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AHS Boys Look to Lock Up Area Title 

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN —  When the Auburn High School boys followed Ja’Keith Carr’s showout performance to an overtime win over Central on Friday night, it placed the Tigers in a favorable position to win the area title. Sitting at 20-2 and 4-0...
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AHS Girls ‘Peaking at Right Time’ 

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn High School girls basketball head coach Courtney Pritchett said growth and learning to play at a varsity speed was what he was looking for down the stretch from his young team. Aided by 28 points from Auburn University...
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Lee-Scott Basketball Looks to Follow Up Football State Championship

BY DANIEL LOCKE FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN —  Fresh off a 75-45 victory over Valiant Cross Academy, the Lee-Scott Academy Warriors are 23-1 overall and 9-0 in their region on the 2022-23 campaign.  Lee-Scott is under the leadership of head coach William...
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Hughley Takes Over as President of Opelika Dawg Pound 

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — It all started when Trey Hughley's longtime high school friend and former Dawg Pound President Anthony Bryant called him and invited Hughley and his son to come play for the Opelika Dawg Pound when his son was 8 years...
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Auburn overwhelmed by Texas A&M

Auburn overwhelmed by Texas A&M

Dec 9, 2020

By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Leading by six with 13:31 left in the fourth quarter, Auburn’s Zakoby McClain had a potential...

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On the Mark

On the Mark

Dec 2, 2020

By D. Mark Mitchell Opelika Athletics turn attention to the winter sports such as basketball (girls and boys), wrestling and indoor track.  The...

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