By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Cubs will host their first home game of the season on Thursday (today) at 5:00 p.m. at Robert Nail Stadium. Only one combined game will be played by Cubs since the visiting Haskell team does not have a separate seventh grade squad.

By Lynsi Musselman The Bulldogs lost on Friday against the non-conference Rotan Yellowhammers 19 to 25. Moran Independent School District athletic director John Hughes said the team continues to improve with each game even if the scoreboard does not show it.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion football team overcame a slow start to thrash the visiting Dublin Lions 64-27 and pick up their second win of the season.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lions picked up a pair of easy wins last week, continuing to play District 6-2A teams  including the Moran Lady Bulldogs at home on Tuesday. Albany came out on top in the battle against the Bulldogs 25-7, 25-9, 25-17. Details will be reported next week.

By Donnie A. Lucas The cross country team ran in two meets over the last week, including the season opener in Haskell and a second meet this week in Eula. The girls competed in Eula on Tuesday, improving both times and placings.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lions posted a 40-0 win in Dublin last Thursday, improving to 2-0 for the season. The Lions will travel to Hamlin on Thursday for a 6:30 p.m. game against the JV Pipers.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Cubs opened the season with a pair of shutout wins in Dublin last week.

By Donnie A. Lucas Both the seventh and eighth grade girls won their volleyball matches last week against Woodson. The eighth grade girls hosted Moran’s junior high on Tuesday, while the seventh grade team was on the road at Abilene Christian School on Tuesday.

Several Albany High School runners were scheduled to participate in their first cross country meet of the season in Haskell Wednesday morning despite heavy rainfall around the Big Country area.

By Lynsi Musselman Senior night for the Albany Lions will take place this Friday night, Sept. 4 before the game against Dublin at 7:00 p.m. Traditionally, ‘Senior Night’ is reserved for the last home game of the football season.