Auburn High School junior Marley Smith joined an exclusive club by scoring her 1,000th career point Monday as the Lady Trojans lost 39-27 at Gillespie.

Auburn High’s girls cross country team capped the best season in school history with a fourth place finish at Saturday’s Class 1A Sectional at Elmwood.

The Auburn High girls cross country team continued the greatest season in the history of the program by winning the championship of the Class 1A Regional at Petersburg Porta Saturday. Auburn scored 46 points to win the 10-team Regional by a slim four-point margin over Sacred Heart-Griffin (5…

Auburn wrapped up the girls Sangamo Conference cross country title with its eighth straight triangular meet win Saturday at Michael J. Potts Memorial Field.

The Auburn High School girls golf team qualified for the Class 1A Sectional for the fourth consecutive year with a runner-up finish at the Regional held at Lake Shore Golf Course in Taylorville last Wednesday. The Lady Trojans shot a 367 total to trail only Sacred Heart-Griffin in the 13-tea…

Auburn Junior High’s boys cross country team put an exclamation point on an unbeaten season by winning the team title of the Class 2A Sectional at Bethalto Saturday. The Jr. Trojans didn’t just win, they swept the first five places to score a perfect 15 points and blow away the rest of the f…

Auburn High’s boys golf team shot a 343 total to take third place in the 11-team Class 1A Regional Tuesday at Jacksonville Country Club.

Auburn High’s boys golf team took third place in the Sangamo Conference Tournament held Friday at Four Willows Golf Course in Mason City.

Auburn High’s girls cross country team won its fourth straight conference triangular meet Saturday to stay unbeaten in the Sangamo Conference.

Auburn High’s girls golf team won the Lady Viper Invitational held Saturday at Terry Park in Palmyra. The Lady Trojans shot a 184 total to win the title by four strokes over Williamsville. The tournament was shortened to nine holes due to rain.

Auburn rolled to a 16-0 four-inning win at Tri-City Friday that featured an 11-run outburst in the top of the 4th inning. The Jr. Trojans outhit the hosts, 13-2.

Auburn High’s boys golf team took third place in the 15-team Bulldog Invitational held Saturday at Country Hills Golf Course.

The Auburn High girls cross country team began the 2020 season by defeating Athens 17-38 in a dual meet at Michael J. Potts Memorial Field Saturday.

Auburn High’s boys golf team went to 5-3 on the season with a narrow second place finish behind Lincolnwood in a four-team meet Monday at Shoal Creek in Raymond. Auburn shot a 162 total to finish one stroke behind the host Lancers (161) and ahead of Carlinville (193) and Mt. Olive (201). 

The Auburn Junior High baseball team outhit Riverton 9-1 and rolled to a 12-0 shutout in the season opener Saturday.

After first being terminated due to COVID-19, then reinstated less than a week later, the junior high sports season is scheduled to get underway Saturday, August 15.

Registration for the 2020 Auburn Soccer Association is now available on the ASA website at auburnsports.org.

Three Auburn Junior High wrestlers have qualified for the IESA Class A State Finals at DeKalb by placing in the top four at the East Peoria Sectional held Saturday.

The Auburn High School wrestling team completed a historic season by finishing fourth in the IHSA Class 1A State Dual Team Wrestling Finals Saturday at Bloomington.

The Auburn Trojans had displayed a knack for the late comeback this season, such as the coming from six points down with :51 left to beat Calvary 51-49, and overcoming a 58-50 deficit with 1:17 left to stun North Mac, 61-59.

The best season in the history of the Auburn High wrestling program got even better Tuesday at as the Trojans qualified for the Dual Team State Finals by demolishing Benton 66-18 in the 1A Sectional at Shelbyville. 

 Auburn will be well represented at the IHSA Class 1A State Individual Wresting Finals once again as the Trojans qualified seven wrestlers from the Sectional hosted by Vandalia last weekend.

The Auburn Lady Trojans advanced to the finals of the Class 2A Regional at Doglio Gym with two wins before falling to top-seeded Pleasant Plains 51-28 in the championship game Saturday.

