A blocked-punt touchdown and two Byrum Brown scores gave Auburn its first SEC home win since November 2024 and Alex Golesh his first conference victory. Read More
Author: Bobbi Baller
Prep Scoreboard: Sept. 24-25
Opelika and Auburn High were idle ahead of their Oct. 2 meeting. Smiths Station won for the first time this season, 28-20 over Wetumpka, Enterprise won 38-21 at Andalusia, and Valley stayed unbeaten with a 24-23 comeback against Russell County. Read More
Auburn Volleyball Opens SEC Play Tonight at Arkansas on a Seven-Match Winning Streak
Auburn volleyball (10-2) opens Southeastern Conference play at Arkansas (8-3) tonight, Friday, Sept. 25. First serve is 7 p.m. CT at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Ark., and the match streams on SEC Network+. The Tigers have won seven straight, including a sweep of last weekend's Alabama Showdown at Neville Arena, where they beat UAB, Samford and South Alabama, each 3-1. They have kept winning without preseason All-SEC pick Lauren Dreves. Anastasija Ivkovic led the team… Read More
Auburn Soccer Wins 2-0 at Missouri for Its Second Straight SEC Shutout; Arkansas Next Sunday
Auburn soccer beat Missouri 2-0 Thursday night in Columbia, Mo., for its second straight SEC shutout and its first conference win on the road this season. The Tigers are now 6-1-3 overall and 2-1-0 in the SEC. Both goals came in a three-minute span in the first half, and junior Kelly Gordon set up both of them. In the 17th minute, Gordon dribbled along the end line and passed to Kennedy Husbands at the top… Read More
Auburn Puts a 34-Game Homecoming Streak on the Line Against Unbeaten Vanderbilt Saturday
Auburn (2-1, 0-1 SEC) hosts undefeated Vanderbilt (3-0) in its Homecoming game Saturday at 3:15 p.m. CT at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game is on the SEC Network and the Auburn Sports Network. The Tigers have won 34 straight Homecoming games, a program record going back to 1992, and are 87-8-4 all-time on Homecoming. Vanderbilt comes in after one of the wildest finishes of the season. Trailing NC State 17-0 in the first half and 24-7… Read More
Auburn Soccer Plays Its First SEC Road Match Tonight at Missouri
Auburn soccer plays its first SEC road match of the season tonight, Thursday, Sept. 24, at Missouri. Kickoff is 6 p.m. CT at Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium in Columbia, streaming on SEC Network+. The Tigers are 1-1 in SEC play. They lost 1-0 to No. 11 Alabama in the Iron Bowl of Soccer, then shut out Ole Miss 3-0 last week for their first league win. Missouri is coming off a 5-0 home win… Read More
No. 3 Auburn Equestrian Opens Its Season at Home vs. Lynchburg Today and Bridgewater Friday — Admission Free
Auburn's third-ranked equestrian team opens its 2026-27 season this week with two Jumping Seat meets at home at the Auburn University Equestrian Center. The Tigers host Lynchburg today, Thursday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. CT, and Bridgewater (Va.) on Friday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. CT. Admission is free for both meets. Next on the home schedule is SMU on Saturday, Oct. 3, followed by South Carolina on Friday, Oct. 9. Source: Auburn Tigers (auburntigers.com)… Read More
AISA Will Stop Running Private-School Sports After 2026-27 as the New GSIAA Takes Over
The Alabama Independent School Association's board has voted to end its interscholastic athletics program after the 2026-27 school year. That closes out more than 50 years of AISA-run private-school sports in Alabama, the Opelika Observer reported Wednesday. The Observer reported that the decision was driven at least in part by the new Gulf States Independent Athletic Association (GSIAA), which AISA says it supports. "This is an emotional decision because athletics has been an important part… Read More
Opelika’s ‘UPS Man in the Stands’ Savors a Last Season With Both Adopted Sons on the Field
If you've been to a home game at Bulldog Stadium, you've probably heard Richard Oden before you saw him. The Opelika Observer profiles the retired UPS driver who, since 2024, has worked the stands in his brown uniform as the "UPS Man in the Stands, Delivering Wins," a routine that has drawn millions of views online. This fall is bittersweet for Oden and his wife, Brittany. It is the last season their two oldest adopted… Read More
Opelika Flag Football Beats Escambia County 21-6, Wins Its Second Straight
Opelika's flag football team handed Escambia County its first loss of the season Saturday, beating the Blue Devils 21-6 for the Bulldogs' second win in a row. The result moved Opelika to 4-3 and dropped Escambia County to 3-1. The Bulldogs have a long break before their next game: they visit Auburn on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 5 p.m. Source: MaxPreps Opelika Daily News — Tuesday Report, Sept. 22, 2026 | Compiled by Viktor AI… Read More
Golesh Says Auburn Was ‘So Amped’ in Its Florida Loss; Vanderbilt Visits Saturday at 3:15
Auburn's diagnosis of its 44-39 SEC-opening loss to Florida had less to do with schemes than with adrenaline, coach Alex Golesh said at his Monday news conference. "We were so amped," Golesh said. "You end up coming out way more emotional than you want to. At least to me, you gotta be able to just settle and play, play, to play, to play. And we didn't do a good enough job." The numbers behind the… Read More
