By D. Mark Mitchell
Sports Editor
The Opelika High School Athletic Department is continuing with summer workouts.
The entire athletic department will take the next two weeks off for the Fourth of July holiday. This will give the student athletes and coaches a little time to enjoy the summer with family.
The football team traveled to Enterprise yesterday for a two-day camp with Enterprise and Fairhope. The teams will have seven-on-seven competition as well as conditioning and will stay together in the gym at Enterprise High School.
Assistant head football coach and head wrestling coach Ryan Thompson has accepted a job at Gulf Shores High School. Thompson re-started the wrestling program at OHS in 2004 and was named assistant head football coach last year. He and his wife, Nicole will move to the coast soon.
Good luck to the Thompson family.
Coach Blackmon has already started looking for coach Thompson’s replacement.
The OMS, OHS-JV and OHS cheerleaders traveled to Edgewater Beach Resort at Panama City, Fla., last week for Cheer Camp. Over 550 cheerleaders attended the camp from all over the south.
Back to the Dawg House
The annual “Back to the Dawg House” football camp is tomorrow at 8 a.m. at the Sportsplex. The camp is free-of-charge and open for third-sixth graders.
Camp Directors Will Herring and SaJason Finley have planned another great camp. They have many former Opelika football players and members of college and professional teams.
If you have not signed your child up and want him to participate, please be at the Sportsplex at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Dixie Boys Baseball
The Opelika Dixie Boys will be playing in the sub-district tournament in Auburn at Duck Samford Park today at 5:30 p.m. vs Auburn and Saturday at 5:30 p.m. vs. Smiths Station. The team will advance to the district tournament July 6 at West Ridge Park in Opelika.
The Opelika Junior Dixie Boys will play in Phenix City today at 7:30 p.m. vs Phenix City and Saturday vs Auburn at 1 p.m. Both games are at Idle Hour Park. The Junior Dixie Boys will advance to the State Tournament in Opelika July 20.