#TeamFYNsports week 9 games of the week
Team FYN Sports November 8, 2020
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, Tim Towe went 3-1, incorrectly picking the Union County Panthers to win against Elbert. Jake West went 2-2, incorrectly picking the Panthers as well and incorrectly picking Gilmer to win.
Tim is now 28-7 overall and Jake is 23-12.
Cherokee Bluff @ Dawson
Tim: Winner of this game takes control of Region 7AAA.
Cherokee Bluff 7-0 off to its best start in school history. Ranked as high as 9th in the polls by AJC. Dawson is 4-3 but they are peaking at the right time. I like Sid Maxwell and the Tigers at home to make a statement and get the win. Prediction: Dawson
Jake: This is a game that I wish I could be at tonight. Cherokee Bluff is a power house of a team and Dawson is so well coached they are going to make you beat them honestly. Im gonna have to go with Cherokee Bluff in this one though. I think they are just too much for Dawson. Prediction: Cherokee Bluff
Fannin @ Chattooga
Tim: Saturday night football! Rebels off to their best start since 1995. Rebels will look to go 7-0 on Saturday. Chattooga is in the middle of a 5 games in 19 day stretch. The Indians have a ton of talent. Their RB Lashaun Lester has a UAB offer, they have a freshmen who is among the states leaders in Receiving Yards in Nic Hester. Hester also plays Corner on defense. Their QB Cash Allen is 6 foot 7 and is the only player Ive seen the last 2 years that can punt the ball better than Fannins own Luke Holloway. The problem is Hester and Lester have both been banged up. I hope they are able to play Saturday. Either way I like Fannin big in this one. Prediction: Fannin
Jake: Give me Fannin all the way. The Chattooga football team was dealt a bad hand with their schedule recently and I really feel bad for them. They are a pretty talented football team, but I think that fatigue catches up to them when they run into the Rebels on Saturday. Prediction: Fannin
Ridgeland @ Pickens
Tim: Saturday night football! I could get use to the Thursday-Friday- Saturday football games as long as they arent being moved due to Covid matters. Dragons will be playing at home for the 1st time in over a month and I think the 1st time in 22 days. Ridgeland has a little but more experience, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Defensive End Jeremiah Tuner has had offers from Point and Bethel just in the past 2 weeks. I like Ridgeland by 10 Prediction: Ridgeland
Jake: I am gonna have to go with Ridgeland here too. They are just too much for the Dragons. I hope this one stays close though. Prediction: Ridgeland
Clay @ Copper Basin
Tim: Yes, Basin is banged up and Grabowski is not playing. Yes, they havent played in a long time. Yes, from an outsider looking in you are probably picking Clay. Im not. Give me the dang Cougars! Those boys have worked hard throughout the season and dont want to end the season with a home loss. Give me the Cougars. Prediction: Copper Basin
Jake: I hate picking against local teams, but I think I am going to have to in this one. I am going with Clay County here. Basin has just lost too much heading into this years playoffs. Bryson Grabowski was the backbone of this team and it just looks to me like they cant move the ball at all without him commanding their offense. Prediction: Clay County
Gilmer @ West Hall
Tim: Gilmer traveling down to the Hot Gates at West Hall. Gilmer needs to win this to stay alive for the playoffs. I think the win a close one here. I think Coach Saunders and his staff will have a great gameplan tonight and will win by a touchdown. Prediction: Gilmer
Jake: I think I have to go with Gilmer on this one. West Hall has 2 wins on the year, one of those coming against a winless Chestatee team. I see this one being very close though and honestly think it could go either way. Prediction: Gilmer
Phase 2 extended past sports resumption date
Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle August 9, 2020
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, but still does not allow the use of protective equipment which is vital to football.
Phase 2 also requires social distancing.
The NCHSAA has yet to comment on the governors decision and the effect it will have on the upcoming season. As of now though, sports will not be happening on September 1st.
“We do not have anything to share at this point. We will be providing an update to the membership very soon,” NCHSAA Commissioner Que Tucker said.
As of Wednesday morning, a majority of NCHSAA member schools have resumed sports workouts. It is the first time a majority of schools have resumed sports activities since sports were suspended due to the Coronavirus in march.
Stay tuned to FYN Sports for an update on the ongoing situation and to hear the NCHSAA’s latest statement.
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Yousef Mugharbil releases top 7 college choices
Fetching Featured July 26, 2020
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 State.