 Auburn High School qualified 11 wrestlers for the Class 1A Individual Sectional at Vandalia with top three finishes at the Regional hosted by Jacksonville ISD at MacMurray College Saturday.

 Talin Kern scored 16 of his 19 points in the 2nd half to lead the Auburn 8th grade boys past top-seeded Camp Point Central for the Class 3A Regional title here Saturday.

Led by individual firsts from Charlie Patterson and Kalique Edwards, the Auburn High wrestling team took third place in the Rich Lovellette Invitational at Litchfield Saturday.

The Auburn High School wrestling team established a new school record for dual wins in a season by sweeping Shelbyville and Carlinville last Thursday at Doglio Gym. 

 The Auburn High wrestling team will host a four-team meet against Carlinville, Shelbyville and Mt. Olive at Doglio Gym Thursday (tonight) at 5 p.m. with a chance to make history.

 Auburn High’s wrestling team continued their great season with a third place finish in the loaded Princeton Invitational over the weekend, the best finish ever by the Trojans at the PIT. 

Riverton put four players in double figures to hand Auburn its first Sangamo Conference loss with a 59-45 setback Tuesday at Doglio Gym.

 The Auburn High wrestling team lived up to its top ten state ranking with a fifth place finish in the 60-team Abe’s Rumble held Friday and Saturday at the BOS Center in Springfield.

 Auburn’s bid for its first title at the Waverly Holiday Tournament in ten years was derailed with a 48-45 upset loss to Jacksonville Routt in the second round Friday. But the Trojans bounced back to post narrow wins over South County (49-44) and North Mac (54-45) to bring home fifth place.

Auburn High head football coach Dave Bates awarded 27 varsity letters at the annual banquet held December 18.

 The Auburn Trojans had nine individual placers and scored 227 points to bring home the team title from the Rex Avery Invitational held Saturday at Petersburg Porta.

Auburn picked up a pair of non-conference wins by different means over the weekend as the Trojans trampled Pawnee 68-32 and then edged Pana by a 63-58 final.

The Auburn High wrestling team has high expectations for another great season and the Trojans have started the 2019-20 campaign by winning their first seven dual meets.

Auburn’s 7th grade girls won a 34-29 overtime thriller over Athens last Wednesday to capture the Class 3A Regional title at Divernon.

Auburn won its first two games in the Waverly Thanksgiving Tourney over the weekend, defeating host South County 41-33 Friday, and North Greene by a 45-35 final Saturday. The Lady Trojans lost to Carrollton 48-34 Monday and are 3-1 on the year.

Auburn High’s wrestling team kicks off both a new season and a new era with the addition of New Berlin as part of a co-op program for 2019-20.

Michael Bates of Auburn will be honored with induction into the Illinois College Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2020. Bates, a 2015 graduate of IC, will join ten others at the induction ceremony to be held Friday, February 7, 2020 at the Cummings Dining Hall in Jacksonville.

Denim Cook rushed for 220 yards and two touchdowns as visiting Decatur St. Teresa ended Auburn’s postseason run with a 34-6 quarterfinal win Saturday at Potts Field. The Trojans bowed out with an 8-4 record.

Cautiously optimistic was the way Coach Dave Bates was feeling heading into Auburn’s rematch with Maroa-Forsyth in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs Saturday.

Auburn rode yet another outstanding defensive effort to advance to the second round of the Class 2A playoffs with a 19-0 road win at Chester Saturday.

Auburn defeated Litchfield in the first round of the Class 2A Regional at Doglio Gym Monday, but the Lady Trojans saw their season come to an end with a three-set loss to Carlinville Tuesday. Auburn finished the year at 15-21 overall.

Auburn’s 7th grade girls basketball team has started the 2019 season by winning its first nine games. The Jr. Trojans picked up wins over Pleasant Plains (25-11) and Pawnee (31-6) last week and are the No. 1 seed in next week’s County Tournament at Williamsville.

The Auburn Trojans clinched a playoff berth and also earned a milestone win for Coach Dave Bates with a convincing 41-8 road win at Petersburg Porta Friday.