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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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Opelika Starts 0-1

Opelika Starts 0-1

Aug 30, 2023

OPINION — Thompson (1-0) defeated Opelika (0-1) 44-13 last Friday in the AHSAA “Kickoff Classic” at Montgomery's Cramton Bowl. The Warriors defense...

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Opelika Opens With Thompson

Opelika Opens With Thompson

Aug 23, 2023

OPINION —   The Opelika High School varsity football team opens the 2023 season Thursday night against Thompson in the AHSAA annual “Kickoff...

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OHS Preparing for Thompson

OHS Preparing for Thompson

Aug 17, 2023

OPINION — We are one week away from Opelika playing Thompson in the 2023 AHSAA Kickoff Classic hosted by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors...

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Bulldogs Biting to Get Back

Bulldogs Biting to Get Back

Aug 10, 2023

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...

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AHSAA in the News

AHSAA in the News

Aug 3, 2023

OPINION — The Alabama High School Athletic Department held its quarterly Central Board of Control Meeting last week in Montgomery. There were...

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