By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Cubs split games to start the district portion of their schedule last Thursday in Roscoe. The Cubs are hosting Cross Plains this Thursday, with kickoff for the one combined game set for 5:00 p.m.  Game Details The eighth grade earned a 28-6 win in Roscoe.

By Kathy Thomson Last week the Lady Bulldogs’ cross country team qualified for regional. “I am super excited for this group of young ladies,” said coach Jo Hise. “They are the first Moran team that I am aware of to advance to regional.

By Kathy Thomson Friday was a game of two halves, with Three Way taking a 12-0 lead into the locker room, but Moran putting up 52 unanswered points in the second half to pull out a decisive win.

By Kathy Thomson The Lady Bulldogs avenged their earlier first round loss to Newcastle last week, but later fell to both Hawley and Albany for the second times this season to stand 3-8 in district play, with only one match remaining in the regular season.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion volleyball team picked up a pair of district wins last week but fell short again against the Lady Bearcats on Tuesday in Hawley.

By Donnie A. Lucas The varsity Lion football team opens District 7-2A competition at home on Friday, hosting the Roscoe Plowboys. The Lions (4-2) are fresh off of an open week, while the Plowboys (1-5, 0-1) fell in their district opener last week to Hamlin, 64-0.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lions remain undefeated after rolling past the Stamford Bulldogs 34-6 in less than three full quarters last Thursday in Robert Nail Stadium. The JV will not be traveling to Roscoe this week because the Plowboys do not have a JV team currently.

By Donnie A. Lucas The junior high volleyball teams played a couple of games last week and traveled to Colorado City on Monday. Both eighth grade squads will play at Moran on Tuesday, Oct. 22 starting at 4:00 p.m. The seventh grade girls will travel to Woodson for one game at 5:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Cubs split games last Thursday with the visiting Stamford Pups in the final pre-district pairings of the season. The two junior high teams will be on the road in Roscoe this Thursday (today) to open district play, with the seventh grade kicking off at 5:00 p.m.

By Melinda L. Lucas Although none of Albany High School’s cross country runners were eligible to advance to the regional meet, two local runners medalled at last week’s district competition.