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AHSAA Director Opens High School Football Media Days

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Executive Director Alvin Briggs kicked off the sixth annual East Alabama High School Media Days at the Bottling Plant Event Center in Opelika on Tuesday. Briggs,...

Loachapoka Football Ready to Encore Successful 2022

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LOACHAPOKA — The Loachapoka High School varsity football team is looking to continue building on “The ‘Poka Way.” “The main thing about the ‘Poka Way is getting back to the tradition of Loachapoka High School,” said head...

Senior-Heavy Beulah Football Ready to ‘Flip the Script’

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER BEULAH — Beulah’s high school football team hasn’t made the playoffs since 2018, and it has posted a losing record every year since. The Bobcats are ready to put those years behind them. According to head coach Matthew Johnson, and...

Jones Has Beauregard Believing Again After Strong Debut Season

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER BEAUREGARD –– Beauregard high school football coach Justin Jones has set a blueprint for his team: “Go hard, do right and expect to win.” The Hornets only won six games total from 2019 to 2021, but after a 10-2 season and a trip to...
Spring Sports Underway

Spring Sports Underway

OPELIKA — Opelika's girls and boys soccer teams opened the 2023 season Thursday night against American Christian Academy at the W. James Samford...

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OHS Athletes Ink Scholarships

OHS Athletes Ink Scholarships

Opelika senior Tae Gay signed a football scholarship with Tuskegeee University on National Signing Day, Wednesday, Feb. 1. 2023-02-01 OHS National...

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