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A Tale of Two Tigers

Auburn Flag Football Captures State Title, Boys Fall to Thompson Photos from the AHSAA Super 7 State Championship inside Jordan-Hare Stadium on Nov. 30. The Auburn High School flag football team captured the state title with a 26-6 win over Oxford. The Auburn football...

Auburn Basketball Undefeated, But Far from a Finished Product

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Auburn basketball is enjoying life to start the 2022-23 season. Ranked No. 15 in the most recent AP Poll with a record of 7-0, the Tigers have earned an average margin of victory of 13 points, while scoring 70.14...

OHS Enjoys Week Off

OPELIKA — Opelika High athletics had no scheduled games during Thanksgiving break. The OHS basketball teams return to the court this week. The OHS girls’ and boys’ basketball schedule for the upcoming week is listed below: - Dec. 1: OHS boys’ junior varsity basketball...

Hugh Freeze Named Head Football Coach at Auburn

CONTRIBUTED BYAU ATHLETICS AUBURN — Hugh Freeze has been named the 31st head football coach in Auburn's 129-year history, Athletics Director John Cohen announced Monday. An experienced head coach at the collegiate level for 12 years, Freeze has quickly elevated each...

OHS’s John Wadsworth resigns, accepts assistant coaching position at Enterprise

OHS’s John Wadsworth resigns, accepts assistant coaching position at Enterprise

May 20, 2020

By Morgan BryceEditor John Wadsworth has resigned from his post as the head boy’s basketball coach at Opelika High School to take an assistant...

OHS’s John Wadsworth resigns, accepts assistant coaching position at Enterprise

OHS’s John Wadsworth resigns, accepts assistant coaching position at Enterprise

May 14, 2020

By Morgan BryceEditor John Wadsworth has resigned from his post as the head boy’s basketball coach at Opelika High School to take an assistant...

AHSAA FINALIZES ALL SPORTS ALIGNMENTS

AHSAA FINALIZES ALL SPORTS ALIGNMENTS

May 13, 2020

On the Mark By D. Mark Mitchell The Alabama High School Athletic Association held a Central Board of Control meeting last Thursday, finalizing each...

Moving forward

Moving forward

May 6, 2020

By D. Mark Mitchell As I write my column, normally high school athletics would be winding down spring sports and spring football practice.Seniors...

Kira Lowery signs with Auburn women’s basketball

Kira Lowery signs with Auburn women’s basketball

May 6, 2020

Special to theOpelika Observer Kira Lowery, an NJCAA All-American in 2020, will join the Auburn women’s basketball team for the 2020-21 season, head...

AHSAA’s governing body implements rule changes

AHSAA’s governing body implements rule changes

Apr 30, 2020

By D. Mark Mitchell The Alabama High School Athletic Association’s governing body, the Central Board of Control and Legislative Council, met last...

No. 1 Auburn equestrian team named SEC Champions

No. 1 Auburn equestrian team named SEC Champions

Apr 29, 2020

Special to theOpelika Observer The Southeastern Conference announced that the No. 1 Auburn equestrian team are the 2020 SEC Champions after another...

Fifty-seven student-athletes named to Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

Apr 29, 2020

Special to theOpelika Observer A total of 57 Auburn University student-athletes earned a selection to the 2019-2020 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll,...

SSHS’s Athletic Department creates tribute for senior student-athletes

SSHS’s Athletic Department creates tribute for senior student-athletes

Apr 22, 2020

By Morgan BryceEditor During the last 13 months, Smiths Station High School’s senior students and athletes have endured the devastation of an EF-4...

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