The Lady Cubs dropped all three matches against the visiting Hawley Bearcats on Monday at the local gyms.

The 7A and 8A teams will play in the Graham tournament on Saturday, and two squads will travel to Wylie on Monday, Oct. 15 for games at 5:45 p.m. in two different gyms.

One team will make the trip to Moran on Tuesday, Oct. 16 for a match there at 5:00 p.m.

The season will end on Monday, Oct. 22 with Albany hosting Ranger for two games.

The eighth grade girls lost 18-25, 22-25 to Hawley on Monday.

The junior high Cubs were supposed to open the district race this week against Baird, but the Bear Cubs are not fielding 11-man teams this year.

Albany picked up games on the road against Stamford starting at 4:00 p.m. with the seventh grade. The eighth grade Cubs will follow at about 5:15 p.m.

Junior high games normally precede the JV game, but the JV is off this week.

Both of the Moran football teams brought home wins from Chillicothe on Friday, Oct. 5. This week the junior high boys will host Three Way on Thursday (tonight) at 5:00 p.m., but as of press time, the varsity did not have a game.

“Three Way does not have enough players to field a team, so they had to forfeit,” said Bulldog coach Harley Ethridge. “We are hoping to pick up a game.”

Varsity Details

The Bulldogs beat the Chillicothe Eagles 54-30.

The Moran Lady Bulldogs split games last week, losing to Ranger on Tuesday, and coming back to defeat Strawn in straight sets.

Ranger Game

Ranger slammed Moran in the first set of the 6:00 p.m. game on Tuesday, Oct. 2. 

The varsity girls recovered and kept it closer the rest of the night, but lost in four sets 4-25, 21-25, 25-19, 22-25.

Victory in Strawn 

The Lady Bulldogs played in Strawn on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 10:00 a.m. and won in three sets, 25-19, 25-11, 25-22, to improve to 3-5 in district play.

The Albany Lions closed out the pre-district portion of their schedule on Saturday with a 50-14 loss to The Brook Hill Guard in Bullard, dropping the team to 0-5 on the season.

The Lions are open this week and will spend time conditioning and healing up injuries before the District 7-2A opener against Baird on Oct. 12 at Robert Nail Stadium starting at 7:00 p.m.

Coach Denney Faith said he is glad to see the five-game pre-season behind him.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion volleyball team closed out the first half of district action by splitting games last week to drop to fourth place with a 3-3 record.

Albany opened the second round of District 6-2A with a victory over Strawn on Tuesday, 25-9, 25-22, 25-9. Details will be reported next week.

The girls will be on the road on Saturday, traveling to Newcastle. The JV will start the action at 11:00 a.m., followed by the varsity game at 12:00 p.m.

The Albany High School class of 1988 will host the fourth annual Junior Garcia Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the local golf course, starting at 8:00 a.m., with proceeds going to help support local charities and scholarships for local graduates.

The format for the event will be similar to past years, according to organizer James Sanders.

Entry fees are $300 per golf team for the four person best ball golf scramble, with tee times at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

The eighth grade Lady Cubs traveled to Woodson on Sept. 25, bringing home a win.

The team was the only squad to play last week. The 7A girls played Strawn on Tuesday, but results were not available at press time.

Two of the junior high girls teams will host Hawley on Monday, Oct. 8 starting at 4:30 p.m.

The eighth graders defeated Woodson 25-12, 25-23 last week.

“The girls did a really good job the first set and were very consistent,” coach Sara Wilson said. “We missed too many serves in the second set, but we pulled out the win.”

The JV Lions football team remains undefeated after a 40-0 shutout over the visiting Roscoe Plowboys last Thursday.

The JV Lions will be the only team taking the field this week, picking up a bout against Winters JV at Robert Nail Stadium on Thursday (today). Kickoff is set for 5:00 p.m.

The Lions, now 5-0 for the season, scored on every possession against the Plowboys.

Robert Bailey opened with a four-yard run for the first tally, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Cade Neve to Cooper Fairchild.

Several hundred runners were expected at the Albany Golf Course as the Big Country East FCA hosted a local cross country meet for a couple of hours on Wednesday.

Results from the meet were not available at press time and will be reported next week.

Hamlin Results

Three local junior high runners received medals at Hamlin on Sept. 26 by placing in the top 15 in their divisions.

For the fourth straight meet, eighth grader Isaiah Carrillo brought home a medal. He was first among 40 junior high boys for the top spot.