PREP BLITZ Football Preview SUPER8 SENIORS ALBERT CESARE/OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS Pages 12-13 2 N WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013 AUBURN HIGH TIGERS OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS N www.oanow.com Tigers have bright outlook with 34 seniors returning BY JASON GALLOWAY
[email protected] Game Night Guide Some of the big names have » Nickname: Tigers moved on, most notably line- » Colors: Blue and white backer Reuben Foster and » Stadium: Duck Samford quarterback Cameron Echols- (8,310) Luper. Auburn » Location: Intersection of But a number of potential sophomore Glenn Avenue and East Univer- Division-I players — including quarterback sity Drive Rashaan Evans, Blaise Taylor, Bradley » Admission: $7 Antreal Allen, Darian Yancy, Northcutt will » Parking: $2 behind stadium, Mike Turner and Selwyn and start under free across East University and Delwyn Torbert — are part of a center for Glenn long list of 34 seniors back for the Tigers » Radio: WINGS (94.3 FM), this season. another shot at a deep playoff ESPN (106.5 FM) and WANI Northcutt run. (1400 AM) saw some » Home kickoff time: 7 p.m. “I really like this group,” Au- significant burn High head coach Tim » Last playoff appearance: playing time 2012 Carter said. “They’re a good last year as a group of kids. They work ex- backup. tremely hard. They had a lot to do with our success last year. ALBERT CESARE/ “I feel like as long as we “We’ve had a great offseason.
[email protected] execute and do what we’re They’ve displayed great lead- supposed to do, our defense ership.