September 19, 2026 — Huntsville, AL
Auburn cross country raced Friday at the Southern Showcase at John Hunt Cross Country Running Park in Huntsville, where the Tiger women finished third as a team and the men placed seventh.
Source: Auburn Athletics
From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — September 14 – 20, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 24 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News
September 20, 2026 — Auburn, AL Auburn beat Samford 3-1 (25-18, 28-26, 20-25, 25-20) on Friday and South Alabama 3-1 on Saturday at Neville Arena to finish the non-conference slate at 10-2. Greer Chambless led the Samford win with 15 kills, hitting .353. Grace Havlicek — named SEC Defensive Player of the Week earlier in the week — closed the weekend with 14 kills on 22 swings for a .545 hitting percentage and seven blocks… Read More
September 19, 2026 — Auburn, AL Three different Tigers scored and the defense held Ole Miss to three shots and none on goal as Auburn won 3-0 Friday night at the Auburn Soccer Complex for its first conference victory of the season. Gracie Brown opened the scoring, Grace Ivey doubled the lead less than six minutes later off a pass from Layla Sirdah, and Kennedy Husbands added her first goal of the season at 55:23.… Read More
September 20, 2026 — Auburn, AL Auburn dug out of an early double-digit hole and rallied late, but Florida running back Jadan Baugh ran for 162 yards and three touchdowns to carry the Gators to a 44-39 win Saturday night in the SEC opener for both teams and both first-year head coaches. Florida piled up 495 yards of offense. Quarterback Aaron Philo completed 58% of his passes for 204 yards and a touchdown. The Gators… Read More
Auburn High took an unbeaten region record to Phenix City on Friday and lost 42-10. Central quarterback Bobby Coleman threw for 422 yards and four touchdowns. The Tigers are 3-2 overall, 2-1 in Class 6A, Region 2. Read More
Opelika beat Johnson/Abernathy/Graetz 38-8 at home Friday night, a week after losing to Central-Phenix City. The Bulldogs are 2-2 overall and 2-1 in Class 6A, Region 2, and have an open date before the Oct. 2 trip to Auburn High. Read More
Central-Phenix City 42, Auburn High 10. Opelika 38, JAG 8. Enterprise 42, Dothan 21. Carver-Montgomery 55, Smiths Station 14. All four Class 6A, Region 2 games were played Friday night, leaving Central alone at 3-0 in the region with Auburn, Carver and Opelika a game back. Read More
AUBURN — Auburn volleyball made its home debut count Thursday night, beating UAB 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-19) in front of 1,696 at Neville Arena to open the Alabama Showdown. Anastasija Ivkovic carried the offense with a career-high 13 kills on 19 swings and one error, a .632 hitting percentage, filling in with Lauren Dreves still out and Belle Patrick limited to about half a set. The weekend continues tonight at 6 against Samford for… Read More
AUBURN — Auburn soccer is back at the Auburn Soccer Complex tonight at 6:30 for its second SEC match of the season, hosting Ole Miss on a night the athletics department is billing as "Pixels on the Pitch." The Tigers are 4-1-3 after last week's 1-0 loss to No. 11 Alabama in the Iron Bowl of Soccer, played before 2,319 fans — the second-largest crowd in the complex's history. Auburn's back line leads the SEC… Read More
PHENIX CITY — Auburn High plays the biggest game of its regular season so far tonight, traveling to Central-Phenix City for a 7 p.m. kickoff between two 3-1 teams. The Tigers have won three straight, most recently a 28-21 decision over Enterprise that kept them unbeaten in region play. Central comes in off a 31-24 win at Opelika and has lost only to Thompson, the state's top-ranked Class 7A team, in its opener. Both teams… Read More
OPELIKA — Opelika High School closes out a brutal opening stretch tonight with a 7 p.m. kickoff against Johnson Abernathy Graetz at Bulldog Stadium, a Class 6A Region 2 game that arrives as a welcome breather. The Bulldogs are 1-2 after a season that opened against a run of ranked opponents: a 21-7 loss to Hoover on Aug. 27, a 38-21 Region 2 win over then-No. 10 Enterprise on Sept. 4, and last week's 31-24… Read More
