- Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com J.R. Carroll, the longtime Murphy High School football announcer who the Bulldogs’ press box is named after, was remembered Sunday during a Celebration of Life in the gymnasium. His sister, Pat Swanson, told several tales about J.R. growing up that brought smiles to the otherwise somber occasion. Read how J.R. was one of a kind, page 4A.