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AHS Soccer Girls Endure to Final Four, Boys Fall Short in Round Two

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — After both teams fell in the Round of Eight last season, Auburn High School girls soccer changed the narrative this year to advance to the Final Four, while the boys will keep searching for a way past the second round. The...
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AHS Athlete Shines Spotlight on Growing Sport With College Commitment

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — At the age of 5, Graham Young was strolling through his neighborhood in Auburn when he noticed someone playing catch in a way he’d never seen before. It immediately caught his attention, and he and his father stopped to ask...
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AHS Softball Punches Ticket to Regionals

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — With two wins over Smiths Station and two losses to Central in the AHSAA 7A Area 4 Tournament, Auburn High School softball will head to the Region Tournament as the Area 4 runners up. After game one’s 11-3 defeat of the...
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Spring Sport Rundown: High School Playoffs

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — A number of local high school spring sport teams are still fighting for championships. The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) state track & field meet took place last weekend, while baseball,...
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Opelika Downs Jeff Davis

Opelika Downs Jeff Davis

Aug 31, 2022

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The varsity Opelika High School football team (2-0) recorded the program’s 600th win Friday...

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OHS XC in Action

OHS XC in Action

Aug 31, 2022

OPELIKA — The OHS and OMS cross country teams ran in the "Smiths Station Stages" last Saturday in Smiths Station. Opelika's individual results are...

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OHS XC in Action

Bulldogs Move to 1 -0

Aug 24, 2022

ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — Opelika's varsity football opened the 2022 season with a 29-28 win over Callaway (Georgia) in Troup County...

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Bulldogs Snatch Victory

Bulldogs Snatch Victory

Aug 24, 2022

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The matchup between the Opelika Bulldogs and Callaway Cavaliers delivered once again Friday...

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Lee-Scott Makes A Statement

Lee-Scott Makes A Statement

Aug 24, 2022

Lee-Scott head coach Buster Daniel spoke in the offseason about setting a new standard. In the first game of his third year in charge of the...

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Panthers Add to Hall of Fame

Panthers Add to Hall of Fame

Aug 24, 2022

Pictured left to right: Rex Barr, James Boyette, Shae Ward, Wayne Morrow and Justin Wimberly (not pictured) were recognized and inducted into the...

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