Photo courtesy of BT Douthit

The #10 seed Murphy Lady Bulldogs softball team traveled to #7 seed Chatham Charter last night for the first round of the NCHSAA 1A State Softball Playoffs. The Lady Bulldogs did not have a problem handling the Chatham Charter Lady Knights, winning 17-3 and advancing to the second round of the playoffs.

The next round is where things will get interesting. Murphy will face the winner of #2 seed conference rival Robbinsville and #15 seed South Stokes. No disrespect to South Stokes, but I know the matchup that all of the local area fans want to see, and thats Dogs vs Knights on the softball diamond part 3.

Murphy took game one of the regular season against Robbinsville 14-10, but the Black Knights got their revenge in game two, winning 11-6. The losses to each other were the only losses either team had all year.

Robbinsville and South Stokes will play tonight in Robbinsville at 5:00 p.m.