by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Sports
by D. Mark Mitchell Sports Editor The spring sports at OHS and OMS are in the thick of their schedules. I have recapped some of our teams’ activities in this week’s column. Tennis The girls tennis team, coached by Erik Speakman, remained unbeaten at 7-0 after...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Sports
by D. Mark Mitchell Sports Editor The OHS track team participated in the Georgia Tech Coaches Invitational last weekend. The meet was a combination high school and college meet. Two student athletes from Opelika earned first place finishes. Jakayla Hand won the...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Sports
The OMS boys’ soccer team suffered their second loss of the season to Sylacauga earlier this week with a score of 2-0. The Bulldog offense never got in rhythm and the Sylacauga Aggies capitalized by jumping out to a 1-0 lead early in the first half. The Bulldog...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
This week the Opelika City Council recognized the Opelika High School Competition Cheerleading squad for its accomplishments this year. Among other things, the squad qualified to compete at the national level in Orlando, which is significant, particularly since this...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Editorial Board, Opinions
We were amused and somewhat puzzled the other day to see an advertisement in the daily paper extolling local business and the virtues of buying local. We were amused, mainly because the Observer is a local business while theirs is not, being a wholly-owned subsidiary...