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Pearl Hires Coaching Veteran, Former NBA Champion Williams

CONTRIBUTED BY AU ATHLETICS AUBURN — Corey Williams, a 23-year coaching veteran and player for the 1993 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls, has been hired as an assistant men’s basketball coach on head coach Bruce Pearl’s staff. Williams previously served as an assistant...

Talented Transfer Guard Johnson to Make Impact

CONTRIBUTED BY AU ATHLETICS AUBURN — Chaney Johnson is the latest Auburn men’s basketball signee for head coach Bruce Pearl. The 6-foot-7, 215-pound guard from Alabaster, Alabama, played the last three seasons at NCAA Division II University of Alabama in Huntsville...

Panthers Outlast Hornets in Local Late Season Test

The varsity Smiths Station softball team defeated Beauregard, 2-1, in a non-region home game April 20. Smiths Station, the No. 3 seed in the AHSAA 7A Area 4 standings, will play in its doube- elimination area tournament against No. 2 seed Auburn on May 1. Beauregard,...

Opelika Girls Soccer Preparing for Playoffs

BY DANIEL LOCKE FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The Opelika High School Bulldogs girls soccer team has wasted no time adapting to competing as a 7A squad. The Bulldogs achieved a 7-5 overall record this season and went 4-2 in an area that included teams like Auburn and...
The Blueprint

The Blueprint

Beauregard Football Enters Year 2 Under Jones BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM BEAUREGARD — Beauregard football head coach Justin Jones...

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‘Be Accountable’

‘Be Accountable’

LaFayette Football Looks to Make the Next Step BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LAFAYETTE –– LaFayette head football coach Juan Williams...

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Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Central Phenix City Reloads for 2022 BY HARRISON TARR FOR THE OBSERVER PHENIX CITY –– After seeing their season draw to its conclusion on the losing...

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