By Kathy Thomson The Moran High School basketball games with Strawn this Friday have been moved from Strawn to Moran. “We’ve changed it to a home game so that our students can make it to the stock show,” said administrative assistant Jeannie TenCate.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lion basketball team has been working toward the district opener on Friday in Roscoe, splitting games last week and traveling on Tuesday to Archer City for the final tune-up game.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball team opened district with a win in a tight game played in Cross Plains last week, beating the Lady Buffaloes 51-46.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Cubs won district basketball games during the last week, while the girls teams had a harder time looking for a win.

By Kathy Thomson The fifth and sixth grade youth basketball players opened the 2020 season last Saturday, with three of the local teams playing at home and one team on the road. 5th Grade Boys The fifth grade boys were on the road in Hawley, where they played Eula White at 12:00 noon and Jim Ned...

By Kathy Thomson Moran sophomore Arren Hawley was recently named Honorable Mention on the All-State Football Team by the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association. Hawley was selected as punter.

By Kathy Thomson The Moran Bulldogs will start district play in Baird this Friday, Jan. 17, following a long Christmas break after a Dec. 20 loss to Throckmorton.  The varsity girls started their district games last Friday, Jan. 10, falling to Gordon 28-35, and taking on Ranger Tuesday, Jan. 14.

By Donnie A. Lucas The varsity Lion basketball team went 2-2 at the local tournament held last week and also hosted a game Tuesday against the Abilene Hawks. The Lions picked up a very close 37-36 win over the Hawks at home. Details of the game will be reported next week.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lions split their final two district warm-up games last week in preparation to opening the District 8-2A race in Cross Plains on Friday.

By Melinda L. Lucas The youth fifth and sixth grade basketball teams will play their first games of the season on Saturday, Jan. 11, with three of the four Albany teams competing here, and the fifth grade boys playing in Hawley.