The Stage is Set for a Murphy versus Andrews Smoky Mountain Conference Championship Showdown By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Murphy (7-2, 4-0) is rolling to the final game of the season in search of a Smoky Mountain Conference Championship after a 20-to-14 win over Swain County (3-6, 0-4). This meeting of the […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Working to Building the Conference Momentum and Swain Searches for its First Conference Win
Bulldogs and Maroon Devil Fans Brace for the Best By Brandon Stephens Photos Credit to Joanna McMahan (Murphy) – – The revered meeting between Murphy (6-2, 3-0) and Swain County (3-5, 0-3), the long-time traditional Smoky Mountain Conference grid-iron greats will probably, not be like a church homecoming with cutting pies, songs of praise, […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Defeats the Robbinsville Black Knights 48-to-16
Laney to Grooms is Golden – Welcome Hunter Stalcup to 1,000 Yard Club By Brandon Stephens Photos and Video: Jake West, Brandon Stephens, and Contributors Statistics: Murphy High School Ray Carroll (Robbinsville) – – Murphy Bulldogs and the Robbinsville Black Knights rivalry is similar to what many have liked in the old Atari […]
Read More »Game of the Week is in Graham County – Robbinsville hosts Murphy
We Have the Key to Finding a Winner By Brandon Stephens (Robbinsville) – – The task of picking a winner in this game is easier if you go to a convenience store in Robbinsville and Murphy to buy a $425.3 Million-dollar winning power ball ticket like I did. Select number 2, 4, 6, […]
Read More »Bulldogs Knock Down the Yellow Jacket Nest – Not Without a Few Stings
Penalties Added Up to Two and Half Football Fields By Brandon Stephens (Hayesville) – – There isn’t enough detergent in western North Carolina to keep the officials flags clean after the football game between Hayesville (4-3, 0-2) and Murphy (5-2, 2-0). 27 penalties that backed them up 240 yards were called during the […]
Read More »Hayesville Yellow Jackets Welcome the Murphy Bulldogs to the Nest for SMC Conference Game 2
Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets Coming to this Game After Lopsided First Conference Meetings – Which has given Opportunity to Each By Brandon Stephens (Hayesville) – – How does taking the bitter sting of a heavy-handed loss or the sweet taste of a scoring victory build value to opposing teams in Week 8 of […]
Read More »Bulldogs and Mustangs Show College Football They are the STORM
Murphy’s Devonte Murray and Smoky Mountain’s Dustin Stephens Whirling Spirits at Brevard College By Brandon Stephens (Brevard) – – White squirrels are a protected animal especially in Brevard, North Carolina because it is rare to see them, and they are more agile than most in their animal family. It is not strange then […]
Read More »Murphy Begins the Smoky Mountain Conference with 49-to-14 Win over Cherokee
Bulldogs and Braves Packing Heat to Make Big Plays … a few rounds went into their feet By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Murphy (4-2) is a game up in the beginning of the Smoky Mountain Conference hunt for a Championship hunt. The Bulldogs burnt almost 18 minutes of the first half and […]
Read More »The Seasons Change … Conference Season Bring the Bulldogs and Braves together in Murphy
Cherokee Language Lesson: A-La-S-Ga-Lv-Di (Pronounced: Ah-la-shga-luh-dee, Cherokee for Football) By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – The complete name for Cherokee Brave’s Quarterback is A-Ne-Tso-Sgi (Ah-Nay-Zo-Shgee) which means Ball Player. Cherokee Stickball Players and medicine men used this term generally to describe “ball players.” The name shortened down version to Tso is really an […]
Read More »Smoky Mountain Conference Represent Mountain Football
Swain County’s Connor Hyatt, Robbinsville’s Rossi Wachacha, and Cherokee’s Holden Straughan – They Bring Brawn and Brains to College By Brandon Stephens (Hickory) – – They are Maroon Devils, Black Knights, and Braves underneath the Lenoir Rhyne University Dark Cardinal Red and Carson-Newman Orange colors. Today they are united on the Division II […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Bite the New Faith Christian Academy Titans 42-to-Nothing
Murphy Moves to 3-2 and Gets Ready for Conference Play. Youth Football Players and Cheerleaders Honored By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – Four plays into the game the Murphy Bulldogs (3-2) struck first with a 15-yard touchdown pass from Quarterback Cole Laney to Running Back Hunter Stalcup and didn’t look back. Hunter carried […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Looking to Rebound this Week with New Faith Christian Academy
Bulldogs Host a Home Game After Nearly Five Weeks Being on The Road By Brandon Stephens (Murphy) – – The Murphy Bulldogs (2-2) will host New Faith Christian Academy (1-1). Not much is known about the New Faith Christian Academy Titans on how they operate and what kind of threat they will be […]
Read More »Western Carolina University New Home for Some Ole Bulldogs
Former Murphy Bulldogs Micah Nelson and Payton McCracken Play at WCU By Brandon Stephens (Cullowhee) – – Late fall 2018 is the last time Western Carolina University (WCU) Red Shirt Sophomore Defensive End Micah Nelson and Freshman Wide Receiver Payton McCracken played with one another on the same football team. The Murphy Bulldogs were […]
Read More »With a Little More than a Yell, Fannin County Rebels got more more more from Murphy
By Brandon Stephens (Blue Ridge, GA) – – Fannin County Rebels (2-2) took hold of the game and didn’t let go over the Murphy Bulldogs (2-2). The Rebels Carson Callihan led Fannin County to the end zone on the first of eight first half touchdowns with only 10:49 remaining in the First Quarter. The first […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs Do Battle in Blue Ridge (GA) Against the Rebels
Good words shared from Ty Laney By Brandon Stephens (Blue Ridge, GA) – – With a Rebel yell, more, more, more! More good football is on the way for the Murphy Bulldogs (2-1) and the Fannin County (GA) Rebels (1-2) this week in Blue Ridge, Georgia. There may be a few Rebel yells […]
Read More »Murphy Bulldogs force the Pirates to Walk the Plank 34-to-28
Murphy Running Back Ty Laney Injured By Brandon Stephens (South Pittsburg, TN) – – The Bulldogs are fine as grade 6A silk after doing something the number crunchers and analysts said they could not, which was defeat the powerful South Pittsburg Pirates. Murphy took command of the game from the first possession and […]
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