Auburn High School’s football coaching search has been a quiet one over the last few weeks, but Auburn City Schools superintendent Cristen Herring offered an update on Tuesday.

Auburn City Schools officially hired Oxford head coach Keith Etheredge to the same position at a called school board meeting Friday afternoon. Etheredge replaces Adam Winegarden.

Auburn High guard Noah Warren came through for the Tigers on Wednesday, as he hit a buzzer-beating shot to take down Fairhope in double overtime and send Auburn to the state semis.

"We are going to build this program to be something that those boys and this community are going to be proud of. I can guarantee it."

The Lanett girls got the better of LaFayette on Thursday, as the Panthers surged ahead in the third quarter then held off a late Lady Bulldogs’ rally to secure a 53-47 victory.

Antonial Ware and the Notasulga Blue Devils simply could not be stopped in the second half as Notasulga dominated in a 69-51 victory to push the team to the Class 1A state semis.

The Auburn High baseball team capped off a road trip to Mobile by taking two games from Mary Montgomery on Saturday.

“The difference here is Auburn is an established program. I'm just looking forward to continuing that success and building on that success.”

The Auburn High girls took over in the third quarter against Central-Phenix City on Wednesday on their way to a 52-39 victory. The win sends Auburn to the Class 7A state semifinals.

Former Opelika High School football coach Brian Blackmon has a new job at the college level.