Georgia High School’s officially were able to return to workouts on June 8th. The GHSA held a meeting last week and voted to push back the original start date they had agreed upon, moving things a week back from the 1st to the 8th. The meeting was held electronically and was broadcast on the NFHS […]
Read More »Scoring Points: My take on CCS consolidation
The long-awaited vote for the consolidation of the three Cherokee County High Schools was conducted on May 28, where the Cherokee County School Board voted 4-2 in favor of consolidation. Thanks to a $15 million grant that the county received back in 2018, Murphy, Andrews, and Hiwassee Dam High Schools will all be joined as […]
Read More »Texas to allow spectators to return to pro sports
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday may 28th that fans will be allowed at outdoor sporting events in a limited capacity. Starting on Friday, all counties will be able to host in-person spectators for outdoor sports in venues as long as visitors are capped at 25% capacity. The professional sports leagues will have to adhere […]
Read More »Scoring Points: GHSA Gives OK For Sports To Resume
The Georgia High School Association plans to reopen high school sports activities beginning June 8th, after Robin Hines (director of the GHSA) and his board of trustees came to the unanimous decision on Thursday afternoon. Much like what I wrote about last week when North Carolina came to their decision to reopen, Georgia will do […]
Read More »NC sports return on the horizon
Ask and you shall receive! The North Carolina High School Athletic Association sent out an email on Tuesday to over 400 member schools that declared its ban on sports related activities would end on June 1st. What a breath of fresh air to have a statement come out with actual substance. The one thing that […]
Read More »Scoring Points: GHSA sports update
Last week the NCHSAA held a board meeting and talked about the reopening of highschool sports and what they were planning to do for the future fall season. Honestly, not a lot of answers came out of that session as none of the leaders wanted to speculate anything about the future with so much being […]
Read More »Scoring Points: NCHSAA Board Declares Bulldogs Champs during meeting
The NCHSAA held a board of directors meeting on Wednesday, April 29. During that meeting, many things were discussed about the upcoming fall sports season and what to do about the state championship game cancelations of the last fall season. The board of directors announced at the conclusion of the meeting that they would be […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Gentry says ‘one more time’
High School Hall Of Fame Coach, David Gentry of the Murphy Bulldogs made his decision to return for another season this past week. Gentry told another reporter David Thompson, “My plan is to be on the sideline again as long as there is a season. I wouldn’t do it if I wasn’t excited about it. […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Sports in the US and a need vs want
Being that we are without sports right now in any capacity, every fan around the world seems to be speculating when they will return. There has been a lot of talk about the return of sports to a nation yearning for some hint of normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic. Major League Baseball has been giving […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Spring Sports spent getting back to “normal”
The Georgia High School Association has announced they are canceling sports for the 2020 spring semester. They have also decided that they will not be granting another year of eligibility to students who are losing their senior year of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously school’s were set to go back to regular schedule […]
Read More »Scoring Points: Saving Spring Sports
(Although Kemp has since closed schools for the remainder of the year. FYN Sunday Edition is still running this opinion in its original form to highlight some Georgia student athletes and their efforts for Spring Sports this year.) With Georgia Governor Brian Kemp extending order for schools to remain closed until April 24th, April 27th […]
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