RALEIGH
Trout waters open June 3
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open 34 trout streams and two lakes classified as delayed harvest to trout harvest from June 3 through Sept. 30.
The trout will be open to anglers ages 18 and under from 6 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. June 3, then will open up to all anglers at noon. Anglers can keep up to seven trout per day, with no gear or bait restrictions and no minimum size limits.
Delayed harvest trout waters are posted with diamond-shape, black-and-white signs. For details and maps, visit ncwildlife.org/trout.
HAYESVILLE
Rotary golf tourney set
The Rotary Club of Murphy’s Tournament of Champions will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at Chatuge Shores Golf Club.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m., with the first tee at 9 a.m. The first-place team will receive $650, second place will receive $400 and third place will receive $250.
MURPHY
Camps set for baseball
Young baseball players will have the opportunity to attend two camps in Murphy this summer. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will holds its annual Dinger Derby Baseball Camp from. June 5-7, while Murphy High School will hold a camp from June 19-21.
The FCA camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon at Konehete Veterans Park for ages 6-18, with former Atlanta Braves outfielder Otis Nixon as one of the instructors. Those who attend will receive a signed poster by Nixon, a signed baseball if you bring your own ball, as well as a certificate of achievement.
Cost is $100 per camper, and each sibling will receive a 25 percent discount. If a family cannot afford to send their child, the camp will try to find a sponsor. Message the FCA Baseball camp Facebook page to register.
Murphy High’s camp will run from 9-11:30 a.m. on the high school field at Konehete Veterans Park for rising seventh- to ninth-graders. Please bring a glove, helmet and bat if you have it.
Registration will be available on the first day of camp. For details, call head coach Tyler Edwards at 828-817-3588.
MURPHY
Torin Rogers
hoops camp
Murphy High School will host the first Torin Rogers Lady Bulldogs Youth Basketball Camp for rising first- through eighth-graders from 9 a.m. to noon Monday and Tuesday, June 5-6.
Cost will be $40 per camper. Scan the QR code or click the Google link on the camp flyer via the Murphy High School Athletics Facebook page to sign up.
Rogers, who graduated from Murphy in 2022, is a rising sophomore on the University of Richmond women’s basketball team. She helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to two N.C. High School Athletic Association state championships and was a two-time Smoky Mountain Conference Player of the Year.
MURPHY
Football set June 12-15
Murphy High School will hold its annual football camp from 9-11:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday, June 12-15.
Cost will be $75. Drop-off will take place at the Murphy track every day.
To sign up, download the form via the Murphy High School Athletics Facebook page. For details, call head coach Joseph Watson at 828-837-2279 or 828-361-5712.
MURPHY
Soccer set June 19-21
Murphy High School will be hold its eighth annual Boys & Girls Youth Soccer Camp from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, June 12-14, at the field behind Lowe’s.
Campers will have the chance to strengthen their knowledge of the game and learn from current and former players and coaches. Kids ages 5-14 are welcome and will need to bring soccer cleats, shins guard, a soccer ball and water or another sports drink.
Cost of the camp is $80. To sign up, click the link to the Google form via the Murphy High School Men’s and Women’s Soccer Facebook page, or email coach Kim Brownlee at MurphySoccerNC@gmail.com.
MURPHY
Bulldogs hoops camp
The Murphy High School boys basketball team will be having its youth camp for boys seven years old to rising eighth graders on June 8-9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The cost of the camp is $45, and registration will be completed on the first day of camp.
ANDREWS
Volleyball camp set
Andrews High School will be holding its youth volleyball camp for rising third through eighth graders from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on June 19-21. Cost of the camp will be $40. Players will improve fundamentals, learn property volleyball skills and get work in game play scenarios. Instruction will be led by Andrews coaches and players. For details, email shanna.mustin@cherokee.k12.nc.us.
MURPHY
Wrestling June 23-24
Murphy High School wrestling will host a camp for rising sixth- through 12th-graders from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 23-24, in the high school gym.
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga wrestlers Caleb and Matthew Waddell will be special guests at the camp. Matthew is a three-time NCAA qualifier, and both were Georgia High School Association state champions at Gilmer High School in Ellijay.
Cost is $100, and a registration form can be found via the Murphy wrestling Facebook page. For details, email head coach Mike Catuto at michael.catuto@cherokee.k12.nc.us.
Compiled by Sports Writer Justin Fitzgerald.