Coach Gentry is Inducted in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame 2025 Class By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Coaching pride of the mountains legendary Coach David Gentry is honored with one more jewel in his illustrious crown. For almost half a century legendary and iconic coach David Gentry has been a football […]
Read More »Murphy Rolls to the Second Round of 2A State Playoff
An Old and Familiar Opponent Comes to Murphy – Albemarle High Bulldogs By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – The 2025 Smoky Mountain Conference (SMC) Championship Murphy Bulldogs (8-2, 6-0 SMC) are in the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2-A State Playoffs. Friday night, the Murphy Bulldogs meet the Bulldogs of […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Welcome the Rosman Tigers to Town
Murphy Looks for Second Conference Win After Shutout of Cherokee By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Rosman (2-and-4, 0-and-2) may not have an eye-popping record the Tigers have shown fight, especially in tight games. Their 26–14 win over Copper Basin earlier in the season demonstrated their ability to punch above their weight. Tyree […]
Read More »Murphy on the Road to Face A-C Reynolds
Bulldogs Look for a Win Going into the Bye Week Before Starting Conference Play By Brandon Stephens (Asheville) – – Tonight’s game will be the third meeting between Murphy (2-and-1) and the A-C Reynolds Rockets (1-and-2), according to football records. Murphy leads the series 2-0. The Rockets have been a traditionally tough […]
Read More »Murphy Travels to Heard County (GA)
Murphy Sets the Tone for the Season with a win over Franklin By Brandon Stephens (Franklin, GA) – – There is strong talk the Heard County (GA) Braves (2-and-0) by team leadership they will take a win in the game over Murphy in the long road trip the Bulldogs (1-and-0) will make to […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Will Face the Franklin Panthers to Begin 2025 Football Season
Murphy Looks Strong for the 2025 Season By Brandon Stephens (Cullowhee) – – The 2025 high school football season is here. The Murphy Bulldogs will begin the 2025 football season with the traditional game against the Franklin Panthers, who finished the 2024 season 6-and-4 and 3-and-3 in the Mountain 7 Conference. Friday night […]
Read More »New Success Reached by the Swain County Lady Devils Softball in 2025
Lady Devils Eliminated from Softball Third Round of State Playoffs By Brandon Stephens (Bryson City) – – There is a new era of success softball at Swain County High School. The Lady Devils ended an exciting season at 17-and-6 and 9-and-3, for a second-place finish in the Smoky Mountain Conference (SMC). Wednesday night in […]
Read More »Golden Anniversary of Murphy’s First State Championship
1974 Murphy Football Team Set the Trend For Future Seasons By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun. But the Hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time. Terry Jacks in 1974 had the lyrics for the tone of the State 2-A Champion […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs 2024 Season a GOLD and Black Season
Season Ends at Burnsville in the Round of the Elite Eight By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – There is gold in the 2024 Murphy Football season (12-and-2, 5-and-0). The sting of losing 26-to-8 to the Mountain Heritage Cougars (12-and-0, 4-and-0) in Round Four of the Playoffs is still fresh. Murphy’s offensive performance was […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Face the Mountain Heritage Cougars in the Fourth Round of the State Playoffs
Elite Eight – – Presents Challenge of the Mighty Quinn By Brandon Stephens (Burnsville) – – You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn! Those are not just cool words from the 1960’s rock band song that takes too much effort to explain. So I’ll just keep on jotting down notes on this […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Are In the Elite Eight of the 1-A Football Teams with a 34-to-21 Win over SMC Rival Robbinsville Black Knights
On-Side Kick Opening the Second Half and Bulldog Defensive Performance Seals the Deal to Meet Mountain Heritage on the Road By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – The Murphy Bulldogs (12-and-1, 5-0) are among the Elite 8 of the 1-A State football teams in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) playoffs. The […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs and Robbinsville Black Knights Battle in the Second Round of the 1-A State Football Playoffs
74th Meeting Between the Bulldogs and Black Knights to Determine Black Friday Game By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Murphy Bulldogs (11-and-1, 5-and-0) and the Robbinsville Black Knights (7-and-6, 4-and-1) playing football in the third round of the 1-A football playoff is about the only thing keeping fans in Cherokee and Graham County […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Survives and Advances Against Christ the King High to the Third Round of the State Playoffs
Murphy to Host the Robbinsville Black Knights By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Despite the frigid temperature and occasional blustery wind, the Murphy Bulldogs (11-and-1, 5-0) defeated Christ the King High Crusaders (5-and-7, 4-3) 21-to-11. Murphy used its offense and defense in the first five minutes of the game to freeze out the Crusaders […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Face Christ the King High Crusaders in Second Round of the State Playoffs
Bulldogs and Crusaders Meet for the First Time By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – It’s the first meeting between the Murphy Bulldogs (10-and-1, 5-and-0) and Christ the King High Crusaders (5-and-6, 4-and-3). The Crusaders slide past the Alleghany Trojans in the first round of the state playoffs 31-to-28 to make the round of […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldog and Western Carolina University Catamount Golfer – Matt Cook Inducted into the Western Carolina University Athletic Hall of Fame
Cook Set the Bar High for Golf Accomplishments By Brandon Stephens (Cullowhee) – – Until the mid to late 1990’s, Golf was probably one of the most boring sports to see on TV until nationally Tiger Woods and locally Murphy High Golf star Matt Cook made the sport really cool. Cook was recruited and […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Cruises to a 62-to-6 Win Over Highland Tech – First 10 Win Season for Head Coach Joseph Watson
Murphy to Face Christ the King in the Second Round of the Playoffs By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – The Murphy Bulldogs (10-and-1, 6-and-0) are surviving and advancing to the second round of the 1-A state football playoffs after a commanding 62-to-six win over the Highland Tech Rams (3-and-7, 0-and-6). The win also marks […]
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