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Deese’s Expertise Earns Her AISA
Coach of the Year Award

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — In her 35th year of coaching softball and fourth year at Lee-Scott Academy, JV and Varsity head coach Tina Deese was named the 2023 AISA Coach of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) after...

Opelika City Schools Receives $5,000 Rachael Ray Foundation ProStart Grow Grant

CONTRIBUTED BY OCS OPELIKA — Forty high schools — one of which is Opelika High School — from 24 states will receive $5,000 grants from the Rachael Ray Foundation to build up their National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ProStart culinary arts and...

Dixie Youth Teams Battle for the Wins

Photos from Dixie Youth baseball games held earlier this summer. 2023-05-11 Dixie Youth Baseball 2023-05-11 Dixie Youth Baseball 2023-05-11 Dixie Youth Baseball 2023-05-11 Dixie Youth Baseball 2023-05-11 Dixie Youth Baseball 2023-05-11 Dixie Youth Baseball 2023-05-11...

Move to D1 Fuels Rivalries for AU Hockey Club

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn Hockey is moving up to the Amateur Athletics Union Division 1 level for the 2023-24 season, and it is prolonging its fiercest rivalries in the process. Auburn will join Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and...

Southern Union Helps Seniors Through Digital World

Southern Union Helps Seniors Through Digital World

Oct 26, 2022

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) is holding free digital literacy courses for...

Auburn Names Woltosz Football Performance Center, Creel Family Development Lab

Auburn Names Woltosz Football Performance Center, Creel Family Development Lab

Oct 26, 2022

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn’s new football training facility will be known as the Woltosz Football Performance Center, and the...

OCS Approves Renewal of 11 Mil School Tax

Oct 26, 2022

BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika City Schools Board met for its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Oct....

Former OMS Student Begins Journey at ASFA

Former OMS Student Begins Journey at ASFA

Oct 19, 2022

Chloe L. Floyd, a former sixth grade student at Opelika Middle School, was accepted at The Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) in Birmingham,...

Beulah, Beauregard Announce HOCO Court

Beulah, Beauregard Announce HOCO Court

Oct 19, 2022

Beulah High School announced its Homecoming Court this week. The Homecoming Queen will be announced at the home football game, Oct. 21, against...

East Alabama Health Joins Apprentice Partnership

East Alabama Health Joins Apprentice Partnership

Oct 12, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY EAST ALABAMA HEALTH OPELIKA — During separate ceremonies in September, nursing students from Southern Union State Community College...

Class of ’98 Honors Don, Lorna Roberts

Class of ’98 Honors Don, Lorna Roberts

Oct 12, 2022

Don & Lorna Roberts were honored by the OHS Class of 1998 — the last class that Don was principle over at OHS. Photos By Robert Noles 2022-10-07...

Lee County School Board Focuses on Growth and Upgrades

Lee County School Board Focuses on Growth and Upgrades

Oct 12, 2022

BY KENDYL HOLLINSWORTHKENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Board of Education reviewed a positive financial report and...

OHS Homecoming Queen Crowned

OHS Homecoming Queen Crowned

Oct 12, 2022

Senior Italy Slaughter was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime of the Opelika vs. Smiths Station game last Friday at Bulldog Stadium. Photos By...

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