by The Observer Staff | Apr 26, 2023 | Sports
BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER SMITHS STATION — Glenwood had the bar set high with 12 returning seniors this season, and the Gators justified the tall expectations with a 40-4 record: its most regular-season wins since 2016. Glenwood also won state in its 46-win...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 26, 2023 | Sports
CONTRIBUTED BY AU ATHLETICS AUBURN — Corey Williams, a 23-year coaching veteran and player for the 1993 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls, has been hired as an assistant men’s basketball coach on head coach Bruce Pearl’s staff. Williams previously served as an assistant...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 26, 2023 | Sports
CONTRIBUTED BY AU ATHLETICS AUBURN — Chaney Johnson is the latest Auburn men’s basketball signee for head coach Bruce Pearl. The 6-foot-7, 215-pound guard from Alabaster, Alabama, played the last three seasons at NCAA Division II University of Alabama in Huntsville...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 26, 2023 | Sports
The varsity Smiths Station softball team defeated Beauregard, 2-1, in a non-region home game April 20. Smiths Station, the No. 3 seed in the AHSAA 7A Area 4 standings, will play in its doube- elimination area tournament against No. 2 seed Auburn on May 1. Beauregard,...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 26, 2023 | Schools
CONTRIBTUED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — Southern Union State Community College sophomores Elijah McWhorter and Alyssa Hurst were honored as members of the All-Alabama Academic Team at a recognition ceremony on Friday, April 14, in Birmingham, Alabama. More than $53,000 total...
