Drew Allison came off of an injury ready to play Friday night against Fannin County. He was responsible for the majority of the carries for the Indians, and picked up yards and first downs. Drew has also played on both sides of the ball throughout the season. He started out on defense as a safety, […]
Read More »Lady Indians win season opener; Dowse earns 200th career win
The Lumpkin County Lady Indians basketball team celebrated for an extra reason on Tuesday night. Their 51-45 victory over Chestatee started their season with a win and earned head coach David Dowse his 200th career win. The team stood together afterwards to take a picture with Dowse holding a special wooden sign in the shape […]
Read More »Lumpkin County Indians “continue to fight” in final game
Head coach Caleb Sorrells of the Lumpkin County Indians may have summarized the game against East Hall and the 2019 season as a whole with a few simple words during the post-game huddle. He said, “it’s okay to fight even when you don’t feel like it.” Without a doubt, this season has been a tough […]
Read More »TeamFYNSports Writer’s Player of the Week- Tucker Kirk, No. 7
Congratulations to QB1 of the Lumpkin County Indians- Tucker Kirk! He is the Player of the Week for the last game of the 2019 season! Tucker completed passes to gain yards all throughout the game against East Hall. Many of these passes were also for first downs. He proved his ability to run the ball […]
Read More »Indians battle cold and Rebels; fall short 35-14
The Lumpkin County Indians football team faced a battle with several factors working against them on Friday night. First of all, the temperature dropped to a bitter cold. Second, the game was located a hour north in Blue Ridge. Finally, the opponent in Blue Ridge was the Fannin County Rebels football team, who had a […]
Read More »TeamFYNSports Writer’s Player of the Week- Tucker Kirk, No. 7
Tucker Kirk is the starting quarterback for the Lumpkin County Indians, and he displayed his abilities in this role during the game against Cherokee Bluff. Indians fans got to see more of the passing game they’d heard about- Kirk completed eight passes out of 11 attempts. One of those was an early 13 yard touchdown […]
Read More »Lumpkin County runner-up region championship
The Lumpkin County Lady Indians softball team finished as runner-up in the region 7 3A championship after falling short in a double header on Wednesday night. The Lady Indians faced off against region opponent East Hall. The top-two teams in their region battled earlier in the season at Lumpkin County. The Vikings defeated the Lady […]
Read More »Sports talk Thursday with Lauren Hunter- That die-hard loyalty
Well Georgia sports fans, let’s get it over with. Let’s go ahead and talk about it, then we’ll put it behind us like a bad ex-boyfriend. Georgia sports teams have been schlacked recently. Not just schlacked. Demolished. Embarrassed. Twitter exploded. That sort of thing. Blame it on the curse of Georgia sports, blame it on […]
Read More »TeamFYNSports Writer’s Player of the Week- Noah Adams, No. 34
Noah Adams stepped up for his Lumpkin County team in a tough game against North Hall. Noah made at least three solo tackles throughout the night. One of those tackles was a sack for a loss of five yards against the Trojans. Another was to prevent any gain of yards. He also blocked an extra […]
Read More »Indians football continues region play with loss to Cherokee Bluff
Despite hard effort and an early touchdown, the Lumpkin County Indians football team was unable to get past region opponent Cherokee Bluff and lost 45-14. The Indians defense kicked in early on, holding Cherokee Bluff to a field goal during their first drive. A turnover during the Indians first possession lead into a touchdown for […]
Read More »Lumpkin County football proves determined against North Hall
The scoreboard said North Hall 59 Lumpkin County 0 at the end of the game. What it didn’t reflect was the gritty determination on the face of each player for Lumpkin County as they ran from the sideline back onto the field. This determination was apparent at the very beginning of the game. Running back […]
Read More »TeamFYNSports Writer’s Player of the Week- Brian Cunane, no. 23
Brian Cunane is this week’s TeamFYNSports Writer’s Player of the Week for the Lumpkin County Indians! Although Brian typically plays in a receiver/safety role, this week he played a key part as the punter. Many of Brian’s punt returns forced Dawson County to start their next drive from deep in their own territory. This position […]
Read More »TeamFYNSports Writer’s Player of the Week- BoJack Dowdy, no. 35
Congratulations to week 4 TeamFYNSports Writer’s Player of the Week for the Lumpkin County Indians– runningback BoJack Dowdy! BoJack played a huge role in the Indians first season win on Friday night. He ran for 166 yards over 22 carries and scored three of the four touchdowns for the Indians. After the game he was […]
Read More »Tough loss for Indians in road game against Jackson
The Lumpkin County Indians football team fell in a tough loss to the Jackson County Panthers on Friday night. But there was one bright spot. In a game that was hosted at Jackson County, a hour away from the Indians home in Dahlonega, the stands were filled with loyal Indians fans. No matter what, the […]
Read More »Lumpkin County Indians football defeats Towns County in scrimmage 41-7
The Lumpkin County Indians football team may not have played a perfect game on Friday night, but they still defeated Towns County 41-7 in their scrimmage at home. Lumpkin started off strong when they recovered a Towns County fumble to take over on their 32 yard line. With great field position it didn’t take long […]
Read More »Sports talk Thursday with Lauren Hunter-First United Church of the Southeastern Conference
On Wednesday I stopped by one of the local rec departments to iron out some details for an upcoming event that Team FYN Sports plans to cover. As often happens in small towns where time seems to move a little slower, you can’t go into a place where people are as close as a rec […]
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