#TeamFYNsports week 12 games of the week

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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, both Jake West and Tim Towe went 2-1 only mis picking the Heritage VS Pickens game.

This week, we have: Fannin – Dade , Towns co – Washington Wilkes, White – Cherokee Bluff, Dawson – North Hall, and Pickens – Northwest Whitfield.

Fannin vs Dade

Jake- This one here is for Fannin Countys first undefeated regular season since I was born if I’m not mistaken. Fannin is going to get it done and keep that record prestine as they host a first round home playoff game next Friday. Prediction- Fannin

Tim- Prediction- Fannin

Towns Co vs Washington Wilkes

Jake- Towns traveling to Washington Wilkes as they come off an unfortunate loss in a close one at home last week. I don’t think this one will be quite as close as Washington Wilkes has only one loss on the year and will probably run away with it quickly if they play up to their potential. Prediction- Washington Wilkes

Tim- Prediction- Washington Wilkes

White vs Cherokee Bluff

Jake- Cherokee Bluff is also riding an undefeated regular season, after they battled a tough Dawson team a few weeks ago and came away with a one point win. White co came out firing in the first few games of the year, but they’ve since took a skid. Im going with Bluff here. Prediction- Cherokee Bluff

Tim- Prediction- Cherokee Bluff

Dawson vs North Hall

Jake- North Hall has had a weird season this year. They’ve played some crazy games where they’ve beaten teams some say they shouldn’t, and they’ve lost to teams they shouldn’t have. This is a hard one here. I’m going to go with North Hall here I think. Dawson could get caught in a trap game. Prediction- North Hall

Tim- Prediction- Dawson

Pickens vs Northwest Whitfield

Jake- Give me Northwest Whitfield. Pickens is a good team, but too young for me to pick in this game. Prediction- Northwest Whitfield

Tim- Prediction- Northwest Whitfield

 

#TeamFYNsports GHSA week 11 games of the week

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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, pick ’em leader Tim Towe has an off night as he correctly picked the Fannin County game, but was array with his other picks. Jake west had a rather different week, only missing the Pickens and Gilmer games.

Tim moved to 29-11 overall on our #TeamFYNsports games of the week picks, while Jake West came in right behind him at 26-14. 

Our week 11 games of the week are: North Hall @ Cherokee Bluff, Union County @ Rabun County and Heritage @ Pickens.

North Hall @ Cherokee Bluff

Jake: Cherokee Bluff is coming off of a really tight one against Dawson County. I think they are hitting their stride at the right time here late in the season, and I look for them to remain undefeated and win the region with a win over North Hall here. Prediction: Cherokee Bluff

Union County @ Rabun County

Jake: I expect this to be a Gunner Stockton stat padding game here. The five star South Carolina quarter back commit should have his way with this injury plagued Panthers team. Union will probably be without their starting QB and running back, and I would venture to say this one will be over quick. Prediction: Rabun County

Heritage @ Pickens

Jake: Pickens is coming off of their game of the year so far, with an upset of Ridgeland that landed the Dragons in the drivers seat of their own destiny. A win here tonight would put them one step closer to hosting a home playoff game, something that I did not see coming when this year started. Give me the Dragons in a tight one over a strong battle tested Heritage team. Prediction: Pickens

#TeamFYNsports week 9 games of the week

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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 3-1, incorrectly picking the Union County Panthers to win against Elbert. Jake West went 2-2, incorrectly picking the Panthers as well and incorrectly picking Gilmer to win.

Tim is now 28-7 overall and Jake is 23-12.

 

Cherokee Bluff @ Dawson

Tim: Winner of this game takes control of Region 7AAA.
Cherokee Bluff 7-0 off to its best start in school history. Ranked as high as 9th in the polls by AJC. Dawson is 4-3 but they are peaking at the right time. I like Sid Maxwell and the Tigers at home to make a statement and get the win. Prediction: Dawson

Jake: This is a game that I wish I could be at tonight. Cherokee Bluff is a power house of a team and Dawson is so well coached they are going to make you beat them honestly. Im gonna have to go with Cherokee Bluff in this one though. I think they are just too much for Dawson. Prediction: Cherokee Bluff

