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D. Mark Mitchell Articles

Girls wrestling perfoms well

BY D MARK MITCHELL BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — WRESTLINGTwo Opelika High student-athletes, Heidi Peralta-Fernandez and Gabrielle Reese, earned a trip to the AHSAA Girls State Wrestling Championship. Neither won their weight class, but both performed well at the...
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Local sports roundup

BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — OHS WRESTLINGOpelika High has four student-athletes on the girls wrestling team: Gabrielle Reese, Heidi Peralta-Fernandez, Georgia Andriate and Joselynn Sadler.Following are results from Wrestling matches prior to this week:114 - Heidi...
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Weekly recap of local high school hoops, wrestling

BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — OPELIKA BASKETBALLOpelika's girls and boys basketball teams opened region play against Smiths Station, last Friday night in the Main Street Gym at Opelika High School.The Lady Bulldogs (R 0-1) lost a close game 44-40 in front of the home...
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Getting to know coach Bryan Moore

BY D MARK MITCHELL BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION —Opelika Schools Superintendent Dr Farrell Seymore introduced Bryan Moore as the new OHS head football coach.The process began after Seymore fired head football coach Erik Speakman on Nov. 2.Seymore chose to take his time...
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OHS Basketball Starts Slow

OHS Basketball Starts Slow

Nov 16, 2022

OPELIKA — The Opelika High School Lady Bulldog basketball team has had a tough start to its season, losing each of its first four contests. OHS lost...

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OHS XC Goes to State

OHS XC Goes to State

Nov 9, 2022

OPELIKA — Opelika High School’s cross country team participated in the 7A State Cross Country Meet last weekend at Jessie Owen Park in Oakville,...

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OHS Basketball Starts Slow

OHS FOOTBALL SEASON ENDS

Oct 26, 2022

OPELIKA — The Dothan Wolves ended Opelika's football season with a 14-7 win at Rip Hewes Stadium last Friday night, eliminating OHS from making the...

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OHS Basketball Starts Slow

OHS ON PLAYOFF FRINGES

Oct 19, 2022

OPELIKA — Opelika hosted region foe Enterprise (EHS) at Bulldog Stadium last Friday night. First-year Enterprise head coach Ben Blackmon returned to...

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OHS XC Goes to State

A Happy Homecoming

Oct 12, 2022

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...

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OHS XC Goes to State

OHS XC Ramps Up

Oct 5, 2022

OPELIKA —Opelika's Cross Country team ran in the “Jesse Owens Classic” at Oakville Indian Mounds Park last Saturday in Oakville, Alabama. This is...

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OHS XC Goes to State

Rivalry Week for OHS

Sep 28, 2022

OPELIKA — The Theodore Bobcats (6-0) defeated Opelika (4-2, R 3-1) 34-24 at Bulldog Stadium last Friday night. The Bobcats generated 384 yards on...

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