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Dawgs win season opener

by | Aug 28, 2015 | Sports

OPELIKA HIGH FOOTBALL Opelika opened the 2015 season with a 34-20 win over Hillcrest in Tuscaloosa. The Bulldogs endured a three hour drive to Tuscaloosa and a two hour rain/lightning delay to play a game that was completed at 12:08 a.m.  (Saturday morning). Dark...

How Opelika came about

by | Aug 28, 2015 | Community

By Fred Woods Editor Opelika first appeared on a map in 1733. Shown on DeCranay’s map in that year it was spelled “Oppillaka.” The word reportedly meant “large swamp,” or “swampy place” in the Muskogee (what they called themselves)or Creek (what we called them)...