OPELIKA ATHLETICS
The athletic week was quiet for most of the week due to the Alabama high school graduation test for each student in high school that had not taken the tests or for any student that may have not completed the exams.
BASEBALL
The varsity baseball team opened the home schedule Saturday, splitting a doubleheader , losing to Shaw of Columbus Ga. And beating Tallassee
GAME 1
Shaw beat the bulldogs 16-4 in the opener behind 13 hits and 8 walks. Shaw scored 7 runs in the first 3 innings and cruised to the easy win. Taylor Daniel took the loss, going 3 innings allowing 5 earned runs, 5 walks while striking out 2. Clayton Taylor relieved Daniels and allowed 7 earned runs on 7 hits and walked 3 batters.
The Dawgs scored a run in the first 4 innings but could not catch up. The offense was led by 3 players with 2 hits apiece. Blake Smith had 2 singles, 3 rbi, walked and scored a run, Chris Gothard 2 singles and Ethan Brown 2 singles. Tyler Jones added a triple and an rbi.