After a long and trying season, the Auburn basketball team is nearing the end of the line.

Getting on base wasn’t a problem for Auburn’s hitters Wednesday against Appalachian State.

But once the Tigers reached base, not much else happened.

TUSCALOOSA — Quarterback John Parker Wilson, whose prolific offensive numbers were often overshadowed by costly turnovers last season, opens his final spring drills at the University of Alabama today.

The way Mark Gottfried sees it, Alabama doesn’t have to win four games to win the SEC Tournament and crash its way into the NCAA field.

The Crimson Tide only has to win one game — but do it four days in a row in Atlanta.

Ryan Brooks is truly living out a childhood dream as a walk-on basketball player for Auburn University.

VALLEY — The Auburn High softball team took a 15-4 win over Valley on Wednesday.

Myesha Finney’s three-run home run capped a five-run outburst and propelled the Auburn softball team to an 8-0 victory over 15th-ranked Mississippi State on Wednesday afternoon at Jane B. Moore Field. 

DE Antonio Coleman says he’ll be back this spring.

For two weeks, quarterback Chris Todd has been a spectator at Auburn football practice.

It didn’t take long for the Lee County Board of Education to decide on Smiths Station’s new head coach.

The start of Southeastern Conference play is just around the corner.

Freshman Kyndall White’s walk-off home run to open the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Auburn softball a 5-4 victory over 15th-ranked Mississippi State and a split of the first two games of the series Tuesday at Jane B. Moore Field.

The Auburn boys golf team beat Opelika in an 18-hole shootout Tuesday at the Auburn University Club, 310-331.

Auburn freshman Gaby Beelen clinched Auburn’s 4-3 upset over No. 15 Texas Christian University in a three-set thriller. 

Quentin Groves was tired.

The Auburn baseball team will play the final two games of its season-long eight-game home stand this week, playing host to Appalachian State (7-6) today and Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Michael Nix is “living a dream.”

Opelika pitcher Chase Dawson said he didn’t have any of his pitches working during Monday’s 11-3 win over Shaw (Ga.).

Auburn High started off hot, then coasted to a 4-0 victory over Northside (Ga.) on Monday night.

The Auburn softball team opens Southeastern Conference play with a three-game series against 18th-ranked Mississippi State beginning today with Game 1 of a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. at Jane B. Moore Field.

For the fourth consecutive game, Auburn’s offense was too much for the Keydets’ pitching, and the Tigers’ bullpen made an early lead stick. Sunday, the recipe worked out to a 6-5 Auburn victory, the Tigers’ sixth in a row.

Strong pitching performances and junior catcher Tatiana Fernandez’s four RBI helped lead the Auburn softball to wins over Tennessee Tech and Lipscomb in the final day of the War Eagle Classic. 

TROY — Glenwood’s softball team took three wins on Saturday to bring home the Pike Liberal Arts Invitational championship.

That, in a nutshell, is Paul Rhoads. The former high school valedictorian loves to teach, whether it’s a game-breaking blitz or an ear-splitting whistle.

Pelphrey started his seniors for their last home game — as many as he could, at least. The Razorbacks have six, and they all contributed to a 77-64 victory over Auburn on Saturday night.

With bitter cold and early snow hitting the Auburn Softball Complex on Saturday, the Auburn Spring Invitational felt more like the Auburn Winter Invitational.

The weather at Plainsman Park on Saturday was near freezing.

But Auburn’s Cory Luckie was cooler than ice.

TUSCALOOSA — Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried sounded as much relieved as excited when he noted the different ending for the Crimson Tide in Saturday’s regular-season finale against No. 16 Vanderbilt.

MILLBROOK — Lee-Scott’s softball team (9-1) took three wins and a tournament championship on Saturday.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Auburn senior Reuben McCoy drastically improved his chances of qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a second-place performance at the Alex Wilson Invitaitonal hosted by Notre Dame on Saturday.