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MURPHY

Swimming on Sept. 12

The Cherokee County Aquatic Club will be holding practice this fall and winter at Murphy Health & Fitness Center from 5:30-7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursday, starting the week of Sept. 12.

The cost for families who are members of the facility is $50 to help go toward raising money for caps, suits and a new pace clock. It’s an additional $50 for families who aren’t members. Swimmers of any ability are encouraged to attend.

 

RALEIGH

Dove hunting season opens

Hunting season for mourning and white-winged doves opens Sept. 3. The season has three separate segments: Sept. 3 through Oct. 1, Nov. 5-26 and Dec. 10 through Jan. 31.

The daily bag limit is 15 mourning or white-winged doves, and shooting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset. Hunting is not allowed on Sundays, and shotguns for dove hunting cannot include more than three shells.

Migratory game bird hunters, including lifetime license holders, are required to register in the federal Harvest Information Program, which is a survey by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service used to collect estimates for harvests throughout the country. Hunters should also know it’s a violation of state and federal law to hunt migratory game birds with bait.

 

ASHEVILLE

MountainTrue fall tours set

MountainTrue’s Fall Guided Adventures start Friday, Sept. 9. Sign up at https://mountaintrue.org/eventscalendar/category/outings.

 

SPORTS SCHEDULE

Today

Cross country: Tri-County home meet, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday

Soccer: Summit Charter at Murphy, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Andrews at Cherokee, 6 p.m.

Hiwassee Dam at Highlands, 6 p.m.

Murphy at Robbinsville,

6 p.m.

Friday

Football: Andrews at North Buncombe, 7:30 p.m.

Mountain Heritage at Robbinsville, 7:30 p.m.

Hayesville at North Georgia, 7:30 p.m.

Swain County at Franklin, 7:30 p.m.

Choctaw Central, Miss., at Cherokee, 7:30 p.m.

Monday

Soccer: Murphy at Andrews, 6 p.m.

Swain County at Tri-County, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Highlands at Andrews, 6 p.m.

Tuesday

Volleyball: Victory Christian at Nantahala, 5 p.m.

Robbinsville at Andrews, 6 p.m.

Murphy at Swain County, 6 p.m.

Soccer: Highlands at Andrews, 6 p.m.

 

EVENT RESULTS

Aug. 23

Volleyball: Hayesville 3, Hiwassee Dam 0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-15)

Aug. 24

Soccer: Summit Charter 3, Murphy 2

Aug. 25

Volleyball: Murphy 3, Hiwassee Dam 0 (25-7, 25-20, 25-14)

Aug. 26

Football: Andrews 46, East Henderson 14

Murphy 15, Commerce, Ga., 14

Robbinsville 32, Brevard 7

Hayesville 21, Georgia Force 14

Smoky Mountain 21, Swain County 20

Franklin 14, Cherokee 12

Aug. 29

Volleyball: Murphy 2 Gilmer, Ga., 1 (25-8, 16-25, 15-4)

Blue Ridge 3, Andrews 2 (25-14, 25-20, 25-27, 22-25, 15-4)

Murphy 2, North Murray, Ga., 1 (25-12, 25-10)