Part 2: in which the good doctor becomes a local hero and Swain beats Sylva-Webster: http://www.drwalt.com/blog/2020/04/24/bryson-city-tales-my-first-home-victory-part-2-2/
Dr. Larimore got to BC around the time I graduated high school in the late 70s. Here's his take on what the atmosphere was like in Bryson City back then.
http://www.drwalt.com/blog/2020/04/17/bryson-city-tales-my-first-home-victory-part-1/
That was one thing I never thought I'd see live. You have to feel sorry for the kid, but outside of Murphy (and maybe Bryson City, if anybody there knows who he is) it's likely forgotten by now.
I told Cardinal at the time that the kid should get free ice cream for life after that. (I even...
A better question might be, has Murphy ever finished OUT of the top 4 in the SMC? I don't know for sure, but it wouldn't surprise me that the answer was "no." (At least for the last 50 years or so.)
They are the biggest homers I've heard, bar none. Every HS announcer is partial to their boys, but these guys sound like they're sitting on the couch in their living room watching the game.