Photo packets taken of junior high football and volleyball players by The Albany News arrived this week and are ready for pickup.  High school players and all cheerleaders who haven’t picked up their packages can also stop by the News office.

The Lady Lions evened out their district record with a win over Moran on Saturday, and traveled to Woodson on Tuesday. Albany came home with a 25-21, 25-19, 25-14 win over Woodson improving the district mark to 3-2.

The Lion football team battled the weather and a very physical Hawley Bearcat team last Friday at Wylie’s Bulldog Stadium, suffering their fourth straight loss in what is turning out to be an extremely atypical start to the season.

The junior varsity Lions remain undefeated after a 46-0 rout over the visiting Hawley Bearcats last Thursday.

The junior high Lady Cubs have been busy over the last week, with the 7A team winning their division at a tournament on Saturday in Hawley.

After a 30-minute rain-delayed start, the visiting Rotan Yellowhammers flew circles around the Bulldogs, and handed them a 38-7 loss last Friday, Sept. 21. The Moran varsity football team will face the Strawn JV this Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. for their last home game before district.

The JV Lions remain undefeated after a 28-7 victory last Thursday in Eastland over the JV Mavericks. The 3-0 Lions will host Hawley on Thursday (today) at about 6:45 p.m. following the two junior high games.

The Lady Cubs volleyball teams earned a pair of wins at home over Hawley on Monday. The junior high teams have a busy schedule over the next week, playing in a tournament in Hawley on Saturday and traveling back to Hawley on the Monday.

The Lady Bulldogs split games last week, defeating Strawn in three sets on Tuesday, Sept. 11, and then falling in straight sets to Newcastle last Saturday. The junior high and varsity teams hosted Hawley on Tuesday, Sept. 18, but results were not available at press time.

Coach Denney Faith and his Albany Lions find themselves in unfamiliar territory with a 0-3 start to the 2018 season. However, Faith isn’t in panic mode. In fact, despite the losses, he says he feels good about where his team is after playing three powerful 3A opponents.