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Jumping High: Local student-athlete brings home gold

For the first time in Auburn High School history, it has an indoor and outdoor track & field state champion high jumper. Junior TJ Autrey, pictured left, is the current indoor high jump state record holder with a personal best of 6-foot-9.25-inches. He recently...

AHS Girls Soccer Falls Within Goal of State Championship

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn High girls soccer was able to get revenge on Fairhope and advance to its first state championship since 2016, but the Tigers fell to Sparkman, 2-1, denying them of their first ever state title May 13. The Tigers fought...

Top Assistant Pearl Lauded for Impact as Coach, Recruiter for Second-Straight Season

CONTRIBUTED BYAU ATHLETICS AUBURN — For the second-straight season, Auburn assistant men's basketball coach Steven Pearl was lauded as one of the 50 most impactful high-major assistant coaches in NCAA Division I basketball by Silver Waves Media. The global media...

Staying Close to  Home

Opelika High School senior basketball player Mekhiron Brock signed a scholarship May 16 to continue his academic and athletic career at Southern Union State Community College.
Diminished by the ‘Dawgs

Diminished by the ‘Dawgs

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Diminishing the Dawgs

Diminishing the Dawgs

How Auburn Upsets Nation’s Best Defense HARRISON TARRFOR THE OBSERVER Auburn fans spent the night of Oct. 2 rolling the oaks at Toomer’s Corner,...

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Blue Devils Batter the Indians

Blue Devils Batter the Indians

PHOTOs BY HARRISON TARR / FOR THE OBSERVER The 1A Region 4 Notasulga Blue Devils (6-0 / R 4-0) hosted their cross-town rivals, the 1A Region...

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