Fannin @ Chattooga

Tim: Saturday night football! Rebels off to their best start since 1995. Rebels will look to go 7-0 on Saturday. Chattooga is in the middle of a 5 games in 19 day stretch. The Indians have a ton of talent. Their RB Lashaun Lester has a UAB offer, they have a freshmen who is among the states leaders in Receiving Yards in Nic Hester. Hester also plays Corner on defense. Their QB Cash Allen is 6 foot 7 and is the only player Ive seen the last 2 years that can punt the ball better than Fannins own Luke Holloway. The problem is Hester and Lester have both been banged up. I hope they are able to play Saturday. Either way I like Fannin big in this one. Prediction: Fannin

Jake: Give me Fannin all the way. The Chattooga football team was dealt a bad hand with their schedule recently and I really feel bad for them. They are a pretty talented football team, but I think that fatigue catches up to them when they run into the Rebels on Saturday. Prediction: Fannin

Ridgeland @ Pickens

Tim: Saturday night football! I could get use to the Thursday-Friday- Saturday football games as long as they arent being moved due to Covid matters. Dragons will be playing at home for the 1st time in over a month and I think the 1st time in 22 days. Ridgeland has a little but more experience, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Defensive End Jeremiah Tuner has had offers from Point and Bethel just in the past 2 weeks. I like Ridgeland by 10 Prediction: Ridgeland

Jake: I am gonna have to go with Ridgeland here too. They are just too much for the Dragons. I hope this one stays close though. Prediction: Ridgeland

Clay @ Copper Basin

Tim: Yes, Basin is banged up and Grabowski is not playing. Yes, they havent played in a long time. Yes, from an outsider looking in you are probably picking Clay. Im not. Give me the dang Cougars! Those boys have worked hard throughout the season and dont want to end the season with a home loss. Give me the Cougars. Prediction: Copper Basin

Jake: I hate picking against local teams, but I think I am going to have to in this one. I am going with Clay County here. Basin has just lost too much heading into this years playoffs. Bryson Grabowski was the backbone of this team and it just looks to me like they cant move the ball at all without him commanding their offense. Prediction: Clay County

Gilmer @ West Hall

Tim: Gilmer traveling down to the Hot Gates at West Hall. Gilmer needs to win this to stay alive for the playoffs. I think the win a close one here. I think Coach Saunders and his staff will have a great gameplan tonight and will win by a touchdown. Prediction: Gilmer

Jake: I think I have to go with Gilmer on this one. West Hall has 2 wins on the year, one of those coming against a winless Chestatee team. I see this one being very close though and honestly think it could go either way. Prediction: Gilmer

 

#TeamFYNsports week 8 games of the week

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GCHS

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, Jake West was able to finally improve on his record and pick every game right, advancing to 16-10 overall on the year. Tim Towe incorrectly picked White County to beat North Hall, but to his credit the game did go into overtime and was quite frankly probably the game of the week. Tim is now 20-6 overall.

Now, lets get to our #TeamFYNsports week 8 games of the week!

Gilmer @ Dawson

Jake: I like Dawson here. Gilmer is really starting to turn the corner, and they look to be an up and coming team, but I just dont think that they can hang with Dawson yet. Dawson is coming off a big win against White County two weeks ago and I look for them to ride that momentum heading into this week. Prediction: Dawson 

Tim: Zach Holtzclaw for Dawson County is having a great season as the Quarterback for the Tigers. He’s averaging 267 yards through the air. Coach Maxwell has done a great job with Dawson County through the year’s and has his team in great position for a Region Championship. Gilmer, led by 2nd Year Head Coach Kevin Saunders has completely turned the program around. The Bobcats set at 2-3 coming off a record setting performance against Lumpkin 62-7. Kobe Stonecipher is averaging 147 yards per game on the ground. I like for this game to be close at halftime and Dawson to pull away in the 2nd half. Prediction: Dawson

Union @ Banks

Jake: It is really hard for me to bet against Brian Allison and his Panthers at any point in the year, but especially this late in the year when things are really starting to matter. Look for Allison to have the Panthers fired up and ready to go, and look for Logan Helcher to have some huge plays on the offensive side of the ball. Prediction: Union

