Murphy - Murphy scored 6 runs in the 3rd to break open a 5-4 game. Eventually the Bulldogs would take a 15-5 win over Swain. Trae Bradley, Gaige Southards and Mikel Laws were each 1-2 on the night. Bradley scored twice, Southards and Laws scored one run a piece. Laws, Jordan McGaha, Dawson Lowe and Ian Brooks all drove in a run … [Read more...]
Maroon Devils Split a Pair of SMC Games
Robbinsville - Swain split a pair of Smoky Mountain Conference games over the weekend. Saturday they downed Robbinsville 17-5. On Friday they fell in an offensive slugfest to Rosman by the score of 16-12. Saturday the Devils scored 8 runs in the 2nd inning to build an 11-1 lead and never looked back taking a 17-5 six inning win from … [Read more...]
Maroon Devils Score 4 in 5th to Take 9-3 Win
Cherokee - Swain scored 4 times in their half of the 5th inning to break open a 4-2 game. The Devils added another insurance run in the 6th on their way to taking a 9-3 Smoky Mountain Conference win over Cherokee on Tuesday. In the 5th Swain loaded the bases with one out. Colby Taylor and Dylan Smith singles were sandwiched around Dawson Lowe … [Read more...]
Maroon Devils Down Andrews 6-5 in Baseball
Bryson City - The Maroon Devils built a 6-2 lead over the course of the game, then had to hold off an Andrews rally in the 7th to take a 6-5 Smoky Mountain Conference win Thursday. Senior Trae Bradley earned the save working the Devils out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the 7th. Bradley came on in relief of Darren Blankenship, who picked up … [Read more...]
Maroon Devils Fall in Bottom of the 7th
Andrews - Andrews scored 2 runs on a walk off home run Thursday to take a 6-4 win over Swain. Swain got runs in the 3rd and 4th innings, scoring twice in each frame to take a slim 4-3 lead. Andrews rallied back in the bottom of the 5th to tie the game at 5. Trae Bradley and Gaige Southards each had 2 hits, going 2-4, and each drove in a run. … [Read more...]