ALEX CITY — Nathan Edwards started the day for Beauregard by throwing a no-hitter. Then, a host of of Hornets’ hitters ended Tuesday at the Lake Martin Classic with red-hot bats.

For obvious reasons, Jeff Lebo was hesitant to discuss Auburn basketball’s future shortly after the Tigers’ final game of the season.

Damien Carr doesn’t need to be told how good he is.

Interested parties have subjected Mitch Joiner to the same question dozens of times since the Class 1A state championship game on Feb. 25.
“What was with that timeout in overtime?”

The Auburn baseball team will return home for a short two-game home stand today and Wednesday, as it plays host to Alabama A&M at 6:30 p.m. on both days.

ALEX CITY — The No. 7 team in Class 5A made short work of the No. 5 team in Class 4A on Monday, as Beauregard’s baseball team blanked Cleburne County, 10-0, in the opening round of the Lake Martin Classic.

The Auburn men’s golf team (293-592) topped the field in the 2010 Tiger Shootout on Monday at the Auburn University Club. Auburn golfers claimed the top six spots in the field, led by sophomore Will McCurdy (70-144) who claimed his first collegiate medalist honors.

It took a little while for Melissa Maddox to realize her high school basketball career was over after Lee-Scott’s 49-46, overtime loss to rival Glenwood in the AISA Class AAA Final Four on Feb. 19.

By the time the playoffs rolled around, Central coach Carolyn Wright wanted her team in “survival of the fittest” mode.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Auburn could not salvage the final game of its series at No. 2 Arizona State, falling 8-3 on Sunday afternoon at Packard Stadium.

Caitlin Stangl’s bases-loaded single in the ninth inning gave the Auburn softball team a 1-0 win over Kentucky to split a Sunday doubleheader, giving the Tigers a 2-1 series win.

When trying to get into shape, most people focus on cardiovascular training and improved eating habits.

WETUMPKA — The second-ranked Gators swept five games at the Edgewood Tournament on Friday and Saturday, beating No. 10 Lee-Scott (10-4) and Bessemer (15-5) on Friday before taking out Hooper, No. 4 Macon-East and the third-ranked hosts to win the tournament Saturday.

For the second year in a row, an area team took home the Class 1A state championship.

There’s no freshly enforced probation, no lack of scholarships and no gray eyesore of a coliseum awaiting Auburn’s new head basketball coach.

When they take to the courts at the town park, Edward Bell’s players have basically the same status as they did before winning the Class 1A state title on Feb. 25.

As UMS-Wright’s Bobby Wyatt walked to the front of the room to receive his Joe King Memorial Classic championship trophy Saturday, one of the spectators at the Auburn University Club couldn’t help but give the future Crimson Tide golfer some good-natured ribbing.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Auburn scored early off of Arizona State, holding a three-run lead after the top of the first and a two-run lead after the top of the second but neither lead was safe as No. 2 Arizona State scored 16 runs on 15 hits to claim a 16-7, series-clinching win over the Tigers on Saturday night at Packard Stadium.

TUSCALOOSA — Spring Break offers a variety of top destinations for college kids — Fort Lauderdale, Panama City and South Padre Island are notorious attractions.

Auburn got home runs from Lauren Guzman and Caitlin Stangl to defeat the Kentucky Wildcats, 3-2, in the SEC opener for both teams Saturday night at Jane B. Moore Field.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Auburn men’s and women’s track and field teams took just three athletes apiece to the NCAA Indoor Championships, but thanks to a strong showing by that group that saw all six earn All-America honors, the women finished the meet in sixth place, while the men tied for 12th.

WETUMPKA — The 10th-ranked Warriors’ baseball team finished 2-2 at the Edgewood Tournament on Friday and Saturday, beating Bessmer, 14-1, on Friday after a 10-4 loss to No. 2 Glenwood earlier in the day, and No. 9 Autauga, 4-3, on Saturday before dropping a 6-4 decision to the third-ranked hosts.

When Jay Jacobs hired Gene Chizik, one point the Auburn athletic director kept coming back to was that Chizik was the best “fit” to lead the Tigers.

For moments, when he contemplated the future of Auburn’s basketball program, Jay Jacobs pretended that the big, new, $92.5 million arena sitting outside his window was a mirage.

The red pen came out only three times on Day 1 of the Joe King Memorial Classic at the par-72 Auburn University Club on Friday.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Auburn built a five-run lead at No. 2 Arizona State on Friday night, but the bullpen couldn’t hold it as the Tigers fell, 9-8, at Packard Stadium.

TUSCALOOSA — Marcell Dareus is Exhibit A for why Alabama’s fourth-quarter conditioning program was particularly intense this offseason.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Calipari only hopes his young Kentucky Wildcats’ first postseason game delivered the message he’s been trying to send — tournament time requires more intensity and desire than the regular season.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Junior Sheniqua Ferguson won a national championship in the 200 meters, two other Tigers finished in the top four in their events and another set a school record as the Auburn track and field teams wrapped up the opening day of competition at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The Auburn softball team will open Southeastern Conference play at home against the Kentucky Wildcats with a three-game series beginning with a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Jane B. Moore Field.