Tim: Union County will come out very hungry in this one. I like Union to win this one big. Logan Helcher will have a big game. Banks County has a very good Linebacker in Jace Bennett that the Panthers will have to game plan for. Prediction: Union

Lumpkin @ North Hall

Jake: As I have said all year, Lumpkin is rebuilding and trying to fill holes in their team with some reall young guys. I think we will talk about them in a few years like how we are talking about Gilmer turning a corner this year. North Hall gets it done though and keeps their winning streak alive. Prediction: North Hall 

Tim: North Hall is getting hot at the right time. They started out 0-3 and have since won 3 in a row. It will be 4 in a row on Friday as the Trojans will win the football game. Big game on the ground for North Hall’s Clark Howell. Prediction: North Hall

West Hall @ White County

Jake: Look for White County to bounce back after back to back losses against North Hall and Dawson. I would say that the Warriors will come into this one with some gumption and be ready for whatevers thrown at them so that they can get back on track and working towards their goal of winning the region. Prediction: White

Tim: I like White County in this one. Coming off back to back losses I wouldn’t want to play them this week. Prediction: White

Towns County @ Commerce

Jake: I really do not want to side with Tim on every pick this week but I think I might have to. Commerce is a very good football team and Towns County is just now on the up and up. Im not sure if Jake McTaggart is going to be playing in this one for the Indians either. Just too many unknowns to bet on Towns here. Prediction: Commerce

Tim:Give me Commerce in this one. Commerce just has too much speed and depth in this one. Prediction: Commerce

 

#TeamFYNSports week 7 games of the week

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FCHS

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 and Jake West both went 2-2, as Copper Basin and White County lost their matchups against McMinn and Dawson.

Before last week, Tim had only incorrectly picked 3 games all year. Jake was a little further behind at 9-8.

Tim is now sitting at 16-5 with Jake at 11-10.

Now, lets get to our #TeamFYNsports week 7 games of the week!

Fannin County @ Pepperell

Jake: This is definitely the game of the week in our area, heck maybe even the state of Georgia. Fannin is on a tear this year with Senior QB Luke Holloway playing like he has something to prove, coming off of his best career game last week. There has been a lot of talk on twitter from fans of the teams and even other schools coaches chiming in on what they thought was going to happen in this one. This game will come down to who can make the least amount of mental mistakes and given that, I can’t bet against a team coached by Chad Cheatham when we are talking about discipline. I’ve got Fannin in this one.

Tim: When the new regions came out every Fannin Rebel fan had this one circled. Im gonna pick Fannin to win and get to 5-0.

Pickens @ Cedartown

Jake: The Dragons are definitely trying to build something over there in Pickens County. But I don’t see them putting up much of a fight here against the powerhouse that is Cedartown. I’ve got Cedartown here just given their pedigree.

Tim: Tough road game for Pickens. Cedartown wins this one.

Lumpkin @ Gilmer

Jake: Lumpkin is a young team with some good young talent. They have struggled a lot this year, but take heart Indian fans, the talent you have coming through youth league and that freshman class are going to be something special in the coming years. With Gilmer already starting to turn the corner on their rebuilding years, I think they have no trouble rolling over a struggling Indians team. Gilmer wins big.

Tim: Gilmer wins here big.

North Georgia @ Copper Basin

Jake: Its sad to see a team such as Copper Basin be plagued with injuries as they have been this year. I thought for sure that even with starting quarterback Bryson Grabowski being out that they would be able to come away wit a win against McMinn, but I was wrong. I still think that Chad Grabowski that Cougars head coach can make this team finish strong even if they are down a few players, and with that being said im taking the Coug’s here.

Tim: Homecoming night tonight in Copperhill. Cougars get to 7-1.

White Co. @ North Hall

Jake: Im gonna go with North Hall here. JBen Haynes being out is really going to hurt White County tonight I think. North Hall is a pretty solid team and I think they beat a hurt White Co. team coming off a loss to Dawson.

Tim: I think White County will come out determined to win tonight after losing last week to Dawson. Give me White County.

