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OHS Baseball’s .500 Week

OPELIKA — The OHS varsity Bulldog baseball team (6-4) split four games last week, beating Liberty County and UMS-Wright and losing to Pike Road and Northside.  Opelika opened the week with a tough 5-2 loss to Northridge. The game was tied at one with Northside...

Can Auburn Add to the Madness? Tigers Playing Better Ahead of SEC, NCAA Tournament

BY WIL CREWS  SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM  OPINION — Normally, if a group of tigers walk into an arena in Nashville, Tennessee, pure pandemonium would ensue.  The 20-11 Auburn Tigers men’s basketball team hopes to elicit just this — pandemonium, madness...

Penta Leads Tigers’ Softball

No. 9 Maddie Penta celebrates ending the first inning with a strikeout against South Alabama on Friday, March 3.  BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN —  The Auburn softball field is no longer a diamond. It’s a pentagon. At 20-3 and ranked No. 21 in the...

AHS Softball Off to Dominant Start

Central Phenix City High School and Auburn High School played in the 7A Area 4 softball playoffs, hosted by Central High School in Phenix City, on May 3, 2022.  BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn High softball got off to a 6-0-1 start to the season...
All tied up

All tied up

Opelika High's and Smiths Station's boys' and girls' soccer teams tied at 0-0 and 4-4, respectively, in their matchups last week. Photos of girls'...

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