The JV Lions remain undefeated after a 28-7 victory last Thursday in Eastland over the JV Mavericks. The 3-0 Lions will host Hawley on Thursday (today) at about 6:45 p.m. following the two junior high games.

The Lady Cubs volleyball teams earned a pair of wins at home over Hawley on Monday. The junior high teams have a busy schedule over the next week, playing in a tournament in Hawley on Saturday and traveling back to Hawley on the Monday.

The Lady Bulldogs split games last week, defeating Strawn in three sets on Tuesday, Sept. 11, and then falling in straight sets to Newcastle last Saturday. The junior high and varsity teams hosted Hawley on Tuesday, Sept. 18, but results were not available at press time.

Coach Denney Faith and his Albany Lions find themselves in unfamiliar territory with a 0-3 start to the 2018 season. However, Faith isn’t in panic mode. In fact, despite the losses, he says he feels good about where his team is after playing three powerful 3A opponents.

The Lady Lion volleyball squad is off to a slow start in district after suffering a pair of losses last week to drop to 1-2 in league action. The teams were off earlier this week with a bye, but the varsity will host Moran on Saturday, Sept. 22 in a 10:00 a.m. game.

The team of Justin Noble, Tyler Driskill, Josh Robinette, and Jeff Wilkerson won the Albany Kiwanis Charity Golf Tournament last Friday with a score of 57 strokes. The 11th annual John Rose and Jim Law Memorial Tournament was held at the Albany Golf Club on Friday, Sept. 14.

The Albany Cubs hosted Eastland last Thursday, with the eighth graders picking up a win and the seventh grade game ending in a tie. Albany will be at home again this Thursday (today) hosting Hawley. The seventh grade game will start at 4:30 p.m. followed by the eighth graders at 5:30 p.m.

Coach Denney Faith wasn’t necessarily pleased with the Lions’ 26-20 loss in Dublin last Friday, but he was happy with the way his team continued to fight to the end of the water-logged battle. “I loved the way our kids fought,” he said afterwards.

After opening the district race with a win on the road on Saturday, the Lady Lion volleyball team lost their second league game on Tuesday against the visiting Newcastle Lady Bobcats. The District 6-2A race will continue Saturday in Hawley against the Lady Bearcats.

By Melinda L. Lucas Albany runners have competed in their first two cross country meets of the season, with a couple of competitors medaling in the junior high boys division. Isaiah Carrillo took eighth out of 106 runners at Eula with a time of 8:01 on the 1.