#TeamFYNsports week 6 games of the week

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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 and Jake West both went 3-1, correctly picking Fannin County, Union County and Copper Basin to win their matchups. Both incorrectly picked Towns County to beat Lakeview Academy, as the Indians lost 31-12. Tim is 14-3 overall on the year, and it seems #TeamFYNSports director Jake West has learned not to pick against Tim, riding with all his picks last week and moving to 9-8 overall.

Now, lets get to our #TeamFYNsports week 6 games of the week!

Fannin County VS Gordon Central

Jake: Fannin is coming off of a blowout win last week, 49-13 over Banks County. They are now currently ranked 10th in the state. I think as long as they don’t get caught looking ahead to Pepperell next week, they will come out with another blowout win. Gordon seems to have a pretty good running attack, but I see Coach Cheatham having the boys prepared for that and the Rebels coming away undefeated.

Jake’s Pick: Fannin County

Tim: Jake, The Rebels are 3-0 but they’ve really yet to play up to their potential. I look for Fannin to start off hot in this one. I think Caleb Postell May have a breakout game on the ground for Fannin. And expect Luke Holloway to have a good game. Defense plays well and Fannin wins big I say 49-7.

Side note: Jordan Boone for Gordon Central is going to be fun to watch tonight. He leads the region in 136 rushing yards per game and just this past week received an offer to play rugby at UGA. The 225 RB/LB name will be called a lot tonight and is definitely a player to watch out for tonight.

Tim’s Pick: Fannin County

Copper Basin VS McMinn Central

Jake: I’ve got Copper Basin coming away unscathed. I think that they will handle McMinn, even if they are without starting QB Bryson Grabowski who was injured in their previous victory over Lookout Valley. If I was a betting man, i’d say that Basin will head into the game against Fannin County undefeated on the 23rd.

Jake’s Pick: Copper Basin

Tim: Heart breaks for Grabowski. I hate he won’t be playing but that don’t stop me from picking the Cougars. Coach Grabowski and Coach Locke will have Joe Boggs ready to go and I really think the team will play inspired tonight. Sebastian Baliles big game on the ground. Chance Rollins and the O line step up. Cougars win 21-14

Tim’s Pick: Copper Basin

Gilmer VS Cherokee Bluff

Jake: Cherokee Bluff is a very strong football team. They are 4-0 overall and have not shown many signs of weakness this year. Headed up against a rebuilding team in Gilmer, I would bet they are licking their chops. I’ve got Cherokee Bluff in this one big.

Jake’s Pick: Cherokee Bluff

Tim: A lot of purple in the stands tonight. I like Cherokee Bluff in this one. Gilmer will play hard but Cherokee Bluff’s depth and speed take over in 2nd half.
Cherokee Bluff 42 Gilmer 14

Tim’s Pick: Cherokee Bluff

White County VS Dawson County

Jake: White County is one of the top football teams in their respective region. While Dawson is not necessarily a cupcake football team, I think that White County still rolls on and remains undefeated. Man we have a lot of good football teams in our area.

Jake’s Pick: White County

Tim: If you don’t know the name JBen Haynes. Please remember the name. White County QB who is having a great year and will probably play at the next level.

I really think White County wins this game. Coach Maxwell and Dawson have a very talented team and have played a tough non region schedule. I just don’t think they can keep up with White tonight. Special season this year in Cleveland.
White County 45 Dawson 28

Tim’s Pick: White County

 

#TeamFYNsports week 5 games of the week

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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 4-0 in our games of the week picks, correctly picking Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, and Mount Zion to win their respective games.

Jake West went 2-2, correctly picking the Fannin and Pickens games.

Tim is 11-2 overall on the year, with #TeamFYNsports director Jake West falling behind at 6-7.

Now, lets get to our #TeamFYNsports week 4 games of the week!

Pickens County @ Union County

Tim: Fun matchup here. Hard to believe it’s been 1991 since these 2 schools have played on the high school level. I like Union to win the ball game. They have a little more experience on both sides of the ball right now.

Tim’s Pick: Union

Jake: Seeing as how I was born in 1997,  definitely was not around the last time these two teams played. It is kind of weird that they don’t play in high school, seeing as how i’m pretty sure they play at the youth and middle school levels every year. These kids will be familiar with each other even if they haven’t ever played each other in high school. I am going to have to pick union in a low scoring game here.

