Bulldogs Are Working To Get First Win   By Brandon Stephens   (Murphy) – – Work is the focus and goal for Murphy this week.  The Bulldogs (0-and-1, 0-0) are working diligently to correct mistakes from last week’s home opening 33-to-13 loss to the Franklin Panthers (1-and-0).  Franklin suffered a 2-and-8 season last year and […]

Bulldog Running Back Blake Davis Helps Carry the Team to 2-and-O By Brandon Stephens   (Murphy) – – The Murphy Bulldog Junior Varsity football team is 2-and-O after a 16-to-12 win over the Mountain Heritage Cougars.  This week’s season home opening game is closer than last week’s big scoring game at Cherokee for Murphy. Mountain […]

Murphy will host the Franklin Panthers Friday Night   By Brandon Stephens   (Murphy) – – “What’s Murphy got this season?” is a common question I hear in the weeks leading up to the start of the 2024 season.  The real question many of the armchair quarterbacks and professional postulating prediction personnel want to know […]

Bulldogs Return to the Cross Country setting with Good Talent By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Conditioning, potential, test, and performance are the four ingredients most cross country and track coaches work to instill or improve with their teams.  Murphy Head Cross Country Coach Terry Jones is working diligently for the Murphy High and Middle […]

Murphy Goes 2-2-2 against Asheville, Mitchell, and Pisgah   By Brandon Stephens   (Canton, NC) – – Bleached hair from the 2023 playoffs has faded out the Murphy Bulldogs’ hair and a new group of “Big” Dogs are stepping into leadership for the fall football team.  Murphy’ Bulldogs finished up its summer seven-on-seven scrimmages for […]

Dominick Rummler – Piedmont University, Demorest, GA Zach Sokgen – Averett University, Danville, VA  Xander Wachacha – Truett McConnell University, Cleveland, GA By Brandon Stephens (Murphy, NC) – – Three Murphy High School senior basketball players are making their final commitments to play college basketball.  Dominick Rumler played center for the Bulldogs will play at […]

Coach, Leader, Statesman – – Coach Deitz Is More than Football By Brandon Stephens   (Sylva) – – There is much more to the man most people know as the red-faced, Maroon Devil Head Football Coach Boyce Deitz.  Boyce Deitz was a talented football player for the Sylva-Webster Golden Eagles in the 1960’s and his […]

Mount Airy Extends Its Winning Streak to 27 games – Murphy Scores the Most Points of Any Other Team on the Granite Bears in 2023 By Brandon Stephens   (Mount Airy) – – The Murphy Bulldogs (9-4, 3-2) are the toughest opponent for the Mount Airy (13-0, 6-0) Granite Bears at this point in the […]

The Radio Voice Known Throughout Western North Carolina   By Brandon Stephens   (Cullowhee) – – There is a feeling you get is like no other when you are tuned to a game being broadcast by Gary “The Bear” Ayers.  When your tuner, these days streaming app, picks up his broadcast you get a good […]

Hunter Stalcup Leads the Bulldogs with Five Touchdowns By Brandon Stephens   (Kernersville) – – The Murphy Bulldogs (9-3, 3-2) are not easily stopped by the Bishop McGuinness Villains (6-6, 4-3) as Senior Running Back Hunter Stalcup gave a clinic on how to rush and score.  Stalcup by rough count carried 10 times for 275 […]

By Brandon Stephens   (Kernersville) – – The Bishop McGuinness Villains are probably more well known for taking down Smoky Mountain Conference teams in volleyball and basketball rather than football.  This is a team that is middle of the road to be a threat or possibly a team that can be defeated.   Don’t be surprised […]

Devonte Murray Says Being a Bulldog is value to carry him through his time at Brevard College By Brandon Stephens   (Brevard) – – Former Murphy standout and two-time state champion Devonte Murray is finishing up his college football career a Brevard College.  There is still some football to be played for Murray as a […]