PHOTO: The Fort Payne City Board of Education met on Thursday, July 21 for their monthly meeting. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full…
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Inside the Huddle, Summer review, by Marla Jones
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com For the past nine weeks, I have had the honor to attend football practices at every school in the county. At each school, I was…
Spotlight on Coaches: Fort Payne Wildcats Head Coach Paul Ellis
FORT PAYNE, Ala.—The Southern Torch Coach of the Week is Paul Ellis, Head Coach of the Fort Payne Wildcats. Coach Ellis graduated from Fyffe High School. He received his degree in…
Future Stars of Baseball
Featured image: Henagar Wildcats 9 & 10 Baseball: Bryant Burgess #20, Gavin Chambers #13,Wesley Gothard #10,John Godwin #12, Thomas Hester #15,Thomas Keith #35,Austyn Lindsey #36,Kyle Martin #4,Drew Sanders #7, Joshua Scott #5,…
Fort Payne Wildcats pounce the Tigers
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Fort Payne 63, Madison County 7 GURLEY, Ala.—On Friday night, the Fort Payne Wildcats traveled to face Madison County Tigers in the 2016 Spring Jamboree. In…
Are you ready for some football?
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com GERALDINE, Ala.— It's that time of the year… the time all football fans look forward to. Spring Jamboree. This year Geraldine will host the Jamboree…
Ider Lady Hornets defeat Scottsboro
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com SCOTTSBORO, Ala.—The Ider Lady Hornets defeated Scottsboro to win the Scottsboro Invitational Softball Tournament Saturday. Ider defeated Bob Jones in the first game of pool…
Geraldine falls to Sand Rock
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Sand Rock 3, Geraldine 1 GERALDINE, Ala.—The Sand Rock Wildcats defeated the Geraldine Bulldogs Tuesday in Class 3A, Area 13 play. The loss for Geraldine…