by The Observer Staff | Feb 16, 2023 | Education, Schools, Sports
BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — It’s official — Smiths Station High School has a new head football coach. The Lee County Board of Education approved the hire of Bryant Garrison at its Feb. 14 meeting. “I’d like to first welcome you,...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 16, 2023 | Sports
BY DANIEL LOCKE FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN – The Auburn Tigers golf team is in a good position to accomplish big things in 2023. After having the third-best finish in school history last season, the sky is the limit for the Tigers. Auburn has not been caught looking back...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 16, 2023 | Sports
BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — In the first year of the East Alabama Jaguars youth travel football league, two of its players are already moving onto the national stage. In 2020, Opelika’s Skylan Holstick went to Mexico to play for Team USA at age 12,...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 16, 2023 | Sports
The varsity Opelika High School girls and boys soccer teams opened their season with 8-0 and 4-0 wins over Eufaula, respectively, on Feb. 7. The boys’ record now sits at 3-0, after picking up subsequent wins over Trinity and Pike Road. The girls are 1-2, after...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 16, 2023 | Sports
The varsity Smiths Station boys and girls basketball teams played their final regular season games against Lanett Feb. 3. According to Maxpreps.com, the boys finished the regular season 7-13, and the girls finished 7-17. The following week, both the boys and girls...
