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Murphy Cherokee

Bulldogs

Braves

The Cherokee (NC) varsity softball team lost Friday's home conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 17-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Murphy	2	0	11	1	3	-	-	17	-	-
Cherokee	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	3	-	-

Final score provided by J. Fitzgerald.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Cherokee loses to Murphy

March 24, 2023: Cherokee, NC 28719

The Murphy Bulldogs softball team scored 17 runs and limited the host Cherokee Braves to 3 in the Bulldogs league triumph on Friday.

With the triumph, Murphy moves its record to 3-3 on the year. The Bulldogs host Franklin (Franklin, NC) to clash with the Panthers in a non-league game on Monday, March 27. The Panthers come into the game with a record of 7-3. Franklin won 9-1 in their recent league game against North Henderson (Hendersonville, NC)

In their next game, the Braves clash with the Robbinsville Black Knights (Robbinsville, NC) in a Smoky Mountain 1A game, on Tuesday, March 28. Cherokee will attempt to move on its 5-2 season record. The Black Knights come into the game with a 6-1 record after their 9-5 league win over Swain County (Bryson City, NC).

Murphy @ Cherokee Softball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 24, 2023 @ 4:30p

The Cherokee (NC) varsity softball team lost Friday's home conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 17-3.

Rankings & Records

Murphy (22-23)

NC	Class
187	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-6	9-3	5-4	7-2	.667	.750	164	95

Cherokee (22-23)

NC	Class
284	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-8	5-7	6-3	2-5	.500	.417	77	103

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Murphy	.7	.9	2.1	2.2	1.0	.6	.6	9.1	11.5	4.0
Cherokee	.7	.2	1.6	1.1	.8	.4	0	4.8	2.7	3.0

Head-to-Head

Murphy won on 3/21/2023

3/21 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Cherokee - - - - - - - 4 - -
Murphy - - - - - - - 5 - -

The Cherokee (NC) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Murphy (NC) by a score of 5-4.
Box score
Murphy won on 3/24/2023

3/24 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Murphy 2 0 11 1 3 - - 17 - -
Cherokee 3 0 0 0 0 - - 3 - -

The Murphy (NC) varsity softball team won Friday's away conference game against Cherokee (NC) by a score of 17-3.
Box score

3/21 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cherokee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Murphy		Cherokee
-	Batting Average	.238
-	On Base Percentage	.304
-	Slugging Percentage	.476
-	Fielding Percentage	.882

Team Leaders

Murphy		Cherokee	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#23 Amila Lossie.500	.286
-	On Base Percentage	#23 Amila Lossie.500	.394
-	Slugging Percentage	#23 Amila Lossie1.000	.388
-	Fielding Percentage	#12 Mahala Allison1.000	.833

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murphy	7-3		Cherokee	5-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/14/23	Robbinsville	Murphy	(L) 16-11	3/28/23	Cherokee	Robbinsville	(L) 8-2
3/16/23	Murphy	Robbinsville	(L) 12-5	3/31/23	Robbinsville	Cherokee	(L) 12-1
4/4/23	Murphy	Andrews	(W) 17-2	3/14/23	Andrews	Cherokee	(W) 12-1
4/6/23	Andrews	Murphy	(W) 17-2	3/16/23	Cherokee	Andrews	(W) 6-1
4/18/23	Hiwassee Dam	Murphy	(L) 3-0	5/2/23	Cherokee	Hiwassee Dam	(L) 12-1
4/20/23	Murphy	Hiwassee Dam	(W) 8-7	5/4/23	Hiwassee Dam	Cherokee	(L) 9-2
4/25/23	Murphy	Hayesville	(W) 10-4	4/18/23	Hayesville	Cherokee	(W) 3-0
5/5/23	Hayesville	Murphy	(W) 15-0	4/21/23	Cherokee	Hayesville	(W) 12-0
5/2/23	Swain County	Murphy	(W) 4-3	4/4/23	Swain County	Cherokee	(W) 4-3
5/4/23	Murphy	Swain County	(W) 8-4	4/5/23	Cherokee	Swain County	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Murphy (22-23)		Cherokee (22-23)
12-6	Overall	8-8
9-3	League	5-7
3-2	Non-League	3-0
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-3	Common Opponent	5-5
5-4	Home	6-3
7-2	Away	2-5
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
11-6	In-State	8-8
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0