The 2025 Smoky Mountain Conference football season delivered another year of hard-nosed competition, elite individual performances, and deep postseason runs, and TeamFYNSports has announced its annual SMC Media Awards and All-Conference Team selections. The honors recognize the players and coaches who stood out throughout the regular season and into the state playoffs. […]
Read More »Top WNC and North Georgia Area Games This Friday 9/27
Top Area games for Friday September 27 Georgia- Lumpkin @ White County Lumpkin -2.5 The 3-2 Lumpkin County Indians will travel to the 2-3 White County Warriors on Friday night for a Region 6AAA clash. Both teams are 1-1 in Region play, with White County’s loss coming last week vs North Hall and Lumpkin’s […]
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Smoky Mountain Conference Win Totals, Odds, Picks- Predictions as Robbinsville eyes perfection, Swain takes next steps
(Smoky Mountain Conference) – With talk of conference realignment and consolidation in the near future, Smoky Mountain Conference traditionalists may only have a short time to savor the old ways before things get crazy. The Andrews Wildcats broke the Robbinsville Black Knights 3-year-streak of Smoky Mountain Conference Championships with their undefeated regular season in 2022, […]
Read More »Swain County Squeaks By Brevard Thanks To Total Team Effort
Photo Courtesy Of Joanna McMahan Bryson City, NC- The Swain County Maroon Devils pulled out a close victory over the Brevard Blue Devils last night in a game that came down to the wire. Swain found themselves in a 6-5 hole entering the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Maroon Devils maintained their […]
Read More »Desta Trammell Named NCHSAA Performer Of The Week
Photo Courtesy of Joanna Mcmahan Robbinsville’s Desta Trammell has been named the North Carolina High School Athletic Association performer of the week for week 19 thanks to her 40+ point outing vs Swain County High School. The 42 points she posted vs Swain came on the heels of a 34 point performance vs Blue […]
Read More »SMC Wrestling Tournament Results: Robbinsville’s Dominance On The Mat Continues
Another year, another SMC Wrestling title for the boys from Graham County. Robbinsville showed their dominance on the mat once again this year as they took first in 10 of the 14 weight classes and had 5 other placers. All qualifying wrestlers will now have a few weeks off before competing in the NCHSAA 1A […]
Read More »Hyde & Davis Combine For 45 Points As Hiwassee Dam Takes Cherokee To The Final Buzzer
The Braves traveled to the Eagles Nest on Tuesday night for a little midweek roundball as the Hiwassee Dam played host to Cherokee. The Cherokee Braves would get the opening tip-off and fast break off of it for a layup that would put the first points on the board in this game. However, Hiwassee Dam […]
Read More »Gutierrez Bids Farewell To Murphy High School, Says Moving Is Best Decision For His Kids
Photo from Murphy High School Athletics Murphy High School Athletic Director and Head Girls Basketball Coach, Ray Gutierrez, has announced that he will no longer be with the program next year. In an interview with TeamFYNSports, the decorated coach said that being at Murphy was his dream job and that Bulldog Country will always be […]
Read More »FYN Sports 2021-2022 SMC Baseball Awards
Photo courtesy of Joanna McMahan With another year of baseball in the books in the Smoky Mountain Conference, it’s time for the end of the year awards to be given out. As always, our FYN Sports awards are different from those given out by the Smoky Mountain Conference coaches. These awards are just our […]
Read More »NCHSAA Baseball and Softball Playoff Brackets Released
Photo courtesy of Jenea Murphy Taylor Below are the NCHSAA 2021-2022 playoff brackets for baseball and softball. BASEBALL BRACKET Murphy and Swain County were co-champions of the Smoky Mountain Conference, but Swain County won the coin toss and ended up with the #4 seed in the NCHSAA State Playoffs. Winning the coin toss was […]
Read More »“Bet On Black”- Black Knights Impress At James Orr
Robbinsville hosted one of the longest running tournaments in the state on Saturday, and More than a dozen schools made the journey to Graham County over the weekend to compete in the James Orr Memorial Invitational. However, none of them were able to knock off the home team as Robbinsville held their ground and won […]
Read More »Opinions and Thoughts on Week 3 in the SMC
Photo from Jenny Millsaps Week 3 SMC Football Reactions #TeamFYNsports Director Jake West gives his thoughts and takeaways from Week 3 of Smoky Mountain Conference play. Robbinsville Still On Top The Black Knights traveled to Murphy with nothing to lose. Everyone had already written them off. With 5 starters out while coming […]
Read More »Bulldog For Life: HOF Head Coach David Gentry Hangs it up
The winningest coach in North Carolina has decided to close the “coaching” chapter of his life after 50 years. Murphy Bulldogs head coach David Gentry announced today that he is retiring from coaching football. He will retire ranked top 20 in the country in all-time wins, leaving a mark on the town of Murphy […]
Read More »FYN Sports Post Season Football Awards and Outstanding Players
Our team here at FYN Sports got together at the end of this years “spring” North Carolina High School football season and voted on our end of year awards. Players were chosen based not just on their stats alone, but also on their contributions to their team that may not show up in the stat […]
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 […]
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