The crowd at Thursday's non-league contest between the Swain County Maroon Devils (Bryson City, NC) and the visiting Murphy Bulldogs (Murphy, NC), witnessed Swain County's football squad edge Murphy by a tally of 28-26.

The Maroon Devils (1-0) will now prepare for their contest against Cherokee (Cherokee, NC). The Braves enter the non-league contest with a 4-2 record. In their last contest, Cherokee got by Hayesville (Hayesville, NC), 28-18, in a non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Bulldogs battle the Andrews Wildcats (Andrews, NC) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, September 26. Murphy will attempt to better on its 4-2 season record. The Wildcats enter the contest with a 0-3 record after their 32-0 non-league loss to Robbinsville (Robbinsville, NC).