Earlier today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced that he was extending phase 2 of the reopening plan until at least September 11. The North Carolina fall sports season was set to begin on September 1st. Phase 2 of the reopening began on August 3rd and allowed athletes to practice with some equipment, including balls, […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Fake Fans and Artificial Crowd Noise: A New Staple?
Luckily, for all of us die hard fans, professional sports are starting to return in some shape or form. Yet, with this return has come the emergence of fake fans and artificial crowd noise. What I mean by this if you have not been able to watch any games since the restart of the major […]
Read More »#TeamFYNsports week 8 games of the week
Starting this year, #TeamFYNsports will be bringing you their top football games of the week for our local area football teams. Team FYN sports director Jake West and Fannin County Rec. Department Athletic Coordinator Tim Towe will also be giving you their picks to win these games of the week. Last week, Jake West was […]
Read More »Recruit GA releases 2a Preseason All American Team
Recruit Georgia has announced their 2a Preseason All American team. The full team is listed below, and the local area teams that Fetch Your News covers are highlighted in bold letters. Fannin County had 4 players named to the team, along with some from Union, Banks, Chattooga, Elbert and Rabun County. OFFENSE QB – […]
Read More »NCHSAA moves into phase 2
Phase 2 of the reopening plan will begin on August 3rd. The new phase does not change the number of student athletes who will be allowed to practice in groups, but it does introduce some new equipment. Social distancing will still be enforced, however kids will finally be able to start practicing with balls again. […]
Read More »Scoring Points: With football pushed back, what happens to basketball?
As of now, according to the Georgia High School Association and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, basketball and all other fall sports besides football are set to begin at their originally planned times. The North Carolina and Georgia High School football seasons were both pushed back two weeks after both organizations decided it […]
Read More »Yousef Mugharbil releases top 7 college choices
Murphy High School’s number 73 Yousef Mugharbil, one of the most sought after recruits in the nation, has narrowed his college favorites down to seven. The list, which he took to twitter to release on Wednesday, includes Florida, North Carolina, North Carolina State, The University of Tennessee, The University of Louisville, Virginia Tech, and Penn […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Football for NC and GA pushed back
The Georgia High School Association held a private meeting earlier today to discuss the upcoming fall football season start dates and schedules. The meeting was not broadcast publicly, but according to sources the competition date for football will be pushed back for two weeks, but the football conditioning and all other sports starting dates are […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Athletics in NCHSAA hands: Good or bad?
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper held a press conference earlier today, where he announced that school systems will be operating on Plan B which is a split, virtual and in-person, system this fall. School districts are also allowed to operate under plan C, which is strictly virtual online learning. Regarding sports, he announced that he […]
Read More »Hiwassee River Friends of NRA Banquet
The annual Hiwassee River Friends of the NRA banquet has been canceled for this year due to the COVID pandemic. Luckily, the committee still has A LOT of awesome prizes to raffle off, including 8 guns! There will be 29 prizes total, including a crystal bracelet, tomb of the unknown soldier sculpture, dont tread on […]
Read More »Scoring Points: New GHSA shot clock rule good for the game
On June 23, the Georgia High School Association voted to implement the use of a shot clock in their high school basketball games over the next three years. According to the GHSA, teams across the state of Georgia will be able to have a soft transition into the new shot clock era. For the upcoming […]
Read More »GHSA Football Championship Schedules
The Georgia High School Football Championships are slated to be played over three consecutive days this year. December 10th through December 12th all classes of GHSA football will play their championship games at Georgia State Stadium. The reasoning for changing to a three day schedule instead of the usual two, is to allow for no […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Minor League Baseball Cancelled
As many of you may have already seen or heard, the upcoming Minor League Baseball season has been canceled. This decision is detrimental to the livelihood of the thousands of players that are in the MiLB system. With the Pro Baseball Agreement between Major and Minor League Baseball set to expire this year, MLB has […]
Read More »Scoring Points: COVID causes more high school sports setbacks
If you have been keeping up with the regular “Scoring Points” Sunday Edition articles, you have probably seen where I have talked about how Iowa has resumed their summer baseball and softball seasons recently. As I am sure most had thought, they have seen some recent sports setbacks in their return. More than a handful […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Will Youth Sports Make it Through Corona Shutdown?
Youth sports are beginning to ramp back up all across the country. In Texas and Florida, all youth sports have resumed their regular programming. In Iowa, baseball and softball have resumed all the way up to the high school level. Even youth football leagues in Indiana have returned for on the field practices. Seeing these […]
Read More »Union County Hires First Female Athletic Director
Union County High School is making history this week, hiring their first ever female Athletic Director in Mandy Hunter. Hunter takes over for Banks Bitterman who served as Athletic Director for this previous year. Hunter was previously the Middle School Athletic Director and brings along with her a mountain of experience and tradition, as she […]
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