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Highlands Murphy

Highlanders

Bulldogs

The Murphy (NC) varsity soccer team won Monday's home conference match against Highlands (NC) by a score of 8-0.

	1	2	Final
Highlands	0	0	0
Murphy	-	-	8

Final score provided by R. Payne.

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Match Stats

Highlands (25-26)

Highlands has not entered stats for this match.

Murphy (25-26)

Murphy

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	7	7	21
9	Tyler Payne (Jr)	1	2	4
10	Jerry Bui (Jr)		1	1
12	Andrew White (Jr)	2		4
14	Elijah Twiggs (Jr)	2		4
15	Abram Twiggs (Jr)		2	2
19	Cylus Sullivan (So)	1		2
21	Zander Floyd (Fr)	1		2
24	Nathan Johnson (Jr)		1	1
25	Aaron Harger (Jr)		1	1

Murphy

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	7	18	13	.7
3	Jonathan Lamb (So)		2	1	.5
9	Tyler Payne (Jr)	1	5	3	.6
10	Jerry Bui (Jr)		1	1	1.0
12	Andrew White (Jr)	2	4	3	.8
14	Elijah Twiggs (Jr)	2	3	3	1.0
19	Cylus Sullivan (So)	1
21	Zander Floyd (Fr)	1	1	1	1.0
24	Nathan Johnson (Jr)		2	1	.5

Murphy

Goaltending

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

Match Story

North Carolina High School Soccer - Highlands toppled by Murphy

September 15, 2025: Murphy, NC 28906

The Highlands Highlanders soccer team (Highlands, NC), was overwhelmed 8-0 in Monday's league match with the host Murphy Bulldogs (Murphy, NC)

With the triumph, Murphy moves its record to 4-2 on the campaign. The Bulldogs host Summit Charter (Cashiers, NC) to meet the Bears in a Smoky Mountain 1A/2A match on Wednesday, September 17. The Bears come into the match with a record of 2-1. Summit Charter won 4-2 in their recent league battle against Hayesville (Hayesville, NC)

Next up, the Highlanders confront the Andrews Wildcats (Andrews, NC) in a Smoky Mountain 1A/2A battle, on Wednesday, September 17. Highlands will attempt to improve on its 2-6 season record. The Wildcats enter the battle with a 1-2 record after their 3-1 league win over Swain County (Bryson City, NC).

Players of the Match

Highlands (25-26)

Highlands has not selected any Players of the Match.

Murphy (25-26)

Congratulations to #10 Jerry Bui for being selected the Murphy Soccer Player of the Match.

Highlands @ Murphy Soccer Match Info

Mon., Sep. 15, 2025 @ 6p

The Murphy (NC) varsity soccer team won Monday's home conference match against Highlands (NC) by a score of 8-0.

Rankings & Records

Highlands (25-26)

National	NC	Class
5,273	436	17

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
7-6-1	7-1-1	4-2	3-4-1	.536	.833	31	34

Murphy (25-26)

National	NC	Class
3,501	285	17

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
11-2-1	10-0	7-2-1	4-0	.821	1.000	54	6

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final
Highlands	.9	.7	2.2
Murphy	1.4	1.3	3.9

Head-to-Head

Murphy won last month

9/15 @ 6p 1 2 Final

Highlands 0 0 0
Murphy - - 8

The Highlands (NC) varsity soccer team lost Monday's away conference match against Murphy (NC) by a score of 8-0.
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Match starts in a day
The Murphy (NC) varsity soccer team has an away conference match @ Highlands (NC) on Wednesday, October 15 @ 6p.
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Team Stat Comparison

Highlands		Murphy
3	Goals	47
3	Assists	34
22	Shots	231
9	Steals	-
0.000	Goals Against Average	0.273

Team Leaders

Highlands		Murphy	National Avg.
#7 Aniah McKim2	Goals	#9 Tyler Payne12	4
#11 Rowen Carnes2	Assists	#15 Abram Twiggs10	3
#11 Rowen Carnes7	Shots	#9 Tyler Payne61	10
#1 Paolo Mcrae6	Steals	-	21
#00 Chase Kenter0	Goals Against Average	#21 Zander Floyd0	2.536

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highlands	7-3-1		Murphy	10-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/20/25	Highlands	Pisgah	(L) 3-1	8/27/25	Pisgah	Murphy	(L) 3-2
8/25/25	Highlands	Smoky Mountain	(L) 3-0	8/11/25	Smoky Mountain	Murphy	(L) 1-0
8/27/25	Madison	Highlands	(L) 5-2	9/10/25	Madison	Murphy	(W) 6-0
9/3/25	Blue Ridge Early College	Highlands	(W) 2-0	9/24/25	Blue Ridge Early College	Murphy	(W) 1-0
10/6/25	Highlands	Blue Ridge Early College	(W) 3-1	10/27/25	Murphy	Blue Ridge Early College
9/8/25	Highlands	Hayesville	(W) 3-1	9/29/25	Murphy	Hayesville	(W) 2-0
10/8/25	Hayesville	Highlands	(W) 3-2	10/29/25	Hayesville	Murphy
9/24/25	Highlands	Swain County	(T) 0-0	10/2/25	Murphy	Swain County	(W) 3-0
10/27/25	Swain County	Highlands		10/6/25	Swain County	Murphy	(W) 2-0
9/29/25	Summit Charter	Highlands	(W) 4-3	9/17/25	Summit Charter	Murphy	(W) 3-0
10/29/25	Highlands	Summit Charter		10/20/25	Murphy	Summit Charter
10/2/25	Andrews	Highlands	(W) 6-1	9/8/25	Murphy	Andrews	(W) 9-0
10/20/25	Highlands	Andrews		10/8/25	Andrews	Murphy	(W) 6-0
10/13/25	Highlands	Tri-County	(W) 4-0	9/1/25	Tri-County	Murphy	(W) 7-0
				10/1/25	Murphy	Tri-County	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Highlands (25-26)		Murphy (25-26)
7-6-1	Overall	11-2-1
7-1-1	League	10-0
0-5	Non-League	1-2-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
7-3-1	Common Opponent	10-2
4-2	Home	7-2-1
3-4-1	Away	4-0
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-6-1	In-State	11-2-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0