Auburn High’s volleyball girls defeated Pawnee 25-13, 25-15 in non-conference action at Doglio Gym last Thursday.

Auburn used several big plays to get the 2022 season off to a good start with a 42-21 triumph over WFNB Friday at Potts Field. The Trojans will try to make it two straight on the road this Friday at Maroa-Forsyth, a 7 p.m. kickoff.

The Auburn High boys cross country team made a strong showing at the first major meet of the season, Saturday’s Light It Up Invitational at Clinton.

The Auburn High boys golf team defeated North Mac in a dual meet at Edgewood GC last Tuesday, 195-209.

The fall sports season is already underway for several sports teams at Auburn High School. Following is a brief preview of some of the fall teams: 

Joey Ruzic of Auburn added another championship to his resume by winning the 2022 United States Marine Corps Junior Nationals Greco-Roman wrestling title at 113 pounds at Fargo, North Dakota last week.

Addison Wheatley wound up as the leader in eight offensive categories for the Auburn High softball girls, who made history by winning a share of the Sangamo Conference title for the first time ever in 2022.

Five new school records were established this year by Auburn High School track and field athletes.

Anna Hunley, who led the Auburn High girls soccer team in goals and assists, received several postseason honors.

Auburn High School track and field standouts Jackson Kern and Jacob Rollins ended the 2022 season with an exclamation point by repeating as double medalists at the IHSA Class 1A State Finals in Charleston, only with improved performances. 

The Auburn High boys track and field team made history by scoring 77 points to win an extremely competitive Class 1A Sectional at North Mac last Wednesday.

Jacob Barth concluded a remarkable 8th grade season on the medal stand no less than four times at the IESA Class 3A State Track and Field Finals at East Peoria.

The Auburn Trojans stayed alive in the postseason with an 11-4 win over Sullivan in the first round of the Class 2A Regional here Monday. 

STATE CHAMPION - Auburn’s Jacob Barth leads the field in the 8th grade boys 1600 meters at the IESA State Finals and went on to take first place with a time of 4:47.77. Barth’s remarkable weekend saw him finish second in the 800, third in the long jump and anchor the fifth place 4x400 relay team.

Auburn High’s storybook run to a share of the Sangamo Conference softball title reached a fitting conclusion last Wednesday as the Trojans shut out Petersburg Porta 10-0 in six innings at Leonard Field.

Auburn suffered its first loss in the Sangamo Conference with a 14-2 setback at Maroa-Forsyth but the softball girls earned a split of conference games by crushing Riverton 18-1 in four innings.

Aleese Trimingham set a new school record in the 100 meter high hurdles to pick up one of two first places for the Auburn High girls team at Saturday’s Rocket Invitational at Rochester.

Emma Reynolds went three-for-four with four runs batted in to lead the Auburn High softball girls to a 7-4 home win over North Mac last Thursday.

Auburn’s 8th grade boys track and field team scored 92 points to bring home the first place plaque from Saturday’s Sangamon County Meet at New Berlin.

Auburn scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and held on to make history with its first-ever win over Williamsville in girls softball, 7-4 at Leonard Field last Thursday.

Both Auburn High track and field teams came out on top in a pair of home meets held last week.

Auburn High’s softball girls won three of four games last week, all Sangamo Conference wins over Athens, Pleasant Plains and New Berlin. The lone loss was a 5-4 setback to Sacred Heart-Griffin, which is 14-2 on the season.

Auburn High’s boys track and field team opened the outdoor season by winning a six-team meet at Rushville Saturday.

Auburn pounded out 16 hits while Sydney Rabideau pitched a two-hit shutout Monday as the Trojans blanked Hillsboro 15-0 in four innings.

Auburn broke open a close game with seven runs in the bottom of the 5th inning and the Trojans went on to crush Jacksonville Routt 11-1 in six innings for their first win of the 2022 season and their first under new head coach Ryan Patterson.

The spring sports season at Auburn High School is already underway but will get into full swing next week with all of the teams in action.

Jackson Kern and Jeffrey Sharp won first places for the Auburn High boys track and field team at Saturday’s Jersey Thaw at Principia College in Elsah.

Bloomington Central Catholic outscored Auburn 33-22 in the 2nd half to end the Trojans’ postseason run with a 58-46 loss in the 2A Sectional semifinals at Stanford Olympia last Tuesday.

Juniors Dresden Grimm and Cole Edie established new team records for the Auburn High wrestlers in 2021-22.

The Auburn Trojans ended 18 years of postseason frustration by winning the Class 2A Regional title with an epic 72-70 three-overtime victory over Porta/AC Central Friday at Petersburg.

Eleven Auburn Junior High wrestlers qualified for the IESA Sectional at East Peoria with top three finishes at Saturday’s Class A Regional hosted by Auburn. The Trojans had five champions on the way to placing second as a team with 195.5 points behind Litchfield (261).

Four Auburn High School wrestlers will compete in the IHSA Class 1A Individual State Finals after placing in the top four at the Saturday’s Vandalia Sectional. 

The Auburn Trojans bounced back from a tough 62-58 overtime loss to Pleasant Plains with back-to-back road wins over two of the area’s better teams. 

The Auburn High wrestling team qualified seven individuals for the Vandalia Sectional on the way to capturing the team title at the Jacksonville Routt Class 1A Regional Saturday.

Auburn put four players in double figures to advance into the semifinals of the Sangamon County Tournament with a 63-50 triumph over Tri-City/Sangamon Valley Tuesday at LLCC’s Cass Gymnasium.

The Auburn High wrestling team finished in 15th place in the 58-team Abe’s Rumble held last week at the BOS Center in Springfield.

All-Tournament selection Spencer Rikas scored 20 points to lead Auburn to a 55-42 win over New Berlin Thursday in the third place game at the Waverly Holiday Tournament.

The Auburn Trojans are back in the semifinals of the Waverly Holiday Tournament for the first time since 2018 after winning their first two games.

The Auburn High wrestlers went 4-3 in seven duals over a three-day stretch last week and are now 9-5 on the season.

Joey Ruzic and Dresden Grimm won individual titles to lead the Auburn High wrestling team to third place in the Rex Avery Invitational at Petersburg Porta Saturday.

Auburn High’s wrestling team won four of five matches at Saturday’s Litchfield Duals after splitting a pair at the season opening triangular at Mt. Zion.

The Auburn Trojans went to 2-0 on the season with a win that won’t mean a title of any kind but surely has to rank as one of the greatest in school history, if only because any time David beats Goliath, it’s a big deal.

Auburn got 18 points from All-Tournament selection Marley Smith and 12 apiece from Izzy Davis and Kendal Conway to cruise past North Greene 62-25 for seventh place in the Waverly Thanksgiving Tournament.

The Auburn High School varsity wrestling team will open the 2021-22 season with a triangular meet at Mt. Zion Thursday, December 2 along with Tremont.

Marley Smith poured in a career-high 38 points to lead the Auburn High girls to a 70-48 triumph over North Mac in the season opener Monday.

Trojan Basketball Academy is a boys and girls basketball academy for grades K-5. The Academy will be held at Auburn Middle School Gym for eight weeks starting Saturday, January 8, 2022. The academy will be run by the boys and girls high school and junior high coaches and players. 

The Auburn High School girls basketball team will open the 2021-22 season at home against North Mac Monday. The junior varsity game will tip off at 6 p.m.

Treshaun Lancaster scored four touchdowns and the Trojan defense pitched a shutout as Auburn closed out the 2021 season on a high note with a 42-0 shutout win at Petersburg Porta Friday. The Trojans ended the year at 3-6 overall.