By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Sylvania 5, Collinsville 4 SYLVANIA, Ala.—The Sylvania Rams defeated the Collinsville Panthers 5-4 Saturday night in a 4 hour, 16 inning game. Fans enjoyed the warmer…
Year: 2016
Pisgah Softball holds round robin tournament
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com PISGAH, Ala.—The Pisgah Lady Eagles held a round robin tournament this past weekend. Local teams including Sylvania, Ider, North Jackson, Skyline, North Sand Mountain and…
Fyffe takes down the Bears
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Fyffe 9, Plainview 7 RAINSVILLE, Ala.—The Fyffe Red Devils defeated the Plainview Bears 9-7 on Saturday. Will Mashburn was the winning pitcher striking out 4…
Collinsville places second in tournament
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Cleburne County 5, Collinsville 1 CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ala.—Collinsville Lady Panthers defeated Fort Payne, Appalachian and Gadsden City to face Cleburne County in the final round of…
Baseball Box Scores March 8-March 15, 2016
Fyffe 9, Plainview 7 Fort Payne 4, Plainview 3 Sylvania 5, Gaston 4 Sylvania 10, Cedar Bluff 4 Fyffe 8, Ider 1 Westbrook 20, Geraldine 4 Crossville 3, Sardis 0 Ashville…
Softball Box Scores March 8-March 15, 2016
Sylvania 16, Section 1 Pisgah 12, Sylvania 2 Sylvania 6, Skyline 4 North Jackson 4, Sylvania 3 Sylvania 11, NSM 1 Ider 2, Sylvania 0 Plainview 15, NSM 0 Ider 7,…
Spotlight on Coaches
GERALDINE, Ala.—The Southern Torch featured coach of the week is Coach Jamie Gilbert, Head Baseball Coach at Geraldine High School. Coach Gilbert graduated from Geraldine in 1987. He went to Wallace…
Setting the bar high
Featured image: Members of the Fort Payne Wildcat weightlifting team are as follows: Top row, from left, Michael Shaddix, Austin Weldon, Jordan Walls, Gladston Patterson, Marcus Chaney, Colton Blevins, Victor Lyles, Jonathan…