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+ […]
Read More »Number of Fans Allowed at Football Games Increased to 30%
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the cap on fans at sporting events would be increased. The new order does not go into effect until Friday at 5 P.M. so this Thursdays games will still be under the 100 spectator rule. Outdoor sports are allowed to have a maximum of 30% of the […]
Read More »Preseason All Smoky Mountain Conference Teams
Fetch Your News Sports presents their first annual All Smoky Mountain Conference preseason football teams. Players were nominated in each position by head coaches from the Smoky Mountain Conference. Final decisions on each position were voted on by the Fetch Your News sports writing staff. Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Blake McClure (Hayesville) Yousef […]
Read More »NCHSAA: More Fans Could Be Allowed At Football Games
Photo from MHS Athletics on Facebook 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 […]
Read More »NCHSAA: More Fans Could Be Allowed At Football Games
Photo from MHS Athletics on Facebook 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 […]
Read More »NCHSAA: More Fans Could Be Allowed At Football Games
Photo from MHS Athletics on Facebook 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 […]
Read More »NCHSAA- No more Little 1a and Big 1a Football in 2021
High School football is going to look entirely different come 2021. 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 […]
Read More »NCHSAA 1a Preseason Football Rankings
Football season is right around the corner in North Carolina. What a weird season it will be with games starting at the end of February. The FYN Sports team has sat down and compiled our North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A Football Rankings. We took into account how the teams finished last year, the […]
Read More »NCHSAA 1a Preseason Football Rankings
Football season is right around the corner in North Carolina. What a weird season it will be with games starting at the end of February. The FYN Sports team has sat down and compiled our North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A Football Rankings. We took into account how the teams finished last year, the […]
Read More »NCHSAA: Spectators will be required to wear masks at sporting events
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced last week some new information regarding health and safety protocols for when NCHSAA sanctioned events finally resume. Once things ramp back up in North Carolina, spectators will be limited to 30% of venue capacity, or 100 people, whichever is less. Seven people per 1,000 Square feet will […]
Read More »NCHSAA- No more Little 1a and Big 1a Football in 2021
High School football is going to look entirely different come 2021. 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 […]
Read More »#TeamFYNsports week 5 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, Tim Towe went […]
Read More »High School stars transferring to Georgia
About a month or so ago, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association released their 2020-2021 sports schedule. This new schedule moved football to February and limited sports such as basketball to a 14 game season. It also opened up the door for transfers. This new season put local athletes college futures at risk, as […]
Read More »NCHSAA: Athletes playing indoor sports required to wear masks
When you enter a High School gym in North Carolina, things will look a lot different than what you have become accustomed to if you have been to sporting events in Tennessee or Georgia. Not only will the coaches and fans be wearing masks, now the players will be wearing them too. In an email […]
Read More »NCHSAA releases offseason guidelines
Earlier today, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association released guidelines for offseason skill development. These guidelines are eerily similar to and closely follow the previous phase 2 guidelines, while giving a little insight of what coaches can and can not do and expect of their players during the offseason. “Any coach who promotes the […]
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. […]
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