By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Cubs volleyball season started this week with games hosted in Albany against Woodson, and Cub football is slated to kick off on Thursday (today) in Dublin. Results of the volleyball games were not available at press time but will be reported next week.

By Lynsi Musselman The Moran Bulldogs’ home opener against non-conference Benjamin Mustangs was a tough loss, but  the Bulldogs are looking ahead to play Evant on the road this Friday.

By Lynsi Musselman The Lady Bulldogs have lost the last two games in three sets against Benjamin and Woodson. Moran High School volleyball coach Jo Hise said even though they lost the games, it gave the team a chance to work on their rotation and working each player into rotation.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion varsity football team opened the 2020 season at home last Friday, blanking the Colorado City Wolves 48-0 in a non-district bout.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion volleyball team picked up three more wins last week, including opening the district race in Ranger. Albany hosted Woodson on Tuesday, earning a 25-9, 25-7, 25-13 win to go to 8-1 for the season.

By Donnie A. Lucas Both the Albany junior high football and volleyball programs will kick off next week with the first games of the season. The Lady Cubs will host Woodson in one combined game at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

By Donnie A. Lucas A trio of Albany cross country girls will run at the first meet of the season next Wednesday, Sept. 2 in Haskell. The meet is being conducted in flights throughout the day to reduce the number of runners participating at the same time.

By Lynsi Musselman After the one scrimmage of the year against Gustine last week, the Moran High School Bulldogs will get the chance to play their home opener on Friday night, Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. against Benjamin.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion varsity football squad made a good first showing last Thursday during a scrimmage against the Bearcats in Hawley. The Lions scored three times to one during the controlled portion of the scrimmage, and they outscored the Bearcats 21-6 in the live quarter.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion volleyball team suffered their first loss of the season last week against Jim Ned but got right back in the win column on Saturday in Eastland.