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 boys and girls’ teams combined to earn five gold medals and recorded 25 top-eight finishes in Saturday’s events.
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