By Sam Waller
Scheduling conflicts have created several changes to the Moran high school and junior high basketball schedules in addition to creating a like number of headaches for athletic director John Hughes.
Tuesday’s scheduled varsity home games against Three Way were cancelled because Three Way had double booked and played a different opponent.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Tickets for Friday’s state quarterfinal football playoff against Windthorst, to be played at 7:00 p.m. in Graham’s Newton Field, must be purchased online by going to grahamisd.org and clicking on “Tickets” or by following the link on the Albany Athletic Booster Club’s Facebook page.
Passes will be accepted, but no tickets will be sold at the gate, according to Graham officials.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Junior High basketball teams split four games Monday against Hawley, winning one girls and one boys contest.
At home, the Lady Cubs Red team won 44-17, while the White team lost 30-12.
In boys action at Hawley, the eighth grade Cubs won 38-15, while the seventh graders lost 35-23. The boys Combo game was cancelled.
The junior high teams return to action Monday, Dec. 6, against Hamlin. The girls teams will again play at home with the boys on the road for the third consecutive week.
Girls Red Team
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lady Lions basketball team dropped its second outing of the season on Tuesday, Nov. 23, losing 54-26 at Comanche before taking off for Thanksgiving.
Albany (0-2) played Tuesday at Ballinger. Details will be reported next week.
The Lady Lion will make their first tournament appearance of the season Thursday through Saturday at Breckenridge.
Against Comanche, Kiana Roberson scored 12 points to lead the local girls, who played less than 24 hours after opening their season against Ballinger.
By Sam Waller
Facing a higher-ranked opponent for the first time this season, the Albany Lions knew they’d have to raise their level of play last Friday against the Muenster Hornets in their Class 2A Division II regional final.
The fourth-ranked Lions did just that, using a dominating defensive performance and offensive diversity in manhandling the second-ranked Hornets 34-21 at Springtown’s Porcupine Stadium.
By Sam Waller
Six Moran players earned spots on the All-District 9-1A Division II football team, which was announced Monday.
The Bulldogs had two players named to the first team with four selected at two positions.
Earning first-team spots were Caleb York at wide receiver and Arren Hawley at punter.
The duo also earned second-team honors with Hawley selected as a utility back and York as a safety.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Junior High Lady Cubs Red team suffered a 39-21 loss to Cisco on Monday in its first home game of the season.
Braylee Clark and Amber Miramontes each scored six points to lead the team in scoring, while Mimi Ivy added four points. Madison Parrott and Caroline Chapman each had two points and Zayne Lefevre had one.
The Lady Cubs White and Red teams will host Hawley on Monday, Nov. 29. The first game will start at 5:30 p.m.
Eighth Grade Boys
The Cubs eighth grade team went on the road Monday and defeated Cisco 22-15.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lady Lions got their basketball season off to a belated start Monday with a 52-21 loss to Ballinger.
The Lady Lions were originally scheduled to host Guthrie, but coach Tate Thompson said his team gained more by taking on the Class 3A Lady Bearcats.
“We needed to see our mistakes exposed, and teams like Ballinger are going to show that,” he said. “That gives us an idea of what we need to work on. If we play somebody and are able to get away with mistakes, that’s not helping us get better.”
By Melinda L. Lucas
Tickets for Friday’s regional semifinal football playoff against Muenster, to be played at 2:00 p.m. in Springtown’s Porcupine Stadium, must be purchased online by going to springtownisd.net/Page/12001 or following the link on the Albany Athletic Booster Club’s Facebook page.
Passes will be accepted, but no tickets will be sold at the gate, according to Springtown officials.
By Sam Waller
The Albany Lions junior varsity boys basketball team tipped off its season Saturday with a 34-4 home victory over Roby.
The game was the only one at the high school level last week for Albany after the Lady Lions pulled out of their tournament.
The Lions opened the game with an 11-0 run and were in control the rest of the way.
“It was a starting point, and that’s what we talked about in the locker room before the game,” Albany coach Ryder Peacock said. “The goal was to get up and down the floor, run some transitions.”
