MONTGOMERY – The Collinsville Lady Panthers had a promising start in their second trip to the Class 2A State Tournament in three years, but narrowly came up short of leaving Lagoon Park with a trophy.

PRATTVILLE – Fort Payne juniors Harrison Davis and Dawson Garrett both qualified as individuals last week to compete in the AHSAA’s State Golf Championships Monday and Tuesday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill’s Legislator course and made the most out of that opportunity.

FLORENCE – The Class 2A softball north regional tournament finally concluded Monday night after several rain delays and saw one DeKalb County team punch their ticket to the state tournament in Montgomery while two others had their seasons come to an end.

FLORENCE – The Plainview Lady Bears are headed to Montgomery for the Class 3A State Softball Tournament for a fourth consecutive year following their 3-1 run through the North Regional this past weekend in Florence.

The season for the Fort Payne Wildcat golf team came to an end on Monday in the finals of the Sub-State Tournament.  

GULF SHORES – The Fort Payne Wildcats’ track and field teams set several school records while battling for a state title at the AHSAA state championship meet this past weekend at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores.

Class 1A-3A’s No. 3-ranked Collinsville Panthers are Huntsville bound following their 7-0 second-round blowout of Whitesburg Christian Academy Thursday in the AHSAA state soccer playoffs.

HUNTSVILLE – Hollywood directors would struggle to create a more dramatic finish than Friday’s third-round playoff matchup between the Fort Payne Wildcats and Randolph Raiders did.

OXFORD – The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats had their season come to an end Thursday after a heartbreaking loss in extra innings to area rival Albertville.

The Plainview Lady Bears are moving on to the 3A North Regionals in Florence next week after finishing runner-up in the 3A, Area 15 Tournament behind Pisgah.

COLLINSVILLE – The Collinsville Lady Panthers are 2A, Area 13 champions after a pair of runaway wins over the Fyffe Lady Red Devils on Wednesday and Thursday at home.

On Tuesday the Fort Payne Wildcats’ golf team accomplished the first step in their quest for a state title with a second-place finish at Canebrake Country Club in Athens.  

OXFORD – The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats split their first two postseason games Tuesday in the 6A, Area 13 Tournament.

FORT PAYNE – The 6A, No. 3-ranked Fort Payne Wildcats advanced to the elite eight of the state soccer playoffs after defeating one of their top rivals for a third time this season at home on Monday.

The Collinsville Panthers’ varsity boys soccer are moving on the sweet 16 of the 1A-3A state playoffs after a dominant performance in their first-round matchup against Mars Hill at home.

Fort Payne all-state golfers Dawson Garrett and Harrison Davis proved their merit at Silver Lakes Golf Course in Glencoe Monday. 

SYLVANIA – The Sylvania Rams had their 2019 season come to an end Friday in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs after a pair of hard-fought losses to the Winfield Pirates at Sylvania City Park.

FORT PAYNE – The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats’ track and field team continued their run of dominance in sectional meets over the weekend as they won their sixth straight Class 6A Sectional and punched their ticket to Gulf Shores for the State Championship Meet.

The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats won a pair of games by mercy over DeKalb County foes on Monday and Tuesday.

The Sylvania Rams’ varsity boys capped off their best season in program history Tuesday with a fifth-place overall finish in the AHSAA’s Class 1A-3A State Tennis Championships at Lagoon Park in Montgomery.

The Sylvania Rams advanced to the sweet 16 of the AHSAA Class 3A State Baseball Tournament after completing a 2-game sweep of the Lexington Bears on the road Saturday.

The Plainview Bears spoiled the Fort Payne Wildcats’ senior night on Monday with a 4-3 win that needed an extra inning to decide a victor.

The Ider Hornets ran circles around the Richard Hardy Memorial School Hawks of South Pittsburg, Tennessee on their way to an 11-1 win Monday that ended after six innings.

The Plainview Lady Bears went on the road Wednesday and defeated Class 6A’s No. 1-ranked team, toppling the Buckhorn Lady Bucks by a final score of 6-3.

The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats bested two of their top rivals in back-to-back wins on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Collinsville Lady Panthers used two early rallies at the plate to mercy rule the Ider Lady Hornets 11-1 in six innings Tuesday on the road.

The No. 2-ranked Collinsville Panthers clinched the Class 1A-3A, Area 7 championship and the right to host a first-round playoff game after Tuesday’s 6-0 shutout victory over Whitesburg Christian Academy.

The Fort Payne Wildcats capped off their 2019 season Tuesday on a high note with a 10-4 win over the Fyffe Red Devils on the road.

The Valley Head Tigers punched their ticket to the Class 1A state playoffs with a dominant performance in a win-or-go-home situation against area rival Woodville on the road.

The Fort Payne’s track and field teams competed against several of Tennessee’s top programs Saturday at the McCallie Mid-South Track Classic.

RAINSVILLE – The Plainview Bears were crowned the 2019 DeKalb County Baseball Tournament champions Saturday after blasting past area rival Sylvania 16-1 in the tournament’s championship game.

The Fort Payne Wildcat golf team demolished the field at Hampton Cove Golf Course in Huntsville Monday by firing a 2-over par team score of 290.  

FORT PAYNE – The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats used a pair of big rallies at the plate and a dominant performance in the pitcher’s circle from Addison Eason to beat the Cherokee County Lady Warriors 8-1 Wednesday at home.

The Sylvania Rams varsity soccer teams split their matchups with Whitesburg Christian Thursday, with the Lady Rams dominating their way to an 8-0 win and the varisty boys team falling by a score of 1-0.

The Fort Payne Wildcats’ varsity boys and girls soccer teams both clinched 6A, Area 13 championships with hard fought wins over the Albertville Aggies this past week.

ALBERTVILLE – The Fort Payne Wildcats came up short in a crucial area bout Tuesday against rival Albertville.

Fort Payne’s track and field teams won six events Friday at Albertville’s Aggie Invitational meet and earned top-five overall finishes in fields of 15-plus teams.

SYLVANIA – The Plainview Lady Bears rolled past area rival Sylvania Tuesday in dominant fashion.

Glen Hicks’ first retirement wasn’t really a retirement.

The Fyffe Red Devils pulled off a 2-game sweep of area rival Ider on Tuesday and Wednesday by a combined score of 23-0.

The Sylvania Rams pulled off a 2-game sweep of the Plainview Bears on Tuesday and Wednesday and turned the top of the 3A, Area 15 standings into a 3-way tie.