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Opelika Swim Team Receives Honors From ASCA

CONTRIBUTED BYTHE CITY OF OPELIKA OPELIKA — Opelika Swim Team Coach Tyler McGill was named one of the Top 50 Age Group Coaches of the Year by The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter & Faster. McGill was the only coach Southeastern Swimming...
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Fishing for Smiles: Zuggy Fishing Using Online Platform to Promote Positivity

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — “Thank y’all for watchin’. All glory to God. Be positive, just fish.” This is the line Auburn University junior in marketing, known by those around him as Zuggy, uses to close out every YouTube video. Fishing has taught him...
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Serve to Lead Team Makes First Visit to Albania

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY SERVE TO LEAD GLENWOOD — Glenwood baseball coach Tim Fanning and his Serve to Lead team are no strangers to mission trips and serving through teaching baseball in foreign countries. But this trip was different...
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UTSA Junior Tennis Championships Arrive in AU

The Junior Team Tennis Alabama Championships were held in Auburn July 14 through 16. The UTSA tournament was hosted at both the Yarbrough Tennis Center and the Auburn Intramural Courts. PHOTOS BY MATT AUSTIN/FOR THE OBSERVER
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Survive & Advance

Survive & Advance

Nov 17, 2021

ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL The Opelika High School football team (9-3) defeated the Spanish Fort Toros, 28-14, last Friday in the second round of...

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SEMI-FINAL SADNESS

SEMI-FINAL SADNESS

Nov 17, 2021

Lee-Scott Falls to Tuscaloosa Academy BY WIL CREWSSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Tuscaloosa Academy passing attack found its groove in the...

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Round 2 Playoff Roundup

Nov 17, 2021

Red Devils Keep Dancing By HARRISON TARRFOR THE OBSERVER The 2021 high school football season is nearing its conclusion as fans watched the second...

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Local Athletes Put Pen to Paper

Local Athletes Put Pen to Paper

Nov 17, 2021

Local high school athletes put pen to paper last week, signing collegiate athletic scholarships to continue their sports journey at the next level....

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Salvaging a Season

Salvaging a Season

Nov 17, 2021

What Auburn Can Still Accomplish in 2021? By HARRISON TARRFOR THE OBSERVER Saying that the wind has been taken out of Auburn’s sails might be the...

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Bulldogs Terrorize the Torros

Bulldogs Terrorize the Torros

Nov 17, 2021

Opelika advanced to the AHSAA Class 6A state quarterfinals with a 28-14 victory over Spanish Fort on Friday. 2021-11-12 Opelika 28 Spanish Fort...

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