Kevin Hensley Joins TeamFYNSports
Featured, Featured Stories January 1, 2016
2016 #TeamFYNSports has a BIG announcement and we are very excited to share the news. The entire goal and commitment by #TeamFYNSports has always been to highlight young athletes in a positive way. FYN made a decision in 2015 to expand our coverage areas from three to ten counties. The need for a growth driven director to lead #TeamFYNSports into the future sent us on a search. FYN was looking for someone with character, focus, perseverance, direction, determination and an in depth knowledge of sports. Someone who shared our dedication to giving exposure to our exceptional athletes in our communities.
We are happy to announce our new Director of #TeamFYNSports – Mr. Kevin Hensley.
Kevin will be heading up our sport department. He will immediately launch a development plan to manage our reporting and new sports broadcasting in all the counties we cover.
Kevin will also be anchoring our new AM daily news show, “The Morning Report”. The Morning Report will air live weekdays 7-8 am. Please join us in welcoming Kevin to #TeamFYNSports! We are confident there are great things coming soon!
I am thrilled to join the Fetch Your News family and oversee the transformation of #TeamFYNSports. It has always been a dream of mine to be a sports reporter in some capacity and with my previous television and print sports journalism experience in mind, I can continue doing what I love on a new medium. I am eager to take #TeamFYNSports to previously unseen heights and help provide the best sports coverage.
Region 7-AAA Football Heats Up
Business September 29, 2015
Region 7-AAA play got underway this past Friday and by the looks of it, it’s anyone’s to win.
Fannin Rebels(2-2,0-0) had the week off to get prepared for their upcoming region match-up with Banks County(3-2,0-1). Banks is coming off a loss to Franklin County(2-2,1-0) last week, 7-14. Banks was 8-14 passing for 83 yards. 36 carries for 175 yards and 8 catches for 83 yards. Franklin had no data posted.
East Hall(1-4,1-0)travelled to Lumpkin County(2-3,0-1) and made short work of the Indians, winning easily, 48-14. There were no available stats at present.
Dawson County(2-2,1-0) made a trip to defending Region 7-AAA champs, West Hall Spartans(2-3,0-1) and shut them out, 14-0. No available stats recorded
This Week’s Games Friday Oct. 2
Fannin at Banks
Dawson at East Hall
Lumpkin at Franklin
Region 7-AAA Stats as of 9/25/2015
Offense Stats
Defense Stats
(Some stats are not recorded by various teams)
Celebrate DiKembe Mutumbo Day
Business August 18, 2015
On Wednesday, Sept. 2nd, Chairman John H. Eaves, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, and the Atlanta Hawks will honor NBA great, Dikembe Mutumbo. The ceremony will take place at 9 am at the Fulton County Government Center Atrium located at 141 Pryor Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
Mutumbo played 18 seasons in the NBA and held down the paint for the Hawks from 1996-2000 before being traded in 2001. Mutumbo is known for his trademark finger wag which he would flash after a block. He stands only behind Hakeem “the dream” Olajuwon as the NBA’s best shot blockers. Mutumbo received the NBA Defensive Player of the Year four times and was an 8-time all star.
For all of his professional accomplishments, Mutumbo is celebrated for his contributions to humanitarian work. In 1997, he started the Dikembe Mutumbo Foundation to help better the living conditions in his native Democratic Republic of Congo. That same year, the Foundation began plans for a $29 million, 300-bed hospital in the capitol city, Kinshasa.
Ground would be broken in 2001, but construction would not start until 2004 as Mutumbo had trouble getting donations for the project even after donating $3.5 million of his own money. By August, 14th, 2006, Mutumbo had donated $15 million to the completion of the hospital and was opened on Sept. 2nd, 2006. The hospital is named after Dikembe’s mother, Biamba Marie Mutumbo, who died from a stroke in 1997.
When the hospital opened in 2007, it was the first of it’s kind in that area in 40 years. It sits on a 12-acre site just outside Kinshasa in Masnia, where almost a quarter of the city’s 7.5 million live in poverty.
Atlanta Hawks Announce Preseason Schedule For 2015 Host Spurs, Heat
Business August 17, 2015
This afternoon, the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club announced a seven-game preseason schedule which includes home match ups with Western Conference powerhouse, San Antonio Spurs, Southeastern Division foe, Miami Heat, and and a visit from the Memphis Grizzlies. You can purchase tickets for these games at www.hawks.com.
The San Antonio Spurs will come to the Highlight Factory on Wednesday, Oct. 14th tip off scheduled for 8 pm, the Miami Heat will head to Hotlanta on Sunday, Oct. 18 with the tip scheduled for 7 pm, and the Memphis Grizzlies roll into town on Wednesday, Oct. 21st with the tip set for 8 pm.
In addition to the three big home preseason games, the Hawks will set out on the road for four contests. First will be a rematch of the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals as the Hawks travel to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cinncinnati on Wednesday, Oct. 7th, on Friday, Oct. 9th, the Hawks will head south to take on the New Orleans Pelicans in Jacksonville, Atlanta will then head west to take on the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, Oct. 16th, and finally conclude the preseason with a match up with the Pistons in Detroit on Friday, Oct. 23rd.
Fox Sports Southeast will televise the Hawks @ Cavaliers on Oct. 7th, Spurs @ Hawks on )ct. 14th, and Grizzlies @ Hawks on Oct. 23rd. Further information of television broadcasts for the preseason will be announced at a later date.
The three home Hawks games will also be broadcast on the Hawks’ flagship station 92.9 The Game, as well as it’s partner stations as part of the Hawks Radio Network with lead the “Voice of the Hawks” Steve Holman bringing you the play by play.