Franklin vs. King’s Mountain 11/5/21 By Randall Koenig On a cold but clear night, with the temperature 42 degrees, the players were ready for their match at John Gamble Stadium. Franklin won the coin toss and defered to the second half. After a short opening drive by the Mountaineers, they were forced to punt […]
Read More »Franklin Panthers get back in the win column
By Randall Koenig An early start in Skyland, NC saw the TC Roberson Rams play host to the Franklin Panthers. A cold rainy night in the 40’s, miserable conditions greeted the players and fans in Western North Carolina. Franklin won the toss and deferred to the second half. Franklin kicked the ball to the […]
Read More »West Hendersonville Stuns Franklin In Over Time
WRITTEN BY RANDALL KOENIG Hendersonville, NC- The (2-6) West Hendersonville Falcons are set to take on the (5-3) Franklin Panthers. Tonight’s weather is cool 60 degrees, clear with a slight breeze in the West Asheville area. Franklin loses the coin toss and Franklin receives the punt on their 38-yard line and takes over 1st […]
Read More »Panthers Fall To Smoky Mountain
By Randall Koenig It was a great night for football in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Temperature at the start of the game 74 degrees, beautiful night, clear skies, no wind and should have an excellent ballgame tonight. (Franklin Panthers come into this game 5-2, 2-2 in the conference, versus the Smoky Mountain Mustangs […]
Read More »Franklin Loses Battle With Pisgah
Franklin Panthers vs. Pisgah Bears 10/1/21 from Erwin High School By Randall Koenig On a beautiful night, clear skies and a huge fan base from both sides, fans were ready for some football. Franklin won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. Pisgah took the opening drive 3-plays and were forced to […]
Read More »Tuscola spoils Franklin homecoming with 21-17 win
Tuscola Spoils Franklin Homecoming with a 21-17 Win By Randall Koenig It was a beautiful night 60-degree weather for Homecoming of the Franklin Panthers. The stands were full of eager fans, some celebrating a Class Reunion of 1986. Following a tribute to the First Responders the game got underway. Franklin won the coin […]
Read More »Franklin Routes East Henderson 48-0
On a beautiful night in Franklin, NC, clear skies and 73 degrees at kickoff greeted the home fans that came out to support the home team in full force. Tonight’s contest consists of the Franklin Panthers and the East Henderson Eagles. The Franklin Panthers come in with an undefeated record of 3-0 and the […]
Read More »Panthers Hold On To Defeat Swain, 21-14
Written by Randall Koenig A beautiful 70-degree evening with clear skies greeted the fans for the Franklin-Swain County football game. The evening started with a touching tribute by Swain County to the 13 soldiers who lost their lives recently in Afghanistan, followed by a moment of silence in remembrance of the 9-11 tragedy in […]
Read More »Smoky Mountain Conference Volleyball Round-Up
Photo from BT Douthit Volleyball season is off to a hot start in the Smoky Mountain Conference. COVID has prevented almost every team from playing the correct amount of games, but we are going to do our best to recap what has happened in the SMC thus far. The Murphy Lady Bulldogs sit […]
Read More »FYN Sports Top 5 Football Stadiums in Our Viewing Area
Just here to spark a little bit of fun debate during the off-season! Our writers blind voted on their favorite stadiums in our viewing area, and these were the results. I’m sure everyone will have their own opinion, so let us hear your opinions and what we got wrong! Each stadium write up is written […]
Read More »7 Black Knights Advance to State Wrestling Championships, Along With A Slew of Other SMC Wrestlers
The NCHSAA 1A Western Regional Championships were held last Tuesday at Robbinsville High School, and the hometown boys (& girl) took advantage of wrestling at home. Robbinsville High School had 7 wrestlers on the podium at the Regional Championships, earning them all a spot in the State Championships on Saturday. 7 other wrestlers from around […]
Read More »Smoky Mountain Conference Baseball Preseason Rankings & Awards
With baseball season about to be kicked off in North Carolina High Schools, FYN Sports writers came together to give you our thoughts on the upcoming season. With no baseball season last year, we are not really sure what to expect for the 2021 season. We talked to players and coaches around the league, and […]
Read More »2021 Preseason All Smoky Mountain Conference Team & Awards
We’re back for the second installment of the FYN Sports Preseason All Smoky Mountain Conference football awards. Our staff writers and other sports writers in the community came together and helped us narrow down our choices for this year’s preseason All-Conference teams. These picks are backed by last year’s stats and are our predictions of […]
Read More »Black Knights Win Back To Back Conference Titles
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs and Robbinsville Black Knights faced off in the conference championship game Friday night. Both teams came into the game undefeated looking to secure the top playoff seed in the smoky mountain conference. Yet on this night the Black Knights were the team with better ball security […]
Read More »Robbinsville and Murphy set to square off in SMC championship yet again
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before- The Robbinsville Black Knights and the Murphy Bulldogs are set to play in the Smoky Mountain Conference Championship game this Friday. These two teams seem to always find each other in the final game of the year, no matter the sport, as of late. Earlier this year […]
Read More »#TeamFYNsports All-Area Basketball Teams Announced
Our FYN Sports writers got together after this crazy basketball season and compiled our All-Coverage Area Basketball Teams. The players were selected based on their contributions to their team as a whole, and their individual statistics. We selected Area Players of the Year, which were the best mens and womens players out of all 25+ […]
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