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How Auburn’s Basketball Roster is Shaping Up for Next Season BY WIL CREWSSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPINION — It’s spring and that means it is time to clean house. Under head coach Bruce Pearl, the Auburn University basketball team has done well with its spring...
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OHS Girls’ Basketball Building on Success Under Smalley

BY JAKE GONZALEZ FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The first season as a head coach is tough enough already. It is especially hard when you land the job just a few months before the season starts. A year ago, Blake Smalley was thrust into the role as head coach of the...
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Hart Sets the Standard

Junior is first-ever Loachapoka athlete to receive Ivy League scholarship offer By Wil Crews sportscrews@opelikaobserver LOACHAPOKA — From his quiet demeanor, ever-present poker face and school-branded basketball sweatshirt, you wouldn’t know Loachapoka rising senior...
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‘WANTED MORE’: Beulah Softball Comes Up Short

BY JAKE GONZALEZ FOR THE OBSERVER BEULAH — The cool spring air has fled as the drenching summer heat has come into replace it. With the arrival of the heat, spring sports have begun to finish and some came to an end before teams were ready. Beulah High’s softball...
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Chiefs move to #1 with sixth win

Apr 13, 2016

By Fred Woods Editor Our Opelika Chiefs ran their season’s record to 6-0 with a 36-22 win over the previously undefeated and second-ranked Capital...

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Lady Dawgs beat Auburn 4-0

Apr 13, 2016

By D. Mark Mitchell sports columnist SOFTBALL The OHS softball team improved to 10-10 after beating Woodland and Auburn last week. The Lady Bulldogs...

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