By Sam Waller

The Moran Bulldogs took their lumps Saturday, Sept. 23, with a 51-6 homecoming loss to the Blanket Tigers at Bulldog Field.

The Bulldogs (2-3) visit Rochelle at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 in their next-to-last nondistrict outing.

Blanket led 12-0 after one quarter before exploding for 39 points in the second. The Tigers led 48-0 before Ethan Boykin scored on a 70-yard pass from Ellis Hise for Moran’s lone touchdown.

Hise was 6 of 10 passing for 135 yards, rushed for 14 yards and had one reception for 6 yards.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Lady Cubs volleyball teams wrapped up a busy midseason stretch last week and embarked on the second half of their district schedule this week.

The girls make their final road trip Monday, Oct. 2, with the Red and White teams visiting Hawley.

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Red and White teams traveled to Ranger. The matches concluded a stretch in which Albany Junior High teams played 14 matches in 13 days.

At Ranger, the White squad lost 18-25, 21-25.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Cubs football team split a pair of games against Comanche on Thursday, Sept. 21 at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

The seventh grade suffered its first loss, falling 12-6, while the eighth grade rallied for a 28-16 victory.

The junior high teams are off this week as most of the Albany program takes its open date. The Cubs return to action Thursday, Oct. 5 at Miles.

Seventh Grade

A rough start put the seventh grade Cubs in a hole they couldn’t dig out of as Comanche held on for the win.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions junior varsity football team dodged an early bullet Thursday, Sept. 21 and recovered to defeat Comanche 24-6 at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

The JV Lions (3-1) will host Cisco at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, while the rest of the program takes an open date. The game was added after Albany could not find a JV opponent for the opening week of the season.

Against Comanche, Shawn Keen rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown, while Aaden Mendez, who had scores rushing and passing, threw for 97 yards.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lady Lions began the District 6-2A volleyball schedule on a winning note Saturday, Sept. 23 to extend their winning streak to five matches.

The Lady Lions (25-4 overall, 1-0 district) had the district bye on Tuesday, Sept. 26 and will resume play Saturday, Sept. 30 at Coleman.

“I feel like with this group, more than ever, we practice things and then use it during our games,” Lady Lions coach M.J. Reneau said. “We carry over so much from our practices into our games. I feel like we’re really deep this year and playing very well.”

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions found themselves engaged in a slugfest with the Comanche Indians in their final nondistrict outing Friday, Sept. 22, but kept slugging hard enough long enough to take a 31-13 victory at Indian Stadium.

The Lions (5-0) enjoy an open date this week before embarking on the District 6-2A Division II schedule on Friday, Oct. 6 with a home game against Miles.

By Sam Waller

The Moran Lady Bulldogs dropped two road matches last week, one while playing shorthanded, before finally getting to take their home court for the first time this season.

On Sept. 19, Moran hosted Rotan in the first event on the new floor recently installed in the gym. A ribbon cutting for the renovated facility was held earlier that afternoon.

Results of the game will be reported next week.

Moran will host Trent at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 in the first of several homecoming activities scheduled.

By Sam Waller

In a game that had 135 points scored, it took one last defensive play by the Moran Bulldogs on Saturday, Sept. 16 to secure a 68-67 victory over the Mullin Bulldogs at Mullin.

Moran (2-2) will try to keep the momentum going at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 when they host Blanket for homecoming.

At Mullin, Cotten Campbell’s fumble recovery at the Moran 3-yard line in the final minute allowed Moran to run out the clock.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High volleyball program continued a busy stretch with three teams seeing action between Saturday, Sept. 16 and Monday, Sept. 18.

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Red and White teams played at Ranger. Those results will be reported next week.

All three teams begin the second round of the district schedule Monday, Sept. 25 at Abilene Christian. The Silver team will play at 4:30 p.m. with the White and Red teams to follow.

On Saturday, the Red and White teams competed in the Hawley Clear Fork Classic at Abilene Cooper.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Cubs football teams made the most of their first home games of the season, with both seventh and eighth grade squads beating Hawley on Thursday, Sept. 14 at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

The Cubs make their second home appearance Thursday, Sept. 21 (today), when they host Comanche. The seventh grade will start at 4:30 p.m. with the eighth grade to follow.

Seventh Grade

The seventh grade Cubs defeated Hawley 24-8.