By Brandon Stephens (Burnsville) – – Cougars and feline strength is facing the Murphy Bulldogs (7-and-4) on Friday night. During the late 1970’s Robert Conrad dared people to knock an alkaline battery off his shoulder that is packed by a cougar-like ball of energy jumping through a number 9. Physical play to knock the cougars […]
Read More »“Trojan” Bulldog eliminates Alleghany – Murphy Advances to Round Two of the State Play Offs
By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – The Murphy Bulldog Football Team must have Greek ancestors as they annihilated the (Alleghany) Trojans 58-to-20 in Friday night’s battle. Murphy didn’t use a wooden Bulldog to roll in its battle plan, which was quick and not quite as ruthless as the battle in ancient Troy. The Bulldogs […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Step into New Season Playing host to Alleghany
By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – The new season begins this week for the Murphy Bulldogs, 6-and-4 (3-and-2 Smoky Mountain Conference) earning a ninth seed in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state play offs. Murphy, along with more than 250 teams (all classifications) across the state, are locking their eyes on state […]
Read More »Andrews Wildcats will host the Murphy Bulldogs. . .Run, run fast as you can!
By Brandon Stephens (Andrews) – – Run, run, fast as you can, you can’t catch me I am the gingerbread boy, may be the theme for this Friday’s football game between the Andrews Wildcats and the Murphy Bulldogs. Both Bulldogs and Wildcats will have to run from everything in each opponent’s barn from the big […]
Read More »Andrews Wildcats will host the Murphy Bulldogs. . .Run, run fast as you can!
By Brandon Stephens (Andrews) – – Run, run, fast as you can, you can’t catch me I am the gingerbread boy, may be the theme for this Friday’s football game between the Andrews Wildcats and the Murphy Bulldogs. Both Bulldogs and Wildcats will have to run from everything in each opponent’s barn from the […]
Read More »Swain County Maroon Devils defeated in the house of rising sun (Memorial Stadium) 28-to-21 by Murphy
Granny do the Bulldogs bite…oh child oh (Bryson City) – – The Murphy at Swain game made me want to rewrite the Charlie Daniels song Devil Went Down to Georgia. Swain County laid the gold football at the Bulldogs feet in light of the excellent running of Juan (not Johnny) Allen and Quarterback keepers […]
Read More »Robbinsville Chip Shot Brings Down the Murphy Bulldogs
By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – What has more leg than a bucket of chicken and uses the original recipe? Robbinsville Black Knight Senior Kicker Cody Kline is the answer. Cody Kline demonstrated through his junior year he can park the ball through the uprights with strength and style, this year there is nothing […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs and Robbinsville Black Knights set to Battle Friday Night
By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Nothing could be finer than having more points than your opponent in the game between Murphy and Robbinsville. The atmosphere would be so sweet like winning a conference crown, state championship, even a Super Bowl. The Bulldogs would continue to climb in the conference standings and work to […]
Read More »Murphy Defeats the Hayesville Yellow Jackets for a Second Conference win
Murphy Running Back Juan Allen lights up the scoreboard and Bulldog Spirit; Hunter Stalcup kept the fire burning By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Energy was low and the nerves were a bit shaky for the beginning of the Murphy versus Hayesville homecoming night. Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets saw too many penalty markers […]
Read More »Battling Yellow Jackets in the early fall … Murphy Bulldogs will host the Hayesville Yellow Jackets
By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Fall is a time we are plagued with yellow jackets searching for the last drop of something sweet before the cold weather hits. The older generations tell us not to bother them or they will sting. That old sage advice can’t be taken by the Murphy Bulldogs this week […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs begin Smoky Mountain Conference Play with a Trip to Cherokee High
Written by Brandon Stephens Cherokee is a good team and winning the first conference game is IMPORTANT! (Cherokee, NC) – – Conference play is underway for the Murphy Bulldogs (3-and-2) and most of the other Smoky Mountain Conference teams this coming Friday (October 1, 2021). The Cherokee Braves will host the Bulldogs for […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs top the Union County Panthers in Blairsville
A Pick Six by Cole Laney closes the door to the game Photos by BT Douthit Written by Brandon Stephens (Blairsville, GA) – – Pick six by Murphy defender Cole Laney is key play to set the momentum and energy the Bulldogs needed to defeat the Union County (GA) Panthers 54-24. Murphy needed this […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldog Football Team Travels to Union County High Friday Night
Bulldogs reunite on the field with Coach Thomas Nelson Written by Brandon Stephens (Blairsville, Ga) – – Murphy Bulldogs have been eyeing this week’s football game for a few months or since Thomas Nelson announced he would take a job with Union County High, a well-deserved opportunity. Irony was thick this past […]
Read More »Murphy High Travels Long and Wins Big Against Cherokee High (TN) Chiefs
Written by Brandon Stephens (Rogersville, TN) – – The Murphy Bulldogs really stepped out on the field like rhinestone cowboys in their own star-spangled rodeo. Cherokee High on its first possession fumbled to Murphy’s Cole Laney which set the first touchdown to his brother Ty Laney, who ran a 39-yard touchdown. This set the tempo […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Football Team travels to Cherokee High (Tennessee) Friday Night
Written by Brandon Stephens (Rogersville, Tennessee) – – Cherokee High, not the Braves from the Cherokee Indian Reservation (North Carolina), the 4-A high school in Rogersville, Tennessee will host the Murphy Bulldogs on Friday night (September 17, 2021). This is one of the games that will consume most of the day getting there and prepping […]
Read More »Legendary Coach David Gentry Visits Murphy High to take in the Friday Night Game
Coach Gentry gives a game plan to the community about being safe from COVID-19 Written by Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – He promised a few visits to cheer the Murphy Bulldogs to victory and Coach David Gentry did just that on Friday night (September 10, 2021). The team was busy running through plays, calisthenics, and […]
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