By Donnie A. Lucas

The Cubs and Lady Cubs started basketball season last week against Cross Plains, with all three teams that played posting wins.

All of the junior high teams saw action on Monday against Haskell, but results were not available due to an early deadline.

The girls will travel to Stamford on Dec. 2 for a set of games, while the boys will host Stamford on the same date. Games will start at 5:30 p.m. at both locations.

Game Details

The eighth grade boys handed Cross Plains a 42-13 loss on Nov. 21.

By Kathy Thomson

Moran’s varsity basketball teams traveled to Rising Star for tournament action last week, with each team putting their first tally in the winners column. The high school players were also on the road in Bryson for games on Tuesday, Nov. 26, with the girls taking the court first at 6:00 p.m. Results were not available at press time and will be reported next week.

Lady Bulldogs

The varsity girls lost to the visiting Blanket Wildcats on Tuesday, Nov. 19 and split games at the Rising Star basketball tournament later the same week.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lion football team racked up a 56-7 bi-district win last Thursday to advance to the area playoff against Windthorst on Friday in Graham.

Kickoff in Graham is set for 7:00 p.m. All tickets will be $5 at the gate with the usual senior citizen, district, and coaches’ passes accepted.

The Trojans (9-2, 5-0) were the district champs in District 6-2A, beating Shamrock last week in the bi-district round, 53-16.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Members of the Lady Lion volleyball team captured two superlative awards and four spots each on the first and second 6-2A All-District selections.

Junior Torie Fuentes was named the district’s Defensive MVP, while sophomore Sarah Beth Cotter received the Newcomer of the Year award.

By Kathy Thomson

Signup is underway for local fifth and sixth grade boys and girls who want to play in the Albany Little Dribblers Association youth basketball league, according to organizer Clint Chapman.

“The deadline to sign up is Saturday, Nov. 30,” Chapman said. 

The registration fee is $35, and sign-up forms were sent home with students this week. The fee and completed paperwork should be returned to the elementary school office or given to Chapman by the Nov. 30 deadline.

The registration fee includes a team shirt.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion basketball season officially opened last week, with the JV picking up a win against Graham and the varsity beating Newcastle.

The varsity returned to the court on Tuesday for a home opener against the Abilene Lady Hawks, earning a 39-21 win. Details of the game were not available at press time, but full results will be reported next week.

The JV girls are scheduled to play in the Woodson tournament on Friday and Saturday this week, along with the junior varsity boys.

Displaying both their bi-district trophy and a banner declaring Albany’s 700th program win, the 2019 -Lions cele-brate after defeating Miles 56-7 last Thursday night at Gordon Wood Stadium in Brownwood. Albany will take on Windthorst in an area playoff this Friday night in Graham.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The seventh grade girls basketball team and the combined boys B team opened the season on Saturday at the Woodson tournament.

Both groups split games with opponents at the tournament.

The two girls teams and the eighth grade boys will host Cross Plains on Thursday (today) starting at 5:00 p.m. 

The boys will be on the road to Haskell next Monday, Nov. 25, while the girls will host Haskell teams at home. Games will start at 5:30 p.m. at both locations.

Albany seniors Aubrey Moon (l) and Ben West (r) both signed letters of intent for college athletics in separate ceremonies last Thursday. Moon will play softball for Harding University in Arkansas, while West will join the baseball program at Weatherford College. 

By Kathy Thomson

The Lady Bulldogs played in the Baird tournament last week, hosted Blanket on Tuesday, and are entered in the Rising Star tourney Thursday through Saturday.

The varsity boys are also playing in Rising Star, and the teams will travel together for games in Bryson on Tuesday, Nov. 26 starting at 6:00 p.m.

Lady Bulldogs

According to head coach John Hughes, his girls have “raw talent that just needs to be molded together.”