Story By Heath Hambrick The Fort Payne Wildcat track and field teams closed their seasons at the AHSAA state track meet in Gulf Shores last week. In the overall standings, Fort…
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Fort Payne student fosters potential of teens
Story By Grady Camp FORT PAYNE — Fort Payne High School sophomore Sophia Al-Halaseh is proving that teenagers have more to offer than many give them credit for. As founder of…
Fort Payne football: Sustaining success
Story by Mark Everett Kelly mark@southerntorchcom Fort Payne Head Football Coach Chris Elmore, pictured here in a calm moment before the storm of the 2024 football season begins, expects to lead…
Goggans to Continue Soccer Career at Huntingdon
FORT PAYNE, Ala.--Fort Payne High School senior Maddie Goggans signed to play soccer with Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama in the fall. Goggans was awarded the Walter Knabe Scholarship (full tuition…
FPHS Seniors Win Congressional App Challenge
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.--Congressman Robert Aderholt recently announced that two Fort Payne High School Seniors have won Alabama’s 4th Congressional District, Congressional App Challenge, This is the…
Stolp Chosen for All-Star Soccer Team
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY – The North-South All-Star Girls’ and Boys’ Soccer Teams have been selected for the 2022 AHSAA North-South All-Star Sports Week, announced Brandon Dean, Director of…
Running Off to College
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, ALA.--The Fort Payne Track and Cross Country teams have six athletes that have signed scholarships to compete at the college level. Patrick Sherrill will…
Write your Own Story
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.-- Graduation…. There is no script, you have to write your own story. The graduates of 2022 have had quite a story. The COVID-19…