by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Sports
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Grab your bag of peanuts or your box of popcorn, dust off that old stadium seat and get ready — it’s baseball season in East Alabama. Like all Opelika High School athletics teams this year, the Opelika baseball...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Schools
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Alexandria Torbert, senior at Opelika High School, was recognized Tuesday by the Opelika City Schools Board of Education for her role as national secretary of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). “This is a...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Sports
BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Lee-Scott’s athletic programs are putting the Warriors on the map this academic year, and a freshman has been at the center of it all. The Warriors won the AISA 3A State Championship in football, surged to the Final Four in...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Sports
BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Lee-Scott Academy won the AISA 3A Football State Championship in December. The boys and girls basketball teams made it to the Final Four earlier this month. Now, the baseball team hopes to add to the school’s athletic success...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Schools
CONTRIBUTED BYOPELIKA CITY SCHOOLS OPELIKA — On Feb. 27, 2023, at the Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology (ALET) Conference in Montgomery, Opelika High School senior Ashley Hilyer was awarded the ALET Debbie Rice Memorial Scholarship. Each spring, the Alabama...