By Kathy Thomson Seven local Little Dribblers teams started playing games last Saturday, Feb. 8, in the old Albany High School gym. The games will continue each Saturday through Feb. 29. The next set of matches will take place this Saturday, Feb. 15, starting at 8:30 a.m. with Blue facing Gray.

By Kathy Thomson Wesley Estridge placed second in the super heavy weight class at the Hawley Bearcat powerlifting meet on Friday, Feb. 7, with a total lift of 1570 pounds. He had a 700 pound lift in the squat, bench pressed 405 pounds, and had a dead lift of 465 pounds.

By Kathy Thomson The basketball season in Moran will end next Tuesday when the Bulldogs travel to Ranger for the final district match of the year.  The junior high teams played their last games this Monday, Feb. 10, and the high school girls finished their season in Strawn on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

By Kathy Thomson The 2020-21 University Interscholastic League realignment announced earlier this month will move Moran to a different district for football and basketball, but leave the Lady Bulldogs playing volleyball in the mixed 1A and 2A District 6.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion basketball team picked up their first district win last week against Cross Plains, then added a second mark in the win column this week over Roscoe. The Lions hosted the Plowboys on Tuesday, putting up a 47-32 win to start the second round of district.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lions locked up a playoff berth on Tuesday with a victory over Roscoe, improving to 5-3 in district for third place with two district games remaining in the regular season.

By Donnie A. Lucas The future of competitive sports in Albany was reshuffled somewhat this week when the University Interscholastic League conducted the bi-annual realignment of schools, which forms districts for various sports and academic competition for the next two school years.

By Donnie A. Lucas Workouts for both baseball and softball have started at the high school, with the softball team to open the season on Feb. 18. The baseball team isn’t on the schedule to play its season opener until Feb. 27 during the local tournament.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Cubs closed out the basketball season at home Monday, winning two out of the three games against Roscoe. The eighth grade Cubs ended a perfect 16-0 season, according to coach David Fairchild, with their 46-13 win over the Plowboys.

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany High School junior Wesley Estridge placed second at a recent powerlifting meet in Coa-homa, recording a three-lift total of 1,405 pounds.