This article was originally published with The Red & Black on April 15, 2015 and can be found here.
We are the people of the Polynesian Islands.
The phrase blares through the sound system at Jack Turner Stadium. The song being played is “Polynesian People” by the Hawaiian singer Norm. The music marks another at-bat for Georgia junior Tina Iosefa.
This story was originally published with The Red & Black on April 10, 2015 and can be found here.
Appearing on an episode of SportsCenter is an accomplishment all athletes fantasize about. Making the show as part of its “Not Top 10” segment, however, is a different story.
Bulldogs starting pitcher Chelsea Wilkinson knows the feeling of falling into the second category.
This article was originally published with The Red & Black on April 3, 2015 and can be found here.
The Georgia Bulldogs are like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle: As long as all parts are present, the order in which they are chosen is irrelevant.
This article was originally published by The Red & Black on March 24, 2015 and can be found here.
Nearly 600 miles separate Athens and Greenwood, Indiana. While the two towns aren’t often mentioned in the same breath, these cities have become linked together on the softball diamond thanks to Georgia freshman pitcher Brittany Gray.
On August 1, 2013, Gilmer County, Georgia experienced a great deal of flooding. I interviewed Gilmer County EMS Director Chief Tony Pritchett as well as GEMA Public Affairs Officer Crystal Paulk-Buchanan about what happened. The videos were included on the site here.
I was in charge of Pickens County sports while at FetchYourNews.com. My focus was often PHS football, so I worked a lot with Dragons head coach Chris Parker. Here is one of our video interviews from July 2013. The video was part of this article.
Coaching changes have always interested me in sports, and I always relished in meeting the new coaches in town. Below is my interview with Casey Bates, who had just accepted the baseball and softball head coaching jobs at Pickens High School. The interview was published on FetchYourNews.com and can be found in this article.
Signing Day interviews were a big draw for locals that read FetchYourNews.com. Here is an interview with Colton Prather, a Pickens Dragons baseball player who signed with Roane State. The video was part of an article that can be found here.
I often took on news stories while at FetchYourNews.com. On May 22, 2013 I interviewed Gilmer County sheriff Stacy Nicholson about a recent meth bust in the area. The video was part of an article that can be found here.
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