The winningest coach in North Carolina has decided to close the “coaching” chapter of his life after 50 years. Murphy Bulldogs head coach David Gentry announced today that he is retiring from coaching football. He will retire ranked top 20 in the country in all-time wins, leaving a mark on the town of Murphy […]
Read More »Dogs On Top! Win 426 For Coach Gentry is Championship Number 10 For Murphy
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit Win number 426 for legendary Murphy Bulldogs Head Coach David Gentry was one for the books. His Dogs defeated Northside-Pinetown 14-7 to claim the schools 10th State Title, and 9th under his reign. This title was definitely not one of the prettiest or easiest to come by. The Hall […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Congrats to State Bound Andrews Shooting Team
The Andrews Varsity Shooting Team has advanced to the State Championship after winning their district tournament. Congratulations to Braydon Rowland, Dalton Rose, Dalton West, Carley Clark, Kaden Postell, Mackenzie Stalcup, and Dylan Ledford. The teams accolades include but are not limited to: District Champs Team champs in Shotgun Team champs in Archery Team champs in […]
Read More »Scoring Points- Consolidation Thoughts
As everyone in the community knows, the decision has been made to consolidate the 3 High Schools in Cherokee County. That means that Hiwassee Dam, Murphy, and Andrews High Schools will join under one roof, as one School. Many people have many differing opinions on whether this will be a good or bad thing for […]
Read More »Scoring Points- Basketball Players of the Year
The FYN Sports writing staff was bale to sit down after the basketball season concluded and give out out postseason awards. This was a crazy basketball season across all states that FYN covers, and we saw an unprecedented amount of teams advance to at lease the Sweet 16 of either the GHSA or NCHSAA state […]
Read More »Scoring Points: More Fans allowed at games in NC
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced that the cap on fans at sporting events would be increased. The new order went into effect last week. Outdoor sports are allowed to have a maximum of 30% of the venues capacity, so even though we wont see stadiums filled, we will see an exponential increase in fans. […]
Read More »Scoring points: More Fans at Games in NC
NCHSAA- Que Tucker, the North Carolina Athletic Association Commissioner, sent out a letter today in which she talked about the limits placed on spectators at outdoor sporting events. North Carolina High Schools currently are required to limit spectators to 100 people at all outdoor sporting events thanks to NC Governor Roy Coopers executive order that […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Pickens HC Grant Myers
FYN Sports was able to sit down and catch up with new Pickens Dragons Head Coach Grant Myers. Myers has been on the Pickens staff for the previous 2 years, serving as the Defensive Coordinator and Strength Coach. We talked to him about what he would bring to the table as a young Head Coach, […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Bobcat nation in good hands
Gilmer Co., Ga- As all football fans in the area know, the Head Coaching position left vacant by former Bobcat coach Kevin Saunders has since been filled. Paul Standard, former St. Pius Head Coach for 20 years, has been named the next Head honcho at Gilmer. As the Director of FYN Sports, I had the […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Congrats to the Middle School Champs
Team FYN Sports had a very busy week this past week. We covered the North Georgia Mountain League Middle School Boys Basketball Tournament from start to finish. We started with the first round on Tuesday, then finished up on Friday with the Championship games. We were also live on site streaming the JV and Varsity […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Congrats to the MHS Volleyball Team
Murphy High School’s volleyball team has been on a tear this season. So much so, that they’ve only lost one set the entire season. Not one match, one single set! The Bulldogs found themselves in their final match of the season against Robbinsville this past week. They won the first set 25-7, second set 25-12, […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Masks not stopping MHS volleyball
Two teams have stood atop of the Smoky Mountain Conference volleyball standings this year: The Murphy Bulldogs and the Rosman Tigers. Those two teams saw their first action against each other last week. Murphy headed into the match 9-0 while Rosman was 5-0. Murphy won the first two sets before dropping their first set of […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Coaching Carousel
Hello everyone! I know that high school football is technically over here in Georgia, but is it ever really over? This off-season has just begun and already we are seeing coaching jobs come open left and right. Gilmer Head Coach Kevin Saunders resigned a few weeks ago and just this past week we saw Pickens […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Congrats to the Fannin seniors
#TeamFYNsports would like to take the time to congratulate the 2020 Seniors on the Fannin County football squad. The Rebels fell to the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes Friday night in the Elite Eight of the GHSA playoffs. This team made it deeper into the playoffs than any other team in Fannin history besides the 1995 team. […]
Read More »Scoring Points: NCHSAA Playoffs Shakeup
After a 2020 season that will present its own challenges and has already been moved to the spring, don’t expect things to get back to our expected norm in the years to come. The Board of Directors voted for a complete overhaul of the state football playoffs. Beginning next year there will no longer be […]
Read More »Scoring Points: GHSA Football Playoffs are here
The 2020 Georgia High School Association Playoffs are here! That is a statement that I did not think that I would be able to say at the start of this season. We have seen games get cancelled, postponed, moved and rescheduled all year. But alas, we have made it! Now is when the COVID concerns […]
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