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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...

Warrior of All Trades

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Lee-Scott’s athletic programs are putting the Warriors on the map this academic year, and a freshman has been at the center of it all. The Warriors won the AISA 3A State Championship in football, surged to the Final Four in...

OHS sports return from Christmas break

OHS sports return from Christmas break

Jan 6, 2021

On the MarkBy D. Mark Mitchell Opelika City School students return to school this week after being off for Christmas and New Year’s. While school...

Turnovers mar the Tigers

Turnovers mar the Tigers

Jan 6, 2021

Auburn 1-1 to open conference play, fall to 6-4 overall By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Auburn opened its SEC conference schedule with a...

Former Auburn standout breaks NFL franchise record

Jan 6, 2021

By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Current Las Vegas Raiders and former Auburn Tigers kicker Daniel Carlson broke the single-season...

Mens AU golfer wins 2020 Patriot All-American Invitational

Mens AU golfer wins 2020 Patriot All-American Invitational

Jan 6, 2021

Couresy of Cody Voga/AU Athletics Auburn senior Graysen Huff earned medalist honors at the 2020 Patriot All-America Invitational Thursday at Wigwam...

Women Tigers drop opening two SEC games

Women Tigers drop opening two SEC games

Jan 6, 2021

By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Unique Thompson was absent from the Auburn Women's basketball team’s first two SEC games of the season,...

Opelika Boys Basketball Coach Abruptly Resigns

Opelika Boys Basketball Coach Abruptly Resigns

Jan 4, 2021

Wesley Button named as Interim Head Coach By D. Mark MitchellPrior to him leaving this summer to take a job at Enterprise High School, the Opelika...

Opelika Middle Schooler participating in Junior Academic All American Bowl

Opelika Middle Schooler participating in Junior Academic All American Bowl

Jan 1, 2021

By Wil CrewsSportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Skylan Holstick is a seventh grader at Opelika Middle School. He and 59 other middle school footballers...

Opelika’s Watts and Stinson earn ASWA first-team honors

Opelika’s Watts and Stinson earn ASWA first-team honors

Dec 31, 2020

By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Opelika’s Eric Watts and Jarrell Stinson were named to the ASWA Class 6A All-State First Team along with...

Chuma Okeke, Isaac Okoro make NBA debuts

Chuma Okeke, Isaac Okoro make NBA debuts

Dec 31, 2020

By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com With contributions from AU Athletics Former Auburn standouts Chuma Okeke and Isaac Okoro made their...

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