Murphy High School’s number 73 Yousef Mugharbil, one of the most sought after recruits in the nation, has narrowed his college favorites down to seven. The list, which he took to twitter to release on Wednesday, includes Florida, North Carolina, North Carolina State, The University of Tennessee, The University of Louisville, Virginia Tech, and Penn […]
Read More »NCHSAA moves into phase 2
Phase 2 of the reopening plan will begin on August 3rd. The new phase does not change the number of student athletes who will be allowed to practice in groups, but it does introduce some new equipment. Social distancing will still be enforced, however kids will finally be able to start practicing with balls again. […]
Read More »Hiwassee River Friends of NRA Banquet
The annual Hiwassee River Friends of the NRA banquet has been canceled for this year due to the COVID pandemic. Luckily, the committee still has A LOT of awesome prizes to raffle off, including 8 guns! There will be 29 prizes total, including a crystal bracelet, tomb of the unknown soldier sculpture, dont tread on […]
Read More »NC High School sports delayed until Sept. 1st
The start of fall high school sports has been delayed until at least September 1st, being pushed back a month from the original start date of August 1st, due to the COVID pandemic. Also, for the first five days of the 2020-2021 school year, all sports activities will be paused to allow students and school […]
Read More »Gov. Cooper leaves athletics decision up to NCHSAA
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper held a press conference earlier today, where he announced that school systems will be operating on Plan B which is a split, virtual and in person system this fall. School districts are also allowed to operate under plan C, which is strictly virtual online learning. Regarding sports, he announced that […]
Read More »What consolidation means for County high school sports
The long awaited vote for the consolidation of the three Cherokee County High Schools was conducted on May 28th, where the Cherokee County School Board voted 4-2 in favor of consolidation. Thanks to a $15 million dollar grant that the county received back in 2018, Murphy, Andrews and Hiwasee Dam High Schools will all be […]
Read More »NCHSAA extends dead period until June 15th
The North Carolina High School Board of Directors held a meeting Monday night, May 25th, where the decision was made to extend the Coronavirus dead period until June 15th. Originally the dead period was set to be over on June 1st, however the vote to extend it was unanimous. NCHSAA commissioner Que Tucker held […]
Read More »Cherokee County Business and Restaurant operations
Cherokee County, NC- (Updated 3/20) On March 17th at 5 p.m. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper gave the order that all restaurants and bars were to be closed to sit-down services and open to curbside takeout and delivery only. Since then, many local businesses have followed suite and modified the way that they are operating […]
Read More »Lady Bulldogs punch ticket to state title game
The Murphy Lady Bulldogs are headed to the NCHSAA Class 1-A state title game after a narrow, 63-62, win against Mitchell in the Western Regional Championship game Saturday, March 7, in Hickory. With the win, the top-seeded Lady Bulldogs (30-0) will face off with third-seeded Weldon (27-1) for the championship Saturday, March 14, at Reynolds […]
Read More »Lady Bulldogs stay perfect, advance to semis
It was another packed house Tuesday, March 4, as the Lady Bulldogs tipped-off the state quarterfinal game against the East Surry Lady Cardinals. The same East Surry team that this time last year ended Murphy’s state championship dreams with a last second 3-pointer. It was the Lady Bulldogs (29-0) that got the last laugh this […]
Read More »Murphy girls advance to state playoff quarterfinals
Saturday, Feb. 29, the Murphy Lady Bulldogs and the Cherokee Lady Braves played in front of a crowd of more than 1,000 at Murphy High School in the third round of the NCHSAA 1-A state playoffs. Sophomore forward Torin Rogers returned to the lineup after missing the previous playoff game with an ankle injury. Rogers […]
Read More »Lady Bulldogs pummel Union Academy
Thursday night, Feb. 27, the undefeated Murphy Lady Bulldogs tipped off against the Union Academy Lady Cardinals in the second round of the Class 1-A NCHSAA state playoffs. The Lady Bulldogs (27-0), the top seed in the tournament, were without one of their leading scorers in Torin Rogers. Rogers is day-to-day as she recovers from […]
Read More »Dogs Season Comes To An End
The young offense of the Murphy Bulldogs was on fire on Tuesday in their first round playoff game against Pine Lake Preparatory on Tuesday, but it just was not meant to be as the Dogs were eliminated from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1a State Playoffs, 12-7. Murphy jumped out to an early […]
Read More »Big Win For Dogs on Senior Night
The Bulldogs defeated the Swain County Maroon Devils on Thursday, 13-5. The 13-5 score does not tell the whole story of the game, as things were a lot closer than the 8 runs would make it seem. The Dogs trailed 5-4 in the bottom of the 5th inning when Jesse Kephart ground into a fielders […]
Read More »Dogs Stomp Hiwassee Dam
The Murphy Bulldogs showed up in full force on Tuesday as they piled it on in their conference game against the Hiwassee Dam Eagles, beating them 12-3. It all started in the first inning, when Freshman Dawson Hensley doubled on the first pitch of his at bat, driving in 2 runs. The Dogs offense did […]
Read More »Dogs Take Season Series From Andrews
The Murphy Bulldogs finally were able to play their 2nd game of the season against Andrews and it was a good one for the Dogs, as they run ruled Andrews thanks to Jesse Kepharts 4 hit day. The Dogs bats were hot from the start, as Kellen Rumfelt and Briggs Cornwell doubled in the first […]
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