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All-SEC Honors for Green, Broome

CONTRIBUTED BYAUBURN UNIVERSITY AUBURN —  Auburn junior guard Wendell Green Jr. (Detroit, Michigan) and sophomore forward Johni Broome (Plant City, Florida) were both honored on the All-Southeastern Conference Second Team as the league announced its postseason...

Auburn Women’s Basketball Heading in the Right Direction

Head coach Johnnie Harris during the exhibition game between the Tuskegee Golden Tigers at Neville Arena in Auburn on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022.  BY DANIEL LOCKE FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The Auburn University Women’s basketball team fell, 63-47, to the Georgia...

Registration Open for 40th Alabama State Games

CONTRIBUTED BYASSF FOUNDATION  ALABAMA — Registration for the 40th Alabama State Games is now open on www.alagames.com featuring competitions in 26 sporting events in venues within the city of Birmingham and the greater Jefferson County area.  The 40th...

Opelika Baseball’s ‘Close-Knit’ Group Ready for 7A

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Grab your bag of peanuts or your box of popcorn, dust off that old stadium seat and get ready — it’s baseball season in East Alabama. Like all Opelika High School athletics teams this year, the Opelika baseball...