In Thursday's league outing, the Hayesville Yellowjackets (Hayesville, NC) basketball squad beat the host Murphy Bulldogs (Murphy, NC), by a margin of 69-58.

The Yellowjackets (4-1) will now prepare for their outing against Robbinsville (Robbinsville, NC). The Black Knights go into the Big Smoky Mountain 1A outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, Robbinsville was topped by Smoky Mountain (Sylva, NC), 75-39, in a non-league outing.

The Bulldogs now own a 2-2 record. They play next when they travel to Highlands for a non-league outing on Friday, December 20. Murphy will clash with a Highlanders squad coming off a 66-59 non-league loss to Brevard (Brevard, NC). The Highlanders record now stands at 1-6.