LOCAL MATCHUPS
PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SERIES: Section’s schedule includes five games against long-time foes Jason Bowen Section head coach Riley Edwards is a big…
2024 ASWA All-State Baseball Team
Eight local players honored for their outstanding performances By SHANNON J. ALLEN The Reporter Eight players from The Reporter’s coverage area earned recognition on…
Boaz football
Pirates win 7-on-7s at Scottsboro, SMPA By TAYLOR D. BECK The Reporter BOAZ, Ala. — It was a busy, but successful week…
Cooper Garrett is one of several Fort Payne High School athletes representing the school at the AHSSA North-South All-Stars event.
Story by Mark Everett Kelly mark@emilysoutherntorch-com Fort Payne and DeKalb County will be proudly represented when the ASHAA North/South All-Stars square off…
BECK: Talking the best teams in Aggies Football history
By TAYLOR BECK Several weeks ago after Albertville City Schools chose to rename its football stadium in honor of legendary head coach…
SUMMER HOOPS
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Jackson County basketball coaches recap their teams’ summer competition Jason Bowen The start of the 2024-25 high school…
Negro Leagues History Vital to Alabama
Story by Mark Everett Kelly mark@southerntorch.com While most everyone knows that Jackie Robinson first integrated Major League Baseball n 1947 when he…
Rams putting in the work to grow mentally, physically
By TAYLOR D. BECK The Reporter ASBURY — As Asbury prepares to play in arguably the toughest region in Alabama high school…
Walker takes over at CHS
By SHANNON J. ALLEN The Reporter Jason Walker is the new head football coach at Crossville High School. The DeKalb County Board…
Six Aggies tennis players sign scholarships
By TAYLOR D. BECK The Reporter ALBERTVILLE — Surrounded by family, friends, coaches and teammates, six senior Aggies tennis players recently signed…