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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...

Local Sports News | June 27, 2024

Opelika youth baseball team is state champion Opelika Diamond Youth PeeWee Rookie (7U) All-Stars 2024 beat AUM 9-1 recently to win the Alabama State Championship trophy. Auburn High School promotes Carter to head baseball coach BY DANIEL CHESSER, AUBURN CITY SCHOOLS...
Auburn blows out Indiana 104-76

Auburn blows out Indiana 104-76

Holiday Hoopsgiving BY NOAH GRIFFITH | FOR THE OBSERVER PHOTOS BY JAMIE HOLT AND ZACH BLAND | AU TIGERS Aden Holloway was named SEC Player of the...

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Going ‘bowling’ in Nashville

Going ‘bowling’ in Nashville

Auburn to face Maryland in Music City Bowl CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY SPORTS AUBURN — Auburn University will play the Maryland Terrapins of...

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Students in the news:

Students in the news:

Beulah student wins reading contest Alysa Hatchett, a fifth grader at Beulah Elementary School, was surprised by the Alabama Education Association...

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British fan attends Iron Bowl

British fan attends Iron Bowl

BY MICHELLE KEYMICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COMPHOTO BY ROBERT NOLES | THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The Iron Bowl may have been a heartbreak for most Auburn...

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