By Kathy Thomson
Friday was a game of two halves, with Three Way taking a 12-0 lead into the locker room, but Moran putting up 52 unanswered points in the second half to pull out a decisive win.
The Braves came into the bout with a 7-6 record, and head coach John Hughes said the Bulldogs may have underestimated Three Way.
By Kathy Thomson
The Lady Bulldogs avenged their earlier first round loss to Newcastle last week, but later fell to both Hawley and Albany for the second times this season to stand 3-8 in district play, with only one match remaining in the regular season.
The middle school team played Newcastle on Tuesday, and traveled to Hawley for tournament action on Saturday. Results from the junior high’s match with Albany on Tuesday were not available at press time and will be reported next week.
Varsity vs. Newcastle
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion volleyball team picked up a pair of district wins last week but fell short again against the Lady Bearcats on Tuesday in Hawley.
Albany, now 7-2 in district, suffered a five-set match loss to Hawley 21-25, 25-22, 28-26, 18-25, 12-15, still holding firm to the second place position in District 6-2A.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The varsity Lion football team opens District 7-2A competition at home on Friday, hosting the Roscoe Plowboys.
The Lions (4-2) are fresh off of an open week, while the Plowboys (1-5, 0-1) fell in their district opener last week to Hamlin, 64-0.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The JV Lions remain undefeated after rolling past the Stamford Bulldogs 34-6 in less than three full quarters last Thursday in Robert Nail Stadium.
The JV will not be traveling to Roscoe this week because the Plowboys do not have a JV team currently. Albany coaches set up a game with Haskell, which will be played in Hamlin about 6:15 p.m. following the Hamlin junior high games.
The Stamford game was called midway through the third quarter due to lightning, with the Lions leading.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The junior high volleyball teams played a couple of games last week and traveled to Colorado City on Monday.
Both eighth grade squads will play at Moran on Tuesday, Oct. 22 starting at 4:00 p.m. The seventh grade girls will travel to Woodson for one game at 5:00 p.m. that same day.
Last Week’s Matches
The eighth grade girls won a match in Strawn last Tuesday, 25-10, 25-17.
“There was a lot of teamwork in this win,” coach Jamie Wilson said. “I thought they did a great job on defense being scrappy.”
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Albany Cubs split games last Thursday with the visiting Stamford Pups in the final pre-district pairings of the season.
The two junior high teams will be on the road in Roscoe this Thursday (today) to open district play, with the seventh grade kicking off at 5:00 p.m. The eighth grade will follow at about 6:00 p.m. The JV Lions will not play Roscoe, but have a pickup game against Haskell.
The eighth grade Cubs defeated Stamford 36-2 in their home opener.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Although none of Albany High School’s cross country runners were eligible to advance to the regional meet, two local runners medalled at last week’s district competition.
Only those who compete at the varsity level can advance, and Albany had no entries in either boys or girls varsity divisions.
Freshman Brylee Moore earned the JV girls’ blue ribbon, recording a time of 15:27 for the two-mile course.
Also included in the elite medalist group is eighth grader Lute Wheeler, who came in fifth among all junior high boys at district.
By Kathy Thomson
The Lady Bulldogs split games last week, defeating Ranger last Tuesday but coming up short against Strawn on Saturday.
The varsity team took Ranger in three sets 25-22, 25-12, 25-16 on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
“In the second set, Jaylynn Roberts was on fire and led the scoring with 16 points in a row,” said coach Jo Hise. Moran took the lead and held on for the win, according to the coach.
“We got up and stayed up,” said Hise. “The momentum was on our side, and we ran with it.”
By Kathy Thomson
The Woodson Cowboys mounted an early lead and rode it through four quarters to outscore Moran 44-14 last Friday, leaving the visiting Bulldogs branded with their third loss of the season and a 3-3 record.
“Woodson is a good team, and they took advantage of the mistakes we made,” said head coach John Hughes. “Like it has in our other losses, our youth showed. We would make some great plays, but then have a bad penalty or costly turnover.”
