MURPHY — Nearly half an hour after the Murphy football team had secured its spot in the 2A state championship game, Cameron Clem didn’t want to leave the field.

While the rest of his team climbed up the hill back to the locker room after a 14-2 win over Starmount, just Clem, his family and his coach, Joseph Watson, remained on the muddy grass of Bob Hendrix Memorial Stadium.

See Full Page