By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Plainview 62-Geraldine 46 RAINSVILLE, Ala.— In a packed out coliseum, Plainview faced Class 3 A No. 5 ranked, Geraldine in subregional play, Monday night. Plainview…
Tag: alabama
Fort Payne Lady Wildcats advance to Regionals
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Fort Payne 60-Pell City 57 FORT PAYNE, Ala.— The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats defeated the Pell City Panthers Monday night to seal their spot in…
Hero or Bad Guy?
By Dr. John E. Morgan Pastor–Collinsville Baptist Church Heroes. I love movies with heroes who stand up to the bad guys and make everything right. Like Star Wars with Luke and…
A Moment with Megan: Sitting with the King
By Megan Blansit Founder of The Beautiful Movement - a youth ministry for high school girls. For more information, visit The Beautiful Movement’s Facebook page, where I post the time, place,…
DeKalb County voters to decide on seats in U.S. House and Senate
By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Because 2016 is a presidential election year and media coverage of the presidential race is so extensive, the importance of other races on the ballot—county, statewide, even…
Section defeats Collinsville to win Area
By John Morgan, Sports Reporter Section 52-Collinsville 38 In the championship game, Section rode the play of Caleb Haynes and Caleb Henshaw. Haynes had 12 of Section’s first quarter 14 points,…
Section defeats Ider in Area Tournament
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Section 72-Ider 47 SECTION, Ala.— Section playing on its home court against Ider, jumped to a quick lead and never looked back to win in…
Collinsville heads to regionals
By John Morgan, Sports Reporter Collinsville 39-Randolph County 37 Collinsville “How do you win a game where you only score 9 points in the second half?” A Collinsville coach answered, “You…