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Smoky Mountain Murphy

Mustangs

Bulldogs

The Murphy (NC) varsity soccer team lost Monday's home non-conference match against Smoky Mountain (Sylva, NC) by a score of 1-0.

	1	2	Final
Smoky Mountain	0	1	1
Murphy	0	0	0

Final score provided by S. DragonFly.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Murphy (25-26)

Smoky Mountain

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Pts
	Team Totals	2	1	2
00	Ben Koch (So)	80
2	Willie Antonio (Sr)	65	1	2
3	John Cruz (Sr)	80
4	Kevin Ramirez (Sr)	80
5	Colton Camerote (Sr)	80
8	John Blanton (Sr)	80
10	Keegan Allen (Sr)	65
12	Spencer Bullock (Jr)	10
14	Miguel Ramirez (Sr)	75
15	Alex Martinez (Sr)	80
20	Sammy Hernandez (Sr)	50
22	EJ Rhoads (Sr)	70
23	Matthew Thomas (Sr)	50
30	Nolan Donley (Jr)	15

Murphy

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min
	Team Totals	160
1	Cale Harger (Jr)	80
2	G. Breitenbach (Fr)	80

Smoky Mountain

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	PKG	PKA	GWG	YC	RC
	Team Totals	1						1
2	Willie Antonio (Sr)	1						1

Murphy

#	Athlete Name	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	5	4	.8
5	Kole Ritz (Jr)	2	1	.5
9	Tyler Payne (Jr)	2	2	1.0
10	Jerry Bui (Jr)	1	1	1.0

Smoky Mountain

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		4	0	3	.8	0.000
00	Ben Koch (So)	80		4	0	3	.8	0.000

Murphy

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		7		6	.9	0.000
1	Cale Harger (Jr)	80		7		6	.9	0.000

Smoky Mountain

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals			1	1
00	Ben Koch (So)			1	1

Murphy has not entered any goaltending stats.

Match Story

North Carolina High School Soccer - Murphy nudged by Smoky Mountain

August 11, 2025: Murphy, NC 28906

The Smoky Mountain Mustangs soccer squad scored 1 points and held the host Murphy Bulldogs to 0 in the Mustangs non-league victory on Monday.

The Mustangs now hold a 1-0 record. They play next when they host North Buncombe for a non-league bout on Wednesday, August 13. Smoky Mountain will play a Black Hawks squad coming off a 7-1 non-league win over Swain County (Bryson City, NC). The Black Hawks record now stands at 1-0.

With the loss, Murphy moves to 0-1 on the year. The Bulldogs host Tuscola (Waynesville, NC) to face the Mountaineers in a non-league contest on Monday, August 18. The Mountaineers enter the contest with a record of 0-0.

Players of the Match

Smoky Mountain (25-26)

Congratulations to #2 Willie Antonio for being selected the Smoky Mountain Soccer Player of the Match.

Murphy (25-26)

Congratulations to #7 Keaten Ritz for being selected the Murphy Soccer Player of the Match.

SMHS @ Murphy Soccer Match Info

Mon., Aug. 11, 2025 @ 5p

The Murphy (NC) varsity soccer team lost Monday's home non-conference match against Smoky Mountain (Sylva, NC) by a score of 1-0.

Rankings & Records

Smoky Mountain (25-26)

National	NC	Class
5,212	410	49

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
5-15-1	1-13	2-7	3-8-1	.262	.071	33	50

Murphy (25-26)

National	NC	Class
4,396	348	23

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
15-4-1	13-1	9-2-1	6-2	.775	.929	67	14

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final
Smoky Mountain	.5	.7	1.6
Murphy	1.2	1.1	3.4

Team Stat Comparison

Smoky Mountain		Murphy
33	Goals	60
25	Assists	44
6	Shots	231
3.692	Goals Against Average	0.375

Team Leaders

Smoky Mountain		Murphy	National Avg.
#8 John Blanton11	Goals	#9 Tyler Payne17	4
#10 Keegan Allen7	Assists	#15 Abram Twiggs11	3
#14 Miguel Ramirez4	Shots	#9 Tyler Payne61	12
#00 Ben Koch2.876	Goals Against Average	#21 Zander Floyd0	2.620

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Smoky Mountain	4-3		Murphy	4-2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/14/25	Swain County	Smoky Mountain	(W) 7-0	10/2/25	Murphy	Swain County	(W) 3-0
				10/6/25	Swain County	Murphy	(W) 2-0
8/18/25	Smoky Mountain	Madison	(W) 6-1	9/10/25	Madison	Murphy	(W) 6-0
8/25/25	Highlands	Smoky Mountain	(W) 3-0	9/15/25	Highlands	Murphy	(W) 8-0
				10/15/25	Murphy	Highlands	(L) 2-1
9/10/25	Smoky Mountain	Pisgah	(L) 2-0	8/27/25	Pisgah	Murphy	(L) 3-2
10/6/25	Pisgah	Smoky Mountain	(L) 1-0
9/17/25	Tuscola	Smoky Mountain	(L) 2-1	8/18/25	Tuscola	Murphy	(T) 2-2
10/13/25	Smoky Mountain	Tuscola	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Smoky Mountain (25-26)		Murphy (25-26)
5-15-1	Overall	15-4-1
1-13	League	13-1
4-2-1	Non-League	1-2-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-3	Common Opponent	4-2-1
2-7	Home	9-2-1
3-8-1	Away	6-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	1-1
5-15-1	In-State	15-4-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0