By Sandy Morris The Moran High School varsity girls basketball team hosted Rising Star on Tuesday, Jan. 19 in district play. The Lady Bulldogs lost the contest 19-12. Hannah Rogers was the leading scorer with six points, followed by Emily Murk and Dariann Hawley with three points each.

By Sandy Morris Albany High School athlete Wesley Estridge is off to a strong start in powerlifting this season.  Estridge traveled to Brownwood on Thursday, Jan. 21 to compete in his second powerlifting competition of the year.

By Donnie A. Lucas Registration for Albany Little League teams, including T-ball, Coach Pitch, Little League Majors and Minors, Intermediate and Junior League, started this week and will continue through Feb. 8.

By Donnie A. Lucas Two of the four youth basketball teams didn’t play last Saturday due to conflicts with the local stock show. The final Saturday tournament is set this week on Jan. 30 with both the fifth and sixth grade boys playing at Hawley High School.

By Donnie A. Lucas Three of the five junior high basketball teams earned wins on Monday against Haskell as the 2020-2021 season winds down at the seventh and eighth grade level. The Cubs and Lady Cubs will play Stamford next Monday in the season finale.

By Donnie A. Lucas Members of Albany’s state-tournament qualifying volleyball team received another round of awards in the last week. Three local players were selected for the first-team All-Big Country Team named by Big Country Preps.

By Donnie A. Lucas A total of 55 boys and girls signed up for the Little Dribblers basketball season that will start Feb. 6.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion basketball team opened the second half of District 10-2A competition last week with a 58-50 win over Hawley, avenging the 51-50 loss to the Bearcats in the first half of the district schedule.

By Donnie A. Lucas The varsity Lady Lions are off to a slow start in the second half of the district race with an 0-2 record after losses to Hawley and Haskell. However, the varsity girls picked up a win on Tuesday night in Hamlin, beating the Lady Pipers 49-37. Details will be reported next week.

By Sandy Morris Moran’s junior high girls and boys junior high teams returned to the court on Thursday, Jan. 14, hosting May.  The junior high girls lost the competition 31-3, with Ashlyn Crawford scoring two points and Cassandra Mendez adding one point. The Moran junior high girls record is 0-1.