By Donnie A. Lucas The combined seventh and eighth grade Cubs hosted their final home game last week, sending Santo’s junior high home with a 33-6 loss. The Cubs will combine again this week for the last game of the season in Cross Plains. Kickoff is set for 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball team will start the season on Saturday in Coleman with scrimmages against the Lady Bluecats and Veribest. The action will start at 9:00 a.m. against Coleman, followed by a 10:00 a.m. tip-off for the scrimmage with Veribest.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lion football team will play in Tuscola Thursday (today) against the Jim Ned JV with a 6:30 p.m. kickoff. The JV was originally without a game this week since Cross Plains isn’t fielding a JV team, but the substitute game was arranged by coaches several days ago.

By Donnie A. Lucas Four Albany cross country runners are scheduled to compete in the district meet today in Anson. Originally set for Wednesday, the meet was moved to Thursday (today) because of the weather, and will still be run at the Anson Golf Course.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Lion football team picked up its fourth straight shutout last Friday, entertaining the 2020 homecoming crowd with a 61-0 win over the visiting Ranger Bulldogs. The Lions are now 6-1 overall, including a 3-0 mark in the District 8-2A  Div. II race.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion volleyball team traveled to Hawley on Tuesday with the district title on the line, suffering their first district loss in five sets to tie with the Lady Bearcats for the District 6-2A championship.

By Donnie A. Lucas A combined seventh and eighth grade Cub football team traveled to Ranger last Thursday, picking up a 34-0 win. The two junior high teams will combine again this week to play Santo on Friday at Robert Nail Stadium. Kickoff is set for 5:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas The high school cross country girls ran at two meets over the last week in preparation for the district meet set for Wednesday, Oct. 28 in Anson. The pair of Briley Tabor and Brylee Moore ran at Anson on Oct.

By Donnie A. Lucas The seventh and eighth grade Lady Cubs volleyball teams have had a successful run over the last two weeks, with the seventh grade ending the season undefeated The eighth graders will finish out their season with a game on Tuesday, Oct. 27 in Strawn, set to start at 4:30 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lion football team met a freshmen squad from Stephenville in Ranger last Thursday, and the Lions came away with a 28-0 victory. The team will host Santo in a district JV bout on Friday at Robert Nail Stadium. Kickoff is planned for 6:15 p.m.