Katryel Clark of Auburn and Spencer Walker of Bartonville were recently honored as the 2019 recipients of the Dick Dhabalt Athlete of the Year Awards at Lincoln Land Community College.

The Auburn High School volleyball team will begin practices Monday, August 12 from 3 to 6 p.m. in Doglio Gym.

The Auburn Football Moms will hold their first meeting of the 2019 season Tuesday, July 23 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.

Practices for the Auburn Junior High baseball team will begin Wednesday, August 7. The team will practice from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Registration for the 2019 Auburn Junior Football League season will be held Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 2.  Sessions will be held at the football field concession stand from 6 to 7 p.m. both nights.  There will also be a session Saturday, June 29, from 10 to 11 a.m. 

Auburn High School had four individual qualifiers for the IHSA Boys Class 1A State Track and Field Meet but none were able to advance to the finals out of Thursday’s preliminaries.

Dallas Eicken of Auburn earned All-Sectional honors in girls soccer for the second straight year, being named as a first team defender for the Section 7 All-Sectional team.

The Auburn School Board voted (7-0) to allow the Auburn and New Berlin high school wrestling teams to co-op for two years starting next school year during a brief regular meeting last Wednesday, the first to include new members Brad Smith and Carl Kessler,

Auburn High is sending four athletes to the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet and one of them will be competing in the maximum of four individual events.

Ellie Canaday of Auburn set a new record in the discus among her two first places at the Sangamon County Meet held Friday at Auburn.

Auburn pounded out 17 hits including three each by Braydon Smith, Reece Conway and Tyrus Thomason on the way to a 15-4 Sangamo Conference win over Riverton last Thursday.

Greg Downs of Auburn was the top individual performer as the only triple winner at the Derks-Taft Invitational Saturday at Rochester, and tied the school record in the 200 meters in the process.

Jace Eicken scored all three goals for Auburn as the Lady Trojans posted a 3-0 shutout win over Beardstown Tuesday to start 2-0 in the Pleasant Plains Tournament.

Freshman Katryel Clark of Lincoln Land Community College was recently honored with selection to the NJCAA Division II All-American women’s basketball second team.

Auburn’s 7th grade girls scored 90 points to tie for first place with Williamsville in their division of the Sangamon County Track Meet held Saturday at Athens.

Greg Downs won four events to lead the Auburn High boys track team to victory in a five-team meet at Potts Field Monday. The Trojans scored 139 points to outdistance Riverton (100), South County (54), Greenfield (54) and Calvary (20).

Morgan Tanner struck out 11 in pitching a six-hitter as the Auburn High softball girls topped Pana 6-1 Tuesday at Leonard Field.

Dallas Eicken scored two goals and Abbie Divjak netted one as Auburn kicked off the 2019 girls soccer season with a 3-0 home win over Southeast last Thursday.

ord to 3-0 on the young season with a 13-3 road win Tuesday at Gillespie.

The 2019 seasons for three Auburn High School spring sports teams will get started this week.

Weather permitting, the Auburn High baseball team is scheduled to start the 2019 season with a home game Monday at 4:30 p.m. against Springfield Lanphier.

Auburn Junior High School had one individual champion among nine qualifiers from the IESA Class A Wrestling Regional at Divernon Saturday.

Petersburg Porta avenged a regular season loss to Auburn by knocking off the Trojans 45-32 in the semifinals of the Class 2A Regional at Pittsfield last Wednesday.

Cam Lee of Auburn ended his senior season on the podium with a  sixth place finish at 138 pounds at the IHSA Class 1A State Wrestling Finals Saturday.

Auburn used a big edge at the free throw line to extend its best season in nine years with a 50-39 opening round win over host Pittsfield in the Class 2A Regional Monday.

The Auburn Trojans achieved a 20-win season for the first time in nine years by holding on for defeat Porta in a 42-39 Sangamo Conference thriller Friday at Doglio Gym.

Despite playing with a shorthanded lineup, the Auburn Trojans keep finding ways to win.

Auburn put three players in double figures and outrebounded New Berlin by a 30-17 margin to knock off the Pretzels 53-42 in Sangamo Conference action Friday at Doglio Gym.

Auburn broke open a close contest with a 15-2 run to end the first half and rolled to a 74-48 win over North Greene in the opening round of the Waverly Holiday Tournament Wednesday.

Whether by a one-point thriller or a running clock blowout, the Auburn Trojans extended their winning streak to five with a weekend sweep over “the Illinis.”

Justin Tanner poured in a career-best 33 points and Payton Krager had 22 to lead Auburn to a 75-59 Sangamo Conference win over Athens Tuesday at Doglio Gym.

Coach Dave Bates awarded 25 major letters at the Auburn High School football banquet held in November.

For the second time in four years, the Auburn High wrestling team brought home the championship of the Rex Avery Invitational held Saturday at Petersburg Porta.

Auburn High School’s varsity wrestling team will open the 2018-19 season with a triangular meet at Argenta-Oreana Thursday, November 29 along with Decatur Eisenhower.

Auburn outscored visiting Illini Central 15-4 in the 3rd quarter to break open a game tied at halftime Monday. The Lady Trojans went to 2-0 in the Sangamo Conference and 4-2 overall with a 52-38 victory.

Auburn High School honored athletes in volleyball, golf and cross country at the annual banquet held Thursday, November 8.

The Auburn Junior High School wrestling team will begin practices Monday, November 26 at the elementary school gym in Auburn.

New Berlin avenged a regular season loss to Auburn when it counted, knocking off the Lady Trojans in two sets, 25-23, 25-11 to win the Class 2A Regional title at Pittsfield last Thursday.

The Little Trojans Wrestling Club will hold a registration night Monday, October 29 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Auburn Elementary School gymnasium.

Senior Katie Tanner concluded her oustanding high school golf career with a tie for eighth place at the IHSA Class 1A Girls State Golf Tournament.

For the first time since 1986, the Auburn High School boys golf team has qualified for the Sectional with a top three finish in the Regional.

The Auburn High volleyball team will hold its annual Volley for the Cure fundraiser Tuesday, October 2 at Doglio Gym against Staunton. The public is invited to attend.