Three of the local girls and boys fifth and sixth grade basketball teams will play games this Saturday, Feb. 2, in Clyde, but the boys sixth grade team will not play this weekend because of scheduling conflicts. “We only have six players, even when everyone is healthy,” said coach Campbell Terry.

Workouts for the upcoming baseball and softball season have started, with the softball girls scheduled to begin scrimmages as soon as Saturday. The Lady Lions are supposed to scrimmage on Saturday in Breckenridge at 11:00 a.m.

The Albany Cubs were busy last week hosting a tournament, with both the 7A and 8A teams going undefeated. The Cubs also won two of three games on Monday against Stamford, while the girls were on the road in Stamford, suffering a pair of losses.

The Lion varsity basketball team has gone 4-0 in district thanks to another a pair of wins in the last week, setting up a showdown against the Stamford Bulldogs on Friday for control of the District 8-2A race.

The Lady Lions slipped to second place in the district race with a loss last Friday to the Haskell Maidens. Albany opened the second half of district on Tuesday with a 43-38 win over Cross Plains. Details will be reported next week.

Fifth and sixth grade youth basketball season continued with games in Eula and Stamford Jan. 19. Both fifth grade teams brought back victories from Eula, but the sixth grade boys and girls did not fare as well in Stamford.

The Cubs and Lady Cubs got in a round of basketball action on Monday against Cross Plains with mixed results. The eighth girls also played in a tournament last week in Throckmorton, earning a pair of wins.

A last minute three-point shot secured the lone victory reported for Moran basketball teams this week. Bulldogs The varsity boys lost a road game 25-64 in Eula on Tuesday, Jan. 15.  The Bulldogs hosted Strawn Friday, Jan. 18. The visitors claimed a 82-31 victory.

The Lion basketball team dropped a non-district game in Graford last Friday, 66-57, but got back into the winning column on Tuesday hosting Archer City. The Lions handed the visiting Wildcats a 67-57 loss in their final non-district tune-up game.

The varsity Lion basketball team picked up a pair of wins last week, including the district opener on Friday against Roscoe. Albany also hosted Hawley on Tuesday adding another district victory over the visiting Bearcats with a big 44-37 win to improve to 2-0 in district and 7-2 overall.