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GAME ON!

Community basketball social scheduled for Aug. 1 CONTRIBUTED BY OPD OPELIKA — The Opelika Police Department (OPD) is excited to host a free community basketball social — the annual Together Opelika Game On event — on Thursday, Aug. 1 from 8 a.m. to noon at Covington...

Little ones to compete at SportsPlex Tri for Kids

Ages 6-15 will swim, bike and run in mini triathlon, ages 2-5 to participate in ‘Small Fry Tri’ CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The annual SportsPlex Tri for Kids triathlon benefitting Nourish Alabama will be held on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 7:30 a.m. at the Opelika...

8U All Stars team to represent Phenix City in World Series

BY NOAH GRIFFITH | FOR THE OBSERVER The Phenix City West 8U All-Stars are one of three teams representing Alabama at the USSA Rec All-Star World Series in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 10-14, and they will do it loud and proud.There will be somewhere around 36 teams in...

Wheelchair soccer latest add to AU adaptive sports

BY NOAH GRIFFITHFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN –– Auburn University graduate student Zach Dickey has seen the adaptive sports landscape expand in his five-plus years on the Plains — more than once.The Indiana native has seen the program’s wheelchair basketball and wheelchair...
On the Mark

On the Mark

Opelika Sports | June 13, 2024 BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — The Alabama High School Athletic Association made two major announcements in the last...

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A storybook ending for Glenwood

A storybook ending for Glenwood

BY NOAH GRIFFITHFOR THE OBSERVER SMITHS STATION — It played out like a storybook tale for Glenwood’s baseball team.In both schools’ last season in...

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AU to host 2024 SEC Softball Tourney

AU to host 2024 SEC Softball Tourney

BY NOAH GRIFFITHFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN –– There’s no place like home for Auburn University softball.After taking two-out-of-three over the weekend...

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