MHS Panther Anonymous

10/16/2026

Is there a landscaping crew on campus or are we just going to let it keep looking like we just don’t care? How embarrassing!

09/25/2026

Anyone got their ticket yet?! 🫣🫣🫣

09/18/2026

🏈 **WHO AT MURPHY ENDED THE BATTLE OF THE CANNON?**

The Murphy–McGill rivalry began on November 22, 1935, when Murphy won the first game 20–0. The schools played every season through 2025, making it Mobile County’s longest continuous football rivalry.

The series became known as the **Battle of the Cannon** because the winning school traditionally painted the cannon near Government and Houston streets—blue for Murphy and orange for McGill.

Series history:

• 94 total meetings
• Murphy leads 48–45–1
• Murphy’s largest win: 48–0 in 1950
• McGill’s largest win: 50–0 in 2025
• Murphy’s longest streak: nine wins from 1973–1981
• McGill’s current streak: 11 wins from 2015–2025

Now, for the first time since 1935, the rivalry is not on the schedule.

The AHSAA’s reclassification made the game optional—not prohibited. McGill Principal Blake Stein said McGill’s first call was to Murphy to preserve the series. FOX10 also reported that both teams had possible openings on August 28 and October 30.

MCPSS responded only that McGill didn’t fit into the schedule.

The community deserves to know:

• Who at Murphy received McGill’s request?
• Who decided not to schedule the game?
• Did the coach, athletic director or principal approve the decision?
• Which opponents were selected instead?

AHSAA policy requires the superintendent or principal to countersign interscholastic contest contracts. So, who recommended and authorized Murphy’s final schedule?

This is not an accusation against any individual. It is a request for transparency about a Mobile tradition spanning 90 consecutive seasons.

Sources:

• [Complete series history and record](https://www.ahsfhs.org/rivalries/MurphyMcGill.asp)
• [FOX10 report on the missing 2026 game](https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/02/25/got-get-that-rivalry-back-many-surprised-after-mcgill-toolen-vs-murphy-game-isnt-scheduled-2026-season/)
• [AHSAA publications and bylaws](https://www.ahsaa.com/School-Parent-Resources/AHSAA/Information/AHSAA-Publications-and-Forms)

09/17/2026

Well well well, isn’t this just a SLAP in the face!

The Atheltic Director at Murphy is a McGill graduate. AND WE WONDER WHY THE BATTLE OF THE CANNON IS GONE, HA! It’s no secret he hasn’t been for Murphy, nor makes any effort other than to make things hard for people to do anything there unless they bow down.

Panther Nation needs to demand a new AD NOW!

09/17/2026

GOOD MORNING, PANTHER NATION! 🐾💙💛

So glad so many of you have found my page and even better that you seem to be enjoying it! 👀 There’s definitely much more to come, but maybe we can start with a simple question:

Where did the $5/$10 charged to students for admission to the pep rally go and what exactly was that money intended to support?

I’m genuinely curious because, personally, I find it concerning that students are being charged to attend their own school pep rally. Is this a common practice, and who made the decision to charge students?

Would you have paid $5–$10 to attend your high school pep rally?

Maybe someone can provide some clarity for Panther Nation. We’re all ears.

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08/20/2026

A fair question for Murphy High School: where will the revenue from these suites actually be deposited and spent? The post explains the prices, but not whether the proceeds are designated for football, the broader athletic program, facility improvements, or another school account. Murphy should publish the fund receiving the money, any expenses deducted from the proceeds, and a year-end accounting of how the revenue was used. Panther families, alumni, and supporters deserve clear financial transparency.

Watch your Panthers in style!!!

Contact Mr. Jones, Athletic Director, for more information and purchasing!

08/20/2026

🚨 MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS OUR ATTENTION

Structural termite damage has been documented in the library and computer-lab areas at Murphy High School. According to reporting on the MCPSS emergency declaration, the situation is serious enough that affected areas have been closed, temporary structural shoring is required, and selective demolition is planned to determine how extensive the concealed damage actually is.

For a school that just celebrated 100 years on Carlen Street, this should concern every Murphy alumnus, parent, student and supporter.

WHAT WE STILL DON’T KNOW

There are basic questions that deserve answers:

• When was the damage first discovered?
• Who performed the original termite and structural inspections?
• How long could this damage have been developing?
• What termite inspection and prevention program was in place at Murphy?
• Is there a termite bond or structural-damage warranty?
• How extensive is the damage beyond what has already been exposed?
• What will repairs cost?
• How long will the library and computer-lab areas remain closed?
• Is the remainder of the historic campus being inspected for similar concealed damage?

This information should be communicated openly to the Murphy community.

WHAT ABOUT THE HISTORIC LIBRARY MURALS?

This is especially concerning because Murphy’s library contains historic murals that were rediscovered and restored after having been covered for decades.

