The Hayesville Yellow Jackets went to Murphy on Friday night. It was the first conference road game for Hayesville this season. It was a wet muddy night and the Yellow Jackets struggled to get anything consistent going on offense all night. As well Murphys downhill running attack was hard to slow down. Hayesville would lose to the defending state champion Bulldogs 56-14 sliding to 0-2 in conference play. 

1st Half:

Hayesville received the opening kickoff to start the game, but penalties killed their first drive. After punting it away to Murphy, the bulldogs would open the game scoring with a touchdown pass. After the referee miss an obvious personal foul on the ensuing kickoff, Hayesvilles coaching staff justifiably frustrated got flagged for 15 yards. This forced Hayesville to start their drive from their own 8-yard line. Hayesville fumbled a handoff which Murphy picked up and scored to increase their lead to 14-0.

Hayesville would finally respond on offense, Logan Caldwell engineered a long-scoring drive. Picking up several third down along the way, with Caldwell scoring on a quarterback scramble to bring Hayesville within a touchdown. Murphy responded by scoring again and increasing their lead back to two scores 21-7. Hayesville almost responded themselves getting into the red zone on their next drive but couldn’t finish it off. Murphy would go into halftime with a commanding 35-7 lead.

2nd Half:

Murphy would take any doubt out of the game in the third quarter. The Bulldogs would score 21 points in the third quarter to make their lead 56-7. Hayesville would get one more score late in the fourth quarter. Caldwell would use his legs again for his second rushing touchdown of the year. It was good to see some young players get in the game late for Hayesville. Freshmen like Tate Roberts and Michael Mauney made several nice plays late in the game. Hayesville would go on to lose 56-14 with Murphy playing their most complete game of the year. Looking very much like the states defending champions who are rounding into playoff form.

Hayesville Notable Stats:

Logan Caldwell: 10-20 139 yards passing, 2 rushing TD’s, 6 tackles on defense

Taylor McClure: 15 rushes for 75 yards, 4 receptions for 33 yards 6 tackles of defense

Kyle Lunsford:3 receptions for 66 yards

Jeremy Graves: 7 tackles on defense

Lane O’Dell: 5 tackles on defense

Hayesville next plays on Friday, October 15th hosting Swain, the game will be live on fyntv.com. Make sure to tune into fyntv.com for the WNC Friday Night Pressbox show to see the Hayesville v.s. Swain preview. To get updates or see how the Yellow Jackets have done tune in to all the latest FYN sports coverage on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at https://claync.fetchyournews.com/category/teamfynsports