by The Observer Staff | Oct 27, 2026 | Sports
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Opelika High School’s volleyball team battled back to take a set from Enterprise High School, but the season ended for the Lady Bulldogs (22-10) on Wednesday, Oct. 21, with a 3-1 loss to the Lady Wildcats (35-7) in the AHSAA...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 27, 2026 | Sports
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Hunter Wilder scored 23 points, and The Oaks School built a 31-point halftime lead on the way to a 90-23 rout of The Rock Academy in a high school boys basketball season opener Tuesday night.Noah Shabo and Kaleb Daniels each...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 27, 2026 | Sports
BY BRANDON HUGHESFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — One week after knocking off No. 1 Georgia between the hedges in its biggest win in a decade, Auburn (4-3, 2-3) came home to Jordan-Hare Stadium and was bullied all over their own field by No. 18 LSU (6-2, 3-2), 38-17. They...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 27, 2026 | Featured
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER AUBURN — Four F-35 Lightning II fighter jets piloted by Auburn University graduates flew over Jordan-Hare Stadium on Oct. 24 in tribute to U.S. Air Force Maj. John “Alex” Klinner, a 2016 Auburn graduate who passed away in March when his...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 27, 2026 | Column, Stacey Wallace
OPINION — My husband, Mike, and I are two blissfully happy nerds, and we are both voracious readers. We read every night before going to bed unless we’re sick or exhausted.We both have loved to read since the first grade. While Mike loves to read mainly science...