We are not saying the murals have been damaged. We currently have no evidence establishing that.

But structural repairs and selective demolition are planned in the library area.

Before that work proceeds around these historic pieces, alumni deserve to know:

Have the murals been evaluated and documented?

What specific measures are being taken to protect them during demolition and construction?

Once historic material is destroyed, it cannot simply be replaced.

THIS IS ABOUT STEWARDSHIP

Murphy is a century-old historic campus. Buildings like Murphy require aggressive preventive maintenance, inspections and preservation.

What is troubling is the appearance that serious problems at Murphy are too often addressed after they become emergencies.

We hope that appearance is wrong.

MCPSS can demonstrate that by being transparent: release the inspection findings, explain what happened, show the community the repair plan and tell us what is being done to prevent this from happening elsewhere on campus.

Murphy deserves proactive care — not simply emergency repairs after significant deterioration is discovered.

🐾 MURPHY ALUMNI AND SUPPORTERS: SPEAK UP

Please be respectful, but make your concern known.

📞 MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL
251-221-3186

📞 MCPSS CENTRAL OFFICE
251-221-4000
1 Magnum Pass
Mobile, AL 36618

🏛️ MURPHY’S ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE

Sherry Dillihay-McDade — District 4
President, Mobile County Board of School Commissioners
📧 [email protected]
📞 251-221-4000 — ask for Board Services / District 4

Murphy High School is specifically listed by MCPSS as one of the schools in District 4.

Call Central Office. Email our Board representative. Ask questions.

And most importantly:

🏛️ ATTEND THE NEXT MOBILE COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS MEETING.

Murphy supporters need to be there and respectfully ask these questions on the public record.

This isn’t about attacking teachers, staff members or the person answering the telephone. There are people inside Murphy who care tremendously about this school.

This is about accountability at the level responsible for maintaining and protecting a taxpayer-owned, historic public school.

Murphy survived its first 100 years.

The decisions being made today will determine what condition we leave it in for the next generation.

Don’t just share this post.

📞 CALL.
📧 EMAIL.
🏛️ SHOW UP.
🐾 SPEAK UP FOR MURPHY.

— MHS Anonymous Panther

SOURCES

• NBC 15 News, Aug. 20, 2026 — Reporting on the MCPSS emergency declaration documenting structural termite damage, closure of affected areas, temporary shoring, selective demolition and anticipated structural repairs.

• Mobile County Public Schools — Official Murphy High School contact information and Mobile County Board of School Commissioners information, including identification of Murphy as a District 4 school.

• Alabama Division of Construction Management — Official procedures governing emergency K–12 construction projects and contractor solicitation.

• National Register of Historic Places documentation — Historical documentation concerning the Murphy High School campus.

• Historical photographic documentation of Murphy’s library murals — Documentation concerning the murals’ history, rediscovery and restoration.

As additional inspection reports, engineering findings, proposals and costs become public, we will continue documenting what is happening at Murphy High School.

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08/18/2026

It would be good to see this happen at Murphy High School

It would be nice to see the Murphy High School Band do this with Murphy High School Football and all students.

The culture is changing at . 🦅👀

Alex Golesh brought the Auburn band into the team room today to teach the players the fight song. The marching band director said it was the first time in 20 years he had been asked to do something like that.

Pretty cool way for Golesh to make sure the players understand what it means to represent Auburn.

The full video is posted on the Auburn Football page. 🔥

03/06/2026

Murphy High School just let one of the best coaches in the area walk away.

Coach Andre Epps rebuilt the program, brought discipline back to the court, and made Murphy basketball competitive again.

Instead of supporting a coach who was producing results, the administration let him slip away.

Now he’s headed to Spanish Fort.

Sometimes programs don’t lose great coaches because they’re failing…
they lose them because they weren’t supported.

Spanish Fort just got one of the best.

In five years in Mobile, Andre Epps restored the winning tradition of the Murphy High basketball program.

Now, he hopes to do the same as he crosses Mobile Bay.

Spanish Fort High announced Epps as its new boys basketball coach Friday morning.

Read more: https://www.al.com/highschoolsports/2026/03/andre-epps-leaving-murphy-to-take-over-spanish-fort-basketball-program.html

03/06/2026

Can someone explain why successful, winning coaches keep leaving Murphy?!? This used to be the place coaches wanted to be! So how do we attract and keep great leaders like Coach Epps at home? The success of his program, on and off the court, speaks for itself! That’s why it’s so frustrating and concerning to watch this continue while it feels like the administration remains in bliss, ignoring what so many people have worked so hard to build!!! WHY DOES MURPHY CONTINUE TO LET PEOPLE LIKE THIS, WHO BRINGS SO MUCH POSITIVITY TO MURPHY, SLIP AWAY?!

SHARE AND LETS GET MURPHY BACK!!

🏀 Welcome to Coach Epps! 🏀