Last Thursday we hosted our inaugural FYN Sports x Fellowship of Christian Athletes 7 on 7 featuring Murphy, Hayesville, Andrews, Franklin, Copper Basin, and Union County. We got a good look at all of the teams that were there, as each team played at least 3 games a piece. Granted, teams were missing players and […]
Read More »Sarah Pullium Named NCHSAA Female Athlete of The Year
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit Murphy Bulldogs Senior Sarah Pullium was named the Female Athlete of The Year today by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. Pullium is just the third athlete from the Smoky Mountain Conference to receive this award, joining Hailey Shope (Hiwassee Dam, 2015) and Christie Cagel (Hayesville, 1990). […]
Read More »FYN Sports Top 5 Football Stadiums in Our Viewing Area
Just here to spark a little bit of fun debate during the off-season! Our writers blind voted on their favorite stadiums in our viewing area, and these were the results. I’m sure everyone will have their own opinion, so let us hear your opinions and what we got wrong! Each stadium write up is written […]
Read More »FYN Sports SMC Baseball Awards
The book has closed on another baseball season for the Smoky Mountain Conference. It didn’t end how anyone wanted it to, with teams losing to Charter schools in the playoffs, but it was nice to see the boys back on the diamond. Our FYN Sports writers got together and compiled a list of players we […]
Read More »Bulldogs Track Teams Show Out At Regional Championship
Photo Courtesy of BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs track teams really showed their stuff this past weekend at the Regional Championships. The Boys team was crowned Region Champs, while the Girls team won Region Runner-up. Boys Team Results- 1 Murphy 112 2 Hayesville 96 4 Swain County 74.5 5 Robbinsville 57 7 Cherokee 50 […]
Read More »Bulldogs Advance to Second Round After Hard Fought Win
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The 11 seeded Murphy Bulldogs baseball team advanced to the second round of the NCHSAA 1A State Playoffs after a hard fought 13-10 victory on the road against Starmount. A back and forth game from start to finish, the Bulldogs headed into the final inning down 9-7. Joe Swain […]
Read More »Murphy Baseball 1st Round Playoff Preview
Photo credit- BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs finished the regular season at 12-2 overall, with their only 2 losses on the year coming to conference foe Hayesville. The Bulldogs drew the number 11 seed in the random draw for the playoffs this year, meaning they will be on the road for basically the entire […]
Read More »A New Era: Bulldogs Name Joseph Watson as New Head Football Coach
For the first time since 1983, the powers that be at Murphy High School were tasked with finding a new Head Football Coach. After the shocking news that longtime, Hall of Fame Head Coach, David Gentry was retiring came earlier this week, Bulldog Athletic Director Ray Gutierrez and crew were under the gun to find […]
Read More »Full SMC Track Meet Results: Murphy Boys Take 4th Straight SMC title, Others Break Records
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The Smoky Mountain Conference Championship track meet took place today at Cherokee High School. There were some great performances from all over the conference, and a lot of individuals really showed out. Some outstanding individual performances were: Jake McTaggart (Hayesville)- SMC Champ in Shot Put and Discus, winning Discus […]
Read More »Bulldog For Life: HOF Head Coach David Gentry Hangs it up
The winningest coach in North Carolina has decided to close the “coaching” chapter of his life after 50 years. Murphy Bulldogs head coach David Gentry announced today that he is retiring from coaching football. He will retire ranked top 20 in the country in all-time wins, leaving a mark on the town of Murphy […]
Read More »Murphy vs Hayesville Game 2 Preview and Predictions
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The Hayesville Yellow Jackets and the Murphy Bulldogs will be facing off on Tuesday, June 8th in what is the de-facto conference championship. Hayesville comes into the matchup undefeated (12-0) having beat Murphy (10-1) earlier in the season by a score of 10-1. Don’t be fooled by that score […]
Read More »Murphy now ranked 5th in the state after 8th straight win
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs baseball team has really found their groove since their game 3 loss to Hayesville. Since the 10-1 loss to the #3 ranked team in the state, the Bulldogs have bounced back and rattled off 8 straight victories. Last night the Dogs had a double header against Andrews […]
Read More »RING US- Lady Bulldogs Get Their State Championship Rings
Unforgettable year. Unmistakable Rings. The Murphy Lady Bulldogs State Championship Rings were unveiled during a special ceremony on Thursday night at David Gentry Field. The ladies eyes lit up and you could hear “oooo’s” and “ahhhh’s” from players and coaches alike, as they opened up the box that […]
Read More »Murphy Downs Robbinsville and Rosman on Back-to-Back nights
Photo courtesy of June Hensley The Murphy Bulldogs baseball team has had a full week already this week, traveling to and facing off against Robbinsville and Rosman on back-to-back nights. Their busy week won’t end today however, as they’ll see Rosman one more time on Friday to wrap up the Rosman-Murphy series for good, […]
Read More »Dogs roll on 6-3 over Swain, move to 5-1
Photo credit BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs and the Swain County Maroon Devils faced off Friday night in a Smoky Mountain Conference battle. The Dogs came out on top 6-3 thanks to some big time hits from Senior Dawson Hensley, who drove in 3 runs on the night. Hensley is off to a superb […]
Read More »Murphy hosts Robbinsville and Hiwasse Dam in final home meet
The Murphy Bulldogs track team played host to Robbinsville and Hiwassee Dam in their final home meet of the year. Both Bulldogs Boys and Girls teams came away with the W, while Robbinsville and HD finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Below are the results from the entire meet.
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