Addison Wheatley scored 18 points and the Auburn High girls broke a two-game losing skid by coming from behind in the 4th quarter to nip Illini Central, 44-41 Monday at Doglio Gym.
The Pleasant Plains Cardinals boys basketball team won their fourth straight Sangamon County Tournament title Friday night, but the Auburn Trojans definitely made them work for it.
Coach Matt Grimm picked up his 300th career win as the Auburn High School wrestlers completed a sweep of three duals at Vandalia Saturday.
Cole Edie and Joey Ruzic were back on top of the medal podium for the Auburn High School wrestlers, this time taking first place at the Lyle King Invitational hosted by Princeton.
Auburn High’s wrestling team showed it remains among the elite small school programs in the state with a sixth place finish at Abe’s Rumble held December 28-30 at the BOS Center in Springfield.
Auburn snapped a six-game losing skid by winning its last two games in the Riverton Girls Christmas Tournament, 48-18 over the Pana junior varsity and 62-33 over Decatur Lutheran.
Auburn hit 11 3-pointers to roll to an easy 72-45 win over Tri-City/Sangamon Valley in the first round of the Waverly Holiday Tournament Monday.
The Auburn Trojans survived close calls against Pawnee and Pana to extend their season-opening winning streak to nine games.
The Auburn High wrestling team has started the 2022-23 season by winning six of its first seven dual meets.
Coach Seth McCoy notched his 100th career win at Auburn last week as the Trojans rolled to an easy 62-32 road win at Carlinville.
The Auburn High School wrestling team will start the 2022-23 season by hosting a Mt. Zion and Tremont Thursday, December 1 at 5 p.m.
Auburn’s first foray into the world of boys Thanksgiving Holiday Tournament can be termed a success.
The Auburn High girls cruised past Lutheran 48-22 Monday to win their pool in the Waverly Thanksgiving Tournament with a 3-0 record.
North Mac used balanced scoring to defeat the Auburn High girls 54-43 in the season opener for both teams Monday.
Auburn High’s boys basketball team will open the 2022-23 season in the 12th annual Bill Rucks Memorial Tournament at Mt. Pulaski November 21-26.
Carter Smith scored 13 points and Drew Megginson netted 10 to lead the Auburn 7th grade boys to their first win of the season, 41-9 at Carlinville.
The Auburn High School girls basketball team will tip off the 2022-23 season with a road game at North Mac Monday. The junior varsity game will start at 6 p.m.
Auburn’s 7th grade girls outscored Williamsville 18-0 over the middle two quarters to roll to a 28-9 win in the third place of the County Tournament at Doglio Gym last Wednesday.
Pana used a high-powered offense to roll past Auburn 59-30 in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs Friday. The Trojans closed out the year with a 6-4 record.
The Auburn football Trojans are back in the postseason after a one-year hiatus and will travel to play Pana in a Class 2A first round game Friday at 7 p.m.
Auburn clinched a berth in the IHSA playoffs by pulling away in the 2nd half to defeat Stanford Olympia 48-26 in wet and windy conditions on Senior Night Friday at Potts Memorial Field.
Auburn rallied from behind in the late going of both sets to knock off New Berlin 27-25, 25-23 in a two-set thriller on Dig For the Cure Night last Thursday at Doglio Gymnasium.
Talin Kern passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more and the Trojan defense pitched a shutout as Auburn won its third straight game with a 34-0 road win at Pittsfield Friday.
Shelby Seiler and Mailee Schoen of Auburn both qualified for the IHSA Class 1A Girls Golf Sectional at Lincoln from last Thursday’s Regional held at Charleston Country Club.
Auburn High senior Logan Kavish has qualified for the IHSA Class 1A Boys Golf State Finals for the second straight year as an individual.
Mailee Schoen and Shelby Seiler both placed in the top eight for the Auburn High girls golf team at the Sangamo Conference Meet held last Thursday at Edgewood Golf Course.
It’s an old cliche but there is also no doubt most if not all that walked away from Michael J. Potts Memorial Field Friday night believed they had witnessed a game neither team deserved to lose.
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.
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.
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.
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