by The Observer Staff | Mar 8, 2023 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell, Sports
OPELIKA — The OHS varsity Bulldog baseball team (6-4) split four games last week, beating Liberty County and UMS-Wright and losing to Pike Road and Northside. Opelika opened the week with a tough 5-2 loss to Northridge. The game was tied at one with Northside...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 8, 2023 | Sports
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPINION — Normally, if a group of tigers walk into an arena in Nashville, Tennessee, pure pandemonium would ensue. The 20-11 Auburn Tigers men’s basketball team hopes to elicit just this — pandemonium, madness...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 8, 2023 | Sports
No. 9 Maddie Penta celebrates ending the first inning with a strikeout against South Alabama on Friday, March 3. BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The Auburn softball field is no longer a diamond. It’s a pentagon. At 20-3 and ranked No. 21 in the...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 8, 2023 | Community, Schools
Congratulations to Mr. and Miss OHS 2023, Jacob Williams and Alexandria Torbert. Congratulations also to all of the runners-up and class winners: Mr. and Miss OHS 2023 — first runner-up — Michael Van Horn and Maime Nicholson; Mr. and Miss OHS 2023 — second runner-up —...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 8, 2023 | Sports
Central Phenix City High School and Auburn High School played in the 7A Area 4 softball playoffs, hosted by Central High School in Phenix City, on May 3, 2022. BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn High softball got off to a 6-0-1 start to the season...
