday, with the varsity starting the action at 4:00 p.m. The JV game will be played immediately following at about 5:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Both junior high football and volleyball programs are slated to start competition on Thursday (today).

Volleyball teams will host Wylie East at 4:30 p.m. with the seventh grade teams playing in the auxiliary gym and the eighth grade in the main gym.

A total of 32 girls have been divided into four groups, with an A and B team for each grade level.

Dakota Fowler coaches the eighth grade teams, while Ginger Norton will handle the seventh graders.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The JV Lions opened the season last Thursday at home, shutting out the Colorado City Wolves 36-0.

The Lions will travel to Dublin on Thursday (today) for another pre-district bout. The JV will follow the two junior high games which start at 4:30 p.m. The JV kickoff is expected at about 6:45 p.m.

The Lions scored on their first possession against Colorado City last week, with quarterback Cole Chapman hitting Malachi Gueldner with a four-yard pass for the tally. The extra point attempt failed.

By Kathy Thomson

The Moran Bulldogs won their first football game of the year, defeating Benjamin 58-12.

“We got the year started off right with a win over the Benjamin Mustangs,” said head coach John Hughes. “The guys gave great effort.”

The coach said that his players still have a lot of work to do and need to fix some mental mistakes, but he is pleased with the progress they have made.

By Kathy Thomson

The Lady Bulldogs continued tournament play last week, placing third with a win over Gustine in the 2019 Strawn Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 31 after splitting matches with the Strawn JV and Early on Thursday, Aug. 29.

In their first match at 9:15 a.m., Moran defeated the Strawn JV team in straight sets, 25-15 and 25-14.

The Lady Dawgs came back after lunch to take on Early and ended up losing 9-25, 13-25 to the eventual tournament champions.

Moran returned  Saturday to play an 11:30 a.m. match. 

By Donnie A. Lucas

The number of participants in junior high football and volleyball remained high for this season, with both programs starting competition on Thursday, Sept. 5.

The volleyball teams will host Wylie East starting at 4:30 p.m. with the seventh grade teams playing in the old gym and the eighth grade in the newer gym.

A total of 32 girls have been divided into four teams, with an A and B team for each grade level.

“The girls are sticking with it and doing a good job of working hard,” coach Dakota Fowler said.

By Kathy Thomson

The Lady Bulldogs won three of four games last week, beating Rotan last Tuesday and hitting the court again to claim second place at the Gorman tournament on Saturday.

The Moran team hosted Rotan in the regular season match-up on Tuesday, Aug. 20, defeating the Lady Yellowhammers in five sets 26-25, 20-25, 25-6, 12-25, and 15-4.

“Every girl got the chance to play at least two sets in the Rotan game,” said coach Jo Hise.