With the release of his top 7 choices, he also said that his recruitment is still 100 percent open and isnt close to making any decision.
Yousef Mugharbil is listed as a 6 foot five inch 315 pound offensive tackle. He is currently a 4 star recruit according to 24/7 sports and has offers from nearly 20 different division 1 colleges.
Mugharbils 3 older brothers also attended Murphy High School and were active in athletics.
His junior season highlights can be found here.
Tune into FYN sports next week as we plan on speaking with Yousef over the weekend and hearing what he has to say about being one of the top recruits in the nation, and everything that he has gone through so far that has put him into this position.
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Scoring Points: Football for NC and GA pushed back
Just For Fun July 26, 2020
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 unchanged.
The first football games will be held on labor day weekend, with scrimmages on August 21 and 28.
There will be a full regular season and a full playoff schedule as of right now.
Practice will begin next Monday, with pads starting August 1.
North Carolina has some of the same things, pushing back their start date 2 weeks to September 1, to allow players and coaches a chance to get a grip on things.
Personally, I think that this postponement of the season is probably going to end up being a good thing. With pro sports starting back up and everything, it will give the high schools something they can look at and model after, as long as those professional sports end up going over well.
I think that the postponement was inevitable, and I am just glad that they are planning on playing at this point in time. A year without sports would be detrimental to the community in-itself, much less the athletes that would be missing out on playing.
Luckily, all signs are pointing toward the fact that both Georgia and North Carolina will have some sort of fall sports season. If you would’ve asked me a month ago if I thought that we would be in a position to play at all I would have told you heck no, But, at this point, I’m at about an 80% certainty that will we see games played in the coming months.
Stay tuned to the FYN Sports page to find out the latest updates on the GHSA, NCHSAA, and TSSAA upcoming fall seasons.
Check out more of Jake West’s Scoring Points by reading last week’s article: Athletics in NCHSAA hands: Good or bad?. Also remember, in sports, points are scored by both sides, so send in your opinions on sports to [email protected] and see them in our next Sunday Edition.
GHSA Football Championship Schedules
Arts & Entertainment July 12, 2020
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 morning kickoffs, and to showcase the new Flag football championships, since flag football just became a Varsity sport in the GHSA this past year.
On the December 10th opening Thursday, the two class A final games will be played followed by the flag football championships. Three finals will be played December 11th as well as December 12th, with all 10 games taking place at Georgia State Stadium.
The move to Georgia State Stadium was a financial decision more than anything, with the Georgia State Stadium rent being significantly cheaper than that of Mercedes Benz Stadium, where the 2018 and 2019 finals were played.
The full schedule for the football championships is listed below:
Thursday, Dec. 10
Noon – Flag football, Area 1
2 p.m. – Flag football, Area 2
5 p.m. – Class A-Private
8 p.m. – Class A Public
Friday, Dec. 11
Noon – Class AA
3:30 p.m. – Class AAAA
7 p.m. – Class AAAAAA
Saturday, Dec. 12
Noon – Class AAA
3:30 p.m. – Class AAAAA
7 p.m. – Class AAAAAAA
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Scoring Points: Gentry says ‘one more time’
Just For Fun April 26, 2020
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. I just hope we get to have a season.” Gentry said that he was optimistic that there would be a season, but he still had his concerns about the unknown.
I would venture to guess that the “unknown” played into his decision making quite a bit. With his competitive nature and passion for the football program at Murphy, there is no way in my mind that Gentry would hand the keys over to a rookie in a time such as this. Competitively speaking, David Gentry has won 8 titles over 36 seasons with the Bulldogs and holds the North Carolina state record for wins with 416, breaking the previous record in a contest against Swain County just this past year.
Murphy was unable to defend their title last year falling to eventual state champion Robbinsville in the third round. Another thing that I could guess played into Coach making his decision to stay, is the fact that Robbinsville head coach Dee Walsh has better him 6 times in the last 6 years. I can’t say that sits well with Gentry, and I would look out for a revenge tour in the coming season being that the last taste of football he has in his mouth is a loss to a bitter rival.
The Bulldogs kick off the 2020 season against Pisgah on August 21st and Franklin on the 28th, two games against bigger schools that should help them with playoff seeding down the road if they can come out with a win.
Check out more of Jake West’s Scoring Points by reading last week’s article: Sports in the US and a need vs want. Also, remember, in sports, points are scored by both sides, so send in your opinions on sports to [email protected] and see them in our next Sunday Edition.