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Cherokee Murphy

Braves

Bulldogs

The Murphy (NC) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Cherokee (NC) by a score of 5-4.

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

Final score provided by B. Oocumma.

Recap
Matchup

Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Cherokee edged by Murphy

March 21, 2023: Murphy, NC 28906

In Tuesday's league outing, the host Murphy Bulldogs softball team scored a close 5-4 win over the Cherokee Braves.

Coming up next, the Bulldogs encounter the Cherokee Braves (Cherokee, NC) in a Smoky Mountain 1A outing, on Friday, March 24. Murphy will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record. The Braves enter the outing with a 5-1 record after their 5-4 league loss to Murphy (Murphy, NC).

The Braves (5-1) will now prepare for their outing against Murphy (Murphy, NC). The Bulldogs enter the Smoky Mountain 1A outing with a 2-3 record. In their last outing, Murphy tipped Cherokee (Cherokee, NC), 5-4, in a league outing.

Rankings & Records

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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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

3/24 @ 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	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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