By Donnie A. Lucas The Cubs and Lady Cubs will start the basketball season during the next week, with a couple of squads playing in the Woodson Tournament on Saturday. The combined boys B team is supposed to play on Saturday in the tournament, along with the seventh grade girls.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany seventh and eighth grade Cubs ended the season last Thursday with a pair of victories. The eighth grade team defeated Hamlin’s combined junior high squad 38-15, while the seventh graders shut out Haskell 44-0.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lions finished the football season undefeated with a perfect 10-0 record after shutting out Hamlin last Thursday, 36-0. Samuel Rosas opened the scoring for the Lions with a 20-yard touchdown run, followed by the two-point run by Caden Price.

By Donnie A. Lucas Due to the football playoffs, the Lion basketball team will be working short-handed for the time being, opening the season with the JV team at the Woodson Tournament Nov. 22-23.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball team scrimmaged Graham last Tuesday in preparation for the 2019 season that opened Tuesday for the JV and will start on Saturday for the varsity.

By Kathy Thomson The Moran football season ended with a 57-12 win in Trent last Friday, Nov. 8. “We went out on a good note,” said head coach John Hughes. “The guys have come a long way since the beginning of the season, and I am proud of them.”

By Kathy Thomson The junior high Bulldog football team closed out the 2019 season with a 50-0 win over the Gorillas in Trent on Friday, Nov. 8.

By Donnie A. Lucas Scrimmage action for the Lady Lions basketball team started this week, with the regular season set to start next week, pitting the JV girls against Graham on Nov. 12 and the varsity against Newcastle Nov. 16.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany junior high football teams split games with Haskell last Thursday in a pair of low-scoring contests.

By Kathy Thomson The Moran Bulldogs lost their final home game to Loraine 54-6 on Friday, Nov. 1 falling to 4-5 on the season and 0-2 in district with one game remaining. “After seeing the opening kickoff go back for a touchdown, it only got worse for us,” said head coach John Hughes.