FORT PAYNE — Whatever resolution was to be reached from the mandatory spring sports stoppage due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, senior athletes from around DeKalb County were hoping there would be something left to salvage on the other side.
FORT PAYNE — Just because the spring sports season has halted, doesn’t mean the athletes have stopped training for its possible return.
FORT PAYNE — No one at Fort Payne High School has thrown a 12-pound ball farther than Nate Crane.
FORT PAYNE — With all high school sports going on a hiatus this week due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, DeKalb County coaches and athletes are dealing with the abrupt stoppage and the uncertainty of what the season holds on the other side.
Fort Payne senior Nate Crane tossed a new school record in shot put Saturday.
FORT PAYNE — Three-sport athletes can be hard to come by. Athletes who can juggle playing three sports and excel at all three are more rare.
The AHSAA released a statement regarding the continuance of spring sports amid growing concerns surrounding the coronavirus Friday morning.
Collin Mayfield’s first-place finish in the boys’ 1600-meter run highlighted the Geraldine track and field team’s participation at the Albertville Kickoff Meet in Albertville last week.
The Fort Payne girls track and field team started the spring season in the best way Saturday, winning the Cullman Invitational.
The Alabama High School Athletic Association Central Board approved changes to winter sports alignments for the upcoming 2020-21 and 2021-22 classification period Monday.
FORT PAYNE — With as strong of a season as the Fort Payne girls had in the 60-meter hurdles, a championship breakthrough was inevitable.
GERALDINE — Not one, not two, not three — but four.
Geraldine’s Collin Mayfield completed his stretch at this weekend’s AHSAA State Indoor Track and Field Championship with three individual state championships.
Fyffe and Geraldine’s indoor track and field team competed in the Last Chance Invitational at the CrossPlex Athletic Facility in Birmingham this weekend.
Geraldine’s Collin Mayfield won the Class 1A-5A boys 3200-meter run at the Martin Luther King Indoor Track and Field Classic in Birmingham on Monday.
FORT PAYNE — When Fort Payne’s hurdlers perform well this indoor track and field season, they always credit a teammate for helping them harness the excellence.
Jacob Hendricks scored the go-ahead basket at the buzzer to lift the Fort Payne boys basketball team to a 61-60 victory against Alexandria on Thursday night.
After a three-way tie for the Region 8 championship, the Fort Payne wrestling team finished runner-up, locking up the region’s No. 2 seed in next month’s AHSAA state dual tournament.
When the Fort Payne wrestling team tied LaFayette (Ga.) at 42 in its second set of home matches last Thursday night, the winner was determined by criteria.
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.
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’s track and field teams competed against several of Tennessee’s top programs Saturday at the McCallie Mid-South Track Classic.
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.
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.
BIRMINGHAM – Fort Payne’s track and field team earned silver medals in three events and had several strong finishes at the AHSAA State Indoor Track and Field Meet this past weekend at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
BIRMINGHAM – Fort Payne’s indoor track and field teams had several strong finishes in a meet at the Birmingham CrossPlex Tuesday where the Wildcats faced off against nearly 1,300 competitors from 42 other schools from across the state.
Fort Payne hurdlers Madi Wallace and Matthew Shaddix both competed against some of the fastest hurdlers in the southeast this past weekend at the USATF Region 6 Junior Olympic Meet at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, where one of the two qualified for a national meet out of…
Fort Payne’s varsity track and field teams capped off a strong regular season with several top finishes against some of the best teams from Tennessee in the McCallie Mid-South Track Classic in Chattanooga on Saturday.
The Fort Payne Wildcats’ track and field teams combined to bring home a dozen gold medals from Albertville’s Aggie Invitational last Monday.
The Fort Payne Wildcats had another strong showing this past weekend at the AHSAA State Indoor Track Championship Meet where they had top 10 finishes in a dozen events.
Fort Payne eighth grader and soon-to-be freshman Madi Wallace etched her name into the Wildcats’ record books when she broke the school’s record in the 300-meter hurdles event at the AHSAA State Track and Field Meet back in May in Gulf Shores.
FORT PAYNE – For the fourth consecutive year, the Fort Payne Lady Wildcats’ track and field team won their Sectional Meet and are headed to the AHSAA Class 6A State Meet in Gulf Shores this weekend.
The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats track and field team placed fourth at the Scottsboro Invitational on Saturday despite missing several of their best athletes during spring break.
The Fort Payne High School track and field team had their first home meet of the season last Thursday and stood out among some of the best teams in the state in the Northeast Alabama Invitational.
The Fort Payne High School track team will be hosting their first home meet of the season Thursday at the Northeast Alabama Invitational sponsored by Turf Tamer.
The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats track and field team had several first-place finishes and beat the field by 30 points to win the Albertville Invitational Meet on Friday.
The Fort Payne High School track and field teams got off to a solid start in their season-opening meet Saturday at the Paul W. Bryant Invitational in Tuscaloosa.
The Fort Payne Lady Wildcats’ 4x800-meter relay team added another set of gold medals to their collection at the AHSAA State Indoor Track and Field Championship Meet on Friday and Saturday at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
Fort Payne High School cross country and track and field athlete Collyn Davis was named as an Alabama state finalist for the Wendy’s High School Heisman award on Monday.
The Fort Payne High School track and field team has earned the opportunity to host what could be the biggest athletic event in school history.
Fort Payne senior Ariyana Neal finished up an impressive junior year for the Wildcats’ track and field team last spring.
Nick Walls is not your average high school track and field champion. An accident involving a 4-wheeler left Walls in a wheelchair in July 2014.
Seventeen Fort Payne Wildcats will all compete for a state title this weekend.
The Fort Payne Wildcats hosted 17 other schools in a track meet a week ago, and, true to form, the ‘Cats were among the top of the pack.
A pair of Fort Payne track stars will continue their track careers at the next level.
The 47th AHSAA State Indoor Track and Field Championships may not have ended the way Fort Payne hoped, but Wildcats track head coach Ashley Jackson said the results from the meet could be deceiving.
Members of the Fort Payne track team had one “last chance” to qualify for the state indoor competition this past weekend.
The Fort Payne Wildcats recently sent 22 athletes to compete at the Ice Breaker Invitational tournament in Birmingham against more than 2,000 other runners from around the state.
Avery Chadwick knew she was going to have to put in the work and that’s what she did.
Avery Chadwick is headed to Tennessee.
Avery Chadwick won a gold medal and a bronze medal in the 1,500 and 800 meter at the 2015 USATF Alabama Association Championships.
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Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. Low near 50F. Winds light and variable.
Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. Low near 50F. Winds light and variable.
Overcast. High 71F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
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Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. Low near 50F. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 0%
Sunrise: 06:32:17 AM
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Cloudy with occasional showers late at night. Low near 50F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
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Sunrise: 06:30:55 AM
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Humidity: 81%
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Cloudy early with partial clearing expected late. Low 39F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
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Sunrise: 06:29:33 AM
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Humidity: 61%
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Partly cloudy skies. Low around 40F. Winds light and variable.
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Sunrise: 06:28:11 AM
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Humidity: 57%
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Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to cloudy skies overnight. Low 47F. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 10%
Sunrise: 06:26:49 AM
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Humidity: 58%
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Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to cloudy skies overnight. Low 52F. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 30%
Sunrise: 06:25:28 AM
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Humidity: 70%
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UV Index: 6 High
Overcast with rain showers at times. Low 54F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%.
