By Melinda L. Lucas

Pick-up dates for the September distribution of the commodity food program will be Thursday, Sept. 1 and Friday, Sept. 2.

On Thursday, eligible families in Moran should pick up their food at the Moran City Hall between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.

Certified eligible Albany families for the September food distribution program can pick up their commodity food on Friday Sept. 2 at the back door of the Justice of the Peace office from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.

By Sam Waller

High school football coaches stress the importance of playing a full 48 minutes.

The Albany Lions provided an example of why that is important in a 19-15 season-opening victory Friday, Aug. 26 against the Lubbock Trinity Christian Lions at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

Albany makes its first road outing of the season at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, when they visit the Dublin ­Lions at Cervetto Stadium.

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By Sam Waller

The Albany Lady Lions volleyball team won four of seven matches last week, finishing third at the Aspermont tournament in their final tourney of the season.

Albany (10-8) began the fourth week of the schedule Tuesday, Aug. 30, with a 11-25, 11-25, 22-25 loss at Abilene Christian. Details will be reported next week.

Lady Lions coach M.J. Reneau announced a schedule change for the weekend with Albany hosting Woodson on Saturday, Sept. 3, instead of Water Valley. The JV1 will play at 10:00 a.m. with the varsity match to follow.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Team and individual pictures of the junior high football teams will be taken today (Thursday) starting at 3:45 p.m.

Those packages, along  with Lady Cubs volleyball, will be ready for pickup in the next couple of weeks.

All the cheer packages that have already been ordered, along with high school football and volleyball are ready to be picked up at the Albany News office.

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By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions and Lady Lions opened the 2022 cross country season Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Haskell, but results were not available at press time and will be reported next week.

Albany coach Ginger Norton said the first meet is more about learning to apply strategy and tactics for a race after nearly a month of preseason practices.

“We’ve been working out three times a week in the mornings and some shorter workouts in the afternoons because of the heat,” Norton said. “We did a timed run Monday morning.”

By Sam Waller

The Albany Junior High Lady Cubs volleyball teams suffered a pair of losses against Hawley on Monday, Aug. 29, in their first home matches of the season.

The seventh grade team was swept 8-25, 13-25. The eighth grade team fell in three sets, 25-18, 8-25, 5-15.

The Lady Cubs will be off Monday, Sept. 5 for Labor Day and resume play Thursday, Sept. 8 at Bangs.

In the seventh grade match, Charli Trail led Albany with five service points. Carsyn Clegg and Karlyn Thompson each had one.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions junior varsity football team opened its season Thursday, Aug. 26 with a 46-6 victory over Santo at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.

The JV Lions host Dublin at approximately 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 (tonight), in their second outing of the season. The game will follow two junior high games, the first of which starts at 4:30 p.m.

Against Santo, Albany took advantage of five possessions starting in Santo territory. Brody Oliver passed for three touchdowns, and Breylon Billington ran for two.

By Sam Waller

The Moran Bulldogs football team took its lumps against top-ranked Benjamin in its season opener Friday, Aug., 26, falling 78-6.

Tyler Waddell caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Ellis Hise in the second quarter for Moran’s score.

The Bulldogs host Baird at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2 at Bulldog Field for their home opener.

At Benjamin, Moran fell behind 56-0 in the first quarter.

By Sam Waller

Moran ISD appears to be one of just three school districts in the state offering students on-campus driver’s education, according to superintendent Dr. John Denson.

Moran has six students enrolled in the class, which is being taught by Jeff Blackburn.

Denson is aware of just two other districts offering the course as part of a high school curriculum.

The superintendent said students will receive classroom instruction during the fall semester before beginning driver training in the spring.