Jake’s Pick: Union

Banks County @ Fannin County

Tim: So many storylines heading into this game. Coach Chad Cheatham (Current Fannin Coach) spent time with the Banks County program. He has coached players on both teams tonight. Banks will be ready to play. They are coming off a shutout vs Lumpkin 37-0 last week. I just don’t think they have enough depth to compete with the Rebels. Fannin wins and advances to 3-0 for the 1st time since 2005.

Tim’s Pick: Fannin

Jake: I am going with Fannin County for sure in this one. I think they will blow Banks out of the water. Banks just doesn’t have their best stuff this year, and they are going to be playing a Fannin team that has the best stuff they have had in a while.

Jake’s Pick: Fannin

Towns County @ Lakeview Academy

Tim: Lee Shaw. You may know the name. If you’ve followed Georgia High School Football in the past 15 years you know all about the Shaw name and the impact they have had on the whole state. Lee has took over this Lakeview Academy program and they are off to a 1-1 start. Coming off a 34-0 win over Walker ( Marietta) last week. I just think this Towns County team is building something special. A 1 point loss last week to Mt Zion Carrol in overtime but these guys will be motivated to play. No word yet on if Hayesville transfer Jake Mctaggart will be eligible to play. But when he does get eligible ( GHSA approval of the move) Towns County will be that much better. Mctaggart is 6 Foot 8 and has a Kentucky offer. Give me Towns in a close one.

Tim’s Pick: Towns

Jake: Coach J-Roque at Towns County is building something special over their in Hiawasee. They really need to get a win this week to turn the corner and get over .500 before they start playing region games. I could definitely see this being the game that puts towns over the hill, but they are playing an away game in Gainesville and it’s going to be tough. I am taking Towns County but only because I think Jake Mctaggart will play tonight.

Jake’s Pick: Towns

Copper Basin @ Lookout Valley

Tim: Give me the Cougars by at least 5 touchdowns. Lookout Valley still in a rebuilding phase.

Tim’s Pick: Copper Basin

Jake: Im going with Basin also. They should go into their matchup with Fannin County undefeated.

Jake’s Pick: Copper Basin

#TeamFYNsports week 3 games of the week

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pickens

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 correctly picked Commerce, Copper Basin and Chattooga to win their respective games. Jake West picked the Copper Basin and Chattooga games correctly, but incorrectly picked Union to beat Commerce.

Tim Towe is now 4-1 overall on the year and Jake West is 3-2 overall.

This weeks #TeamFYNsports games of the week are:

Chestatee @ Union County

Tim: Ive picked against Union County in the previous two weeks to open the season, but I think they get it done this week. The Panthers will be ready and will win by 2 scores.

Tim’s Pick: Union County

Jake: I think this game will come down to whether or not the Panthers can ante up on defense. Christian Charles for Chestatee is a legitimate threat. Union County’s starting running back Jonah Daniel will also be missed in the Panthers lineup.

Jake’s Pick: Chestatee

Pickens @ White County

Tim: White County in my opinion is the favorite to win 7AAA. White County QB Ben Haynes is one of the best in the state and will have a big game against Pickens on Friday. Pickens is of course in a bit of a rebuilding year as they continue to make strides in the right direction. They will play hard but come up short.

Tim’s Pick: White County

Jake: It is possible that White County wont lose a game this year. I love Pickens County and their young QB Sam Streicher, but I cannot pick against a team as hot as White County.

Jake’s Pick: White County

Gilmer @ Murray

Tim: I’m picking Murray.

Tim’s Pick: Murray

Jake: I am going to stick with Tim on this one. I know that Gilmer is in a rebuilding process, but I haven’t seen much progress yet. I’m picking Murray.

Jake’s Pick: Murray

Jefferson @ Rabun

Tim: This is going to be a great game. I’m just not sure that Rabun can get back up after playing against a big opponent in Prince Avenue Christian on ESPN last Friday night. I like Jefferson by a score.

Tim’s Pick: Jefferson

Jake: I’m picking Rabun. Gunner Stockton proved last weekend on ESPN he was the truth and I can’t pick against an arm like his. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I think we will be seeing Stockton on Sundays in a few years.

Jake’s Pick: Rabun

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