By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lions have been busy over the past week with last-minute tune-up games against larger schools as the pre-district schedule ends and the start of the District 6-2A race gets underway.

Albany will open district at home on Saturday against Strawn. The JV Red will start the action at 10:00 a.m., followed by the varsity game at 11:00 a.m.

“The girls have been excited to start district,” coach M.J. Reneau said. “We love that our district opener is at home, and we hope our fans and community will be there to show support.”

By Donnie A. Lucas

The two junior high teams opened the 2019 season on the road with victories last week in Dublin.

The eighth grade Cubs racked up a 22-0 win, while the seventh Cubs won 30-0.

Both teams will travel to Eastland on Thursday (today) for games starting at 5:00 p.m.

The eighth grade Cubs took a 6-0 lead to the locker room at the half, thanks to a three-yard score by Cason Fairchild. The PAT failed.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The JV Lions picked up their second win in as many games, routing the JV Dublin Lions 44-22 last Thursday in Dublin.

Albany will host Eastland this week starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday (today) at Robert Nail Stadium.

The junior high games will be played in Eastland this week.

The decisive win in Dublin on Sept. 5 raised the JV’s record to 2-0 for the season.

Albany struck first, scoring on a one-yard run by Taren Farmer, followed by a two-point pass from quarterback Cole Chapman to London Fuentes.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Cubs opened the season at home last Thursday, with the eighth grade winning both games over Wylie East, while the seventh grade teams came up short.

The local teams are scheduled to play on Tuesday, Sept. 17, with the seventh grade teams staying home for a 4:30 p.m. start against Abilene Christian Middle School. The 8A girls are playing in Newcastle, starting at 5:00 p.m., followed by the high school varsity game at 6:00 p.m. 

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The 8A girls beat Wylie East 25-11, 25-22 last week.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Albany runners have competed in their first two cross country meets of the season, with three local competitors medaling in the most recent event at Coleman on Monday.

Brylee Moore took third out of 56 runners over a two-mile course in the JV girls division at Coleman.

Eighth grader Lute Wheeler was ninth among 111 runners in the junior high boys combined  two-mile run, while Caroline Holson was seventh of 83 athletes in the seventh grade girls’ division, also two miles.

By Kathy Thomson

Moran defeated the Rising Star Wildcats last Friday night, Sept. 6 by a score of 54-6 to improve their record to 2-0.

For the second time in as many weeks, the Bulldogs were able to claim victory over an opponent by the rule of 45 during the third quarter, and head coach John Hughes was pleased with his team’s performance.

“The game went well, as we fixed a lot of the mistakes from last week,” Hughes said. “We still came out a little slow, but it was understandable considering we were playing at home for the first time this year.”

By Kathy Thomson

Moran sent 12 cross country runners to the Eula Invitational Cross Country Meet on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Seven girls competed on the varsity team which placed 16th. 

One Bulldog ran in the boys varsity section, and four girls ran in the junior varsity girls division, but Moran did not have enough runners to be considered a team in either of those divisions.

By Donnie A. Lucas

It was a win for the record books, both for Coach Denney Faith and the Albany Lion program in general.

The Lions opened the 2019 season with an 18-3 win over the Colorado Wolves last Friday – avenging last season’s opening loss, giving head coach Denney Faith his 300th career victory and pushing the Albany program one notch closer to setting a program record of 700 wins this year.

The Lions will host Dublin in their home-opener this week, with kickoff on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Robert Nail Stadium.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lady Lion volleyball teams traveled to Clyde last week, with all three squads recording losses to the 3A Lady Bulldogs.

Albany hosted Bangs on Tuesday with better results.

The varsity posted a 25-11, 21-25, 25-18, 25-22 win to improve to 9-8 for the season. Complete results will be reported next week.

The Lady Lions will also host Dublin on Friday, with the varsity starting the action at 4:00 p.m. The JV game will be played immediately following at about 5:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Both junior high football and volleyball programs are slated to start competition on Thursday (today).

Volleyball teams will host Wylie East at 4:30 p.m. with the seventh grade teams playing in the auxiliary gym and the eighth grade in the main gym.

A total of 32 girls have been divided into four groups, with an A and B team for each grade level.

Dakota Fowler coaches the eighth grade teams, while Ginger Norton will handle the seventh graders.