OPINION —   The Opelika High School varsity football team opens the 2023 season Thursday night against Thompson in the AHSAA annual “Kickoff Classic” in Montgomery's Cramton Bowl. Thompson, winner of the last four 7A State Football Championships, is coached by...

OPINION — We are one week away from Opelika playing Thompson in the 2023 AHSAA Kickoff Classic hosted by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA). Selma and Beauregard will officially open the 2023 Alabama High School Athletic...

OPINION — We are less than two weeks from the start of high school football in Alabama. Locally, Lee-Scott and Chambers Academy will play the first football game in our area on Thursday, Aug. 17, at Jud-Scott Field on the Lee-Scott campus. Opelika opens the season...

OPINION — The Alabama High School Athletic Department held its quarterly Central Board of Control Meeting last week in Montgomery. There were several significant decisions approved by the board, including that the AHSAA will return a record $2.25 million to member...