Category: Prep Sports

Auburn High won at Enterprise 28-21 on Friday for its third consecutive victory, moving to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in Class 6A Region 2 with a trip to Central-Phenix City next. Read More

Opelika was tied with the state's No. 2 team at 24-24 with under five minutes left before Central-Phenix City pulled away for a 31-24 win in Class 6A Region 2 at Bulldog Stadium. Read More

The biggest home game of Opelika's regular season arrives tonight: No. 8 Opelika (1-1, 1-0 Class 6A Region 2) hosts No. 3 Central-Phenix City (2-1, 1-0) at 7 p.m. at Bulldog Stadium. The Bulldogs come in off a 38-21 region-opening win over No. 10 Enterprise, the first victory of Jonathan Chandler's tenure as head coach, built on a heavy ground game and two defensive touchdowns. Senior quarterback CJ Sankey — who threw for roughly 2,700… Read More

Back at Duck Samford Stadium for the first time in nearly 10 months, the Auburn High School flag football team ran Booker T. Washington off the field 34-0 in a mercy-rule finish on Sept. 1. The Lady Tigers (4-3) turned takeaways straight into points. After Booker T. Washington (1-2) picked off an Auburn pass early, Kaleah Palmer answered by stepping in front of a throw and returning it 51 yards for a pick-six with 7:50… Read More

OPELIKA — Since founding Opelika High School's bowling program in 2023, coach Donald Sanders has taken a team to regionals, helped a bowler earn a college scholarship and won a county rivalry trophy. What the Bulldogs still do not have is a place of their own to bowl. Every practice and match happens at the Lucky Strike on Opelika Road because there are no lanes on campus — a gap Sanders told The Observer is… Read More

September 6, 2026 — Opelika, AL Opelika beat Enterprise 38-21 on Friday night at Bulldog Stadium, opening Class 6A Region 2 play with a win over a fellow top-10 team and giving first-year head coach Jonathan Chandler his first victory with the Bulldogs. Opelika led 13-7 at the half and controlled the line of scrimmage after the break. Running back Jalen Nelson ran for 128 yards on 17 carries and accounted for three touchdowns —… Read More

SMITHS STATION — Opelika High School's girls flag football team spoiled Glenwood School's program debut with a 19-0 win in The Swamp on Aug. 26, the Opelika Observer reports. Freshman J.Z. Agee starred both ways for the Lady Bulldogs (1-0) with a receiving touchdown and two interceptions. Jaela Holmes threw three touchdown passes and Kaiden Sallie caught two of them, with Opelika breaking the game open in the second quarter. For the first-year Lady Gators… Read More

AUBURN — Opelika High School volleyball beat Lee-Scott Academy 3-2 at Samford Gymnasium on Aug. 31, snapping a three-match losing streak against the Lady Warriors, the Opelika Observer reports. The Lady Bulldogs (2-2) took the second, third and fifth sets 25-21, 25-8 and 15-5. Lee-Scott (2-5) won the first 27-25 and the fourth 25-18. Alaina Thomas posted 15 kills and 15 digs for Opelika, Lauren Skipper added 10 kills, two blocks and six aces, and… Read More

OPELIKA — Opelika (0-1) returns to Bulldog Stadium on Friday, Sept. 4, for its first Class 6A Region 2 game of the season against Enterprise, a week after a 21-7 loss to Hoover in the season opener. The Wildcats arrive at 2-0 after a 40-38 win over Pike Road and a 58-12 rout of Crestview High School in Florida, per the Opelika Observer. Enterprise head coach Ben Blackmon is 33-16 in four years with the… Read More

August 28, 2026 — Lee County, AL No. 6 Auburn High opened its season with a 31-21 win over Choctawhatchee in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Friday night. Elsewhere in the area, Loachapoka rolled past Lee-Scott Academy 33-14, LaFayette beat Beauregard 45-22 and Dr. Percy L. Julian edged Smiths Station 25-21. Source: Opelika-Auburn News / 1819 News scoreboard From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — August 24 – 30, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 21… Read More