Sports Articles

Stevens Leads Tigers Through Competitive SEC

BY DANIEL LOCKE FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN —  The Auburn gymnastics team has a roster that is loaded with talent. Among these athletes is Cassie Stevens, a senior from Phoenix, Arizona, who has made her mark on the program.  “I’ve been doing gymnastics since I...

AU Jungle Expanding with Auburn Athletics 

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN —  The year 2022 was a thrilling year for Auburn University sports.  Auburn climbed to the top of the men’s basketball rankings for the first time in program history, gymnastics reached the National Championships...

Freeze Talks Spring, Recaps Recruiting 

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM  AUBURN —  Less than three weeks before the Auburn Tigers start spring football practice, head coach Hugh Freeze talked with the media last week recapping a whirlwind of a recruiting period and previewing the work...

Coach and Player, Father and Son: OHS’s Speakmans

BY DANIEL LOCKEFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA  —  The bond between a father and his son is one of the closest relationships many people will ever have. A father coaching his son in sports creates some of the best memories within those relationships. Opelika High...
OHS falls to rival

OHS falls to rival

On the MarkBy D. Mark Mitchell Rival Auburn High School swept the Opelika High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams in Auburn last week. The...

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Cooper Uncaged

Cooper Uncaged

By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Sharife Cooper made his debut for Auburn against Alabama on Jan. 9, and he did not disappoint. The...

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