Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs dropped their first game of the season to conference rival Hayesville last Friday, 10-1. After that little bumb in the road however, the Dogs regrouped this week and picked up wins over Swain County and Hiwasse Dam. In their game against Swain County, the Dogs and […]
Read More »FYN Sports Post Season Football Awards and Outstanding Players
Our team here at FYN Sports got together at the end of this years “spring” North Carolina High School football season and voted on our end of year awards. Players were chosen based not just on their stats alone, but also on their contributions to their team that may not show up in the stat […]
Read More »Murphy Run Rules Cherokee Behind Hensley & McCracken’s Bats
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit Hunter Curtis was on the mound for the Dogs as they got their second game of the season underway against conference foe Cherokee. Curtis’ outing was all but perfect, pitching throwing all three innings of the shortened game while only allowing two hits and striking out four. The Dogs […]
Read More »Dogs On Top! Win 426 For Coach Gentry is Championship Number 10 For Murphy
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit Win number 426 for legendary Murphy Bulldogs Head Coach David Gentry was one for the books. His Dogs defeated Northside-Pinetown 14-7 to claim the schools 10th State Title, and 9th under his reign. This title was definitely not one of the prettiest or easiest to come by. The Hall […]
Read More »Lady Bulldogs Softball Moves on to the Elite Eight!
Photo Courtesy of BT Douthit The #10 seed Murphy Lady Bulldogs played host to #15 seed South Stokes last night in the second round of the NCHSAA 1A State Softball Playoffs. The Dogs came away with a 3-1 win, thanks to some stellar pitching from Jersey Schwalm. It looked like all roads were headed […]
Read More »Lady Bulldogs Softball Downs Chatham Charter, Advance to Second Round
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The #10 seed Murphy Lady Bulldogs softball team traveled to #7 seed Chatham Charter last night for the first round of the NCHSAA 1A State Softball Playoffs. The Lady Bulldogs did not have a problem handling the Chatham Charter Lady Knights, winning 17-3 and advancing to the second round […]
Read More »Murphy Baseball Kicks Off Season With 20-7 Win Over Robbinsville
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit Murphy, NC- Murphy High School kicked off their 2021 season last Saturday against conference rival Robbinsville. Murphy’s bats got hot early, and they run-ruled the Black Knights 20-7 in 5 innings. The game was played just mere hours after the two schools football teams faced off against one another […]
Read More »Sweet Revenge! Dogs Beat Robbinsville 24-14, Advance to State Championship
Photo Courtesy of BT Douthit The most anticipated football game of the year surely lived up to all the hype, as Murphy and Robbinsville duked it out in the Western Regional Championship on Friday night in Graham County. Murphy came in looking to avenge their Smoky Mountain Conference Championship game loss earlier in the […]
Read More »Dogs Too Much For Elkin, Advance to Western Regional Championship
Photo courtesy of Autumn Ritz The Murphy Bulldogs and their Second Round opponent Elkin Elks slugged it out for 4 whole quarters on Friday, but the Dogs were ultimately too much, edging the Elks 29-24. The Dogs will face Robbinsville next week in the Western Regional Championship game and will look to avenge their […]
Read More »1A State Playoffs Second Round Preview: Murphy vs Elkin
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit Well Bulldog fans, your boys found a way to get it done last Friday night and were able to come away with a W against a very good Thomas Jefferson team. They are now prepping for their second round game at Elkin this Friday. Elkin is coming off a first […]
Read More »Smoky Mountain Conference Baseball Preseason Rankings & Awards
With baseball season about to be kicked off in North Carolina High Schools, FYN Sports writers came together to give you our thoughts on the upcoming season. With no baseball season last year, we are not really sure what to expect for the 2021 season. We talked to players and coaches around the league, and […]
Read More »Murphy Softball Moves to 6-1, Tied For First In Conference
Photo Courtesy of BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs Softball team got back in the win column with a 2-0 dub over Rosman last Thursday, after Robbinsville handed them their first loss of the season on Tuesday. In the sixth game of the season for the Dogs, they traveled to Robbinsville to face the Black […]
Read More »Dogs Beat Gryphons 28-20, Advance to 2nd Round
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs and the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons faced off in the First Round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A State Playoffs last Friday night. The Dogs were fired up to be playing at home, and they used that home field advantage to secure […]
Read More »1A State Playoffs First Round Preview: Andrews vs Elkin
It’s FINALLY playoff time here in North Carolina. The brackets have been set and matchups announced, so let’s do a quick run through of what to expect from the first round matchup between the number 8 seed Andrews Wildcats and the number 1 seed Elkin Elks. Elkin Elkin comes into the playoffs riding high. […]
Read More »1A State Playoffs First Round Preview: Murphy vs Thomas Jefferson
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit It’s FINALLY playoff time here in North Carolina. The brackets have been set and matchups announced, so let’s do a quick run through of what to expect from the first round matchup between the number 4 seed Murphy Bulldogs and the number 5 seed Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (TJCA) […]
Read More »Black Knights Win Back To Back Conference Titles
Photo courtesy of BT Douthit The Murphy Bulldogs and Robbinsville Black Knights faced off in the conference championship game Friday night. Both teams came into the game undefeated looking to secure the top playoff seed in the smoky mountain conference. Yet on this night the Black Knights were the team with better ball security […]
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