Photo courtesy of BT Douthit

Rosman, NC- The Murphy Bulldogs traveled to Transylvania County on Friday night to face the Rosman Tigers. Murphy handled the Tigers with ease, beating them 50-0.

It’s not often you see teams in the Smoky Mountain Conference put up FIFTY points on another team, but the Bulldogs high powered offense knew they were capable of doing such a thing and proved it last night.

Rosman is struggling as a program and have had some pretty bad years over the past decade, but this year they are especially down. This was a good game for the Dogs underclassmen to get some reps, and the ones that did made the best of it!

Photo from BT Douthit

Sophomore Running Back Ty Laney made his impact early, scoring 3 TDs in the first half. Juan Allen also punched it in on the ground twice, while John Ledford and Isra Smith also added a rushing score a piece.

The ground game was so successful that the Bulldogs didn’t have to put the ball in the air very often, but when they did Junior Quarter Back Kellen Rumfelt was 4-7 for 144 yards.

Most of those completions were to star Wide Out Payton McCracken, who caught 3 passes for 110 yards. McCracken also added an interception on the defensive side of the ball.

The biggest story of the game was obviously that the Bulldogs combined for 300+ yards rushing as a team, but one thing that can’t be skipped over is the fact that Senior Kicker Annie-Kate Dalton was 6-6 on Xtra Points!

Game Notes-

Isra Smith- 8 rushes for 95 yards and 1 TD.

Ty Laney- 6 rushes for 44 yards and 3 TDs.

Ryland Dickey- 3 rushes for 48 yards.

Juan Allen- 2 rushes for 44 yards and 2 TDs.

John Ledford- 2 rushes for 30 yards and a score.

Isaac Aguilar- 1 punt return for 56 yards.

Payton McCracken- 3 catches for 110 yards.

Defense held Rosman to 1/9 on third down.