by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Sports
The Opelika varsity volleyball team recently honored its seniors in the team’s last regular-season home match. Pictured L-R: Zoe Warren, Ava Parker, Nylen Thomas, Rylee Long and Dasia...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Sports
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Southern Christian Patriots were galvanized last Friday night as the feeling of two straight losses had left a sour taste in their mouths. “Defeat has a way of motivating,” said Jason...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Sports
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY —Most area high school football teams were in action this past weekend. Opelika defeated Smiths Station in its homecoming game to get back to its winning ways; Beauregard and Loachapoka narrowly escaped...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | D. Mark Mitchell
OPELIKA — The Opelika High varsity football team (5-3, R4-2) beat region foe Smiths Station (1-7, R1-5) 31-17 last Friday at Bulldog Stadium. The win ended Opelika’s three-game losing streak, and allowed for a happy homecoming on the OHS campus. The scoring...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Obituaries
Billy Joe Berry, 46, of Opelika, Alabama, passed away at his residence on Oct. 4, 2022. A funeral service was held at Frederick Dean Funeral Home Oct. 8, at 11 a.m. and burial followed at Tallapoosa County Memorial Gardens. Sylvia Howze officiated. He was preceded in...
