Sports
Hoke Bucks capture
season opener 72-71
The Hoke County Bucks got this
year's basketball season off to a
rousing start last Tuesday by
defeating Cape Fear 72-71 in the
season opener.
With 10 seconds left in the
game, junior Steve Hamilton led
the Bucks to victory with the
deciding shot.
Hamilton was the high scorer
for his team with 20 points.
Cape Fear attempted to regain
the advantage during the last eight
seconds of the game with a short
turnaround jumper shot by Tony
Ravis.
But the ball bounced off the rim
and went out of bounds as the
buzzer sounded.
Cape Fear led the Bucks at the
end of every quarter except the
fourth.
At half time, the Colts were on
top with a score of 36 - 35.
But even then, Coach George
Drawhorn wasn't worried.
"I told them to keep it close for
the first three quarters and in the
fourth quarter we'll really begin to
play ball," Drawhorn said.
The coach said that attitude
played a great part in his team's
win.
"Our guys play with big
hearts," Drawhorn said. "They
have an attitude that they're not
going to give up."
"I have them so high in the pre
game talks, they feel that Carolina
couldn't beat them," he added.
Drawhorn said the Bucks were
up against players much taller than
themselves at the season opener.
Also, he said, the Bucks were
playing a team that has been pick
ed to come in either second or third
place in the conference this season.
"My guys just outhustled
them," Drawhorn said. "They
were diving on the floor for balls."
Donald McMillan brought in the
second most points for the Bucks
with 13 points.
Cape Fear's Steve Dawson top
ped all the scorers in the game with
26 points.
In the girls' game, Cape Fear
won over Hoke County with a
score of 40 to 38.
Thelma Watkins and Dec Dee
Thomas each scored 7 points for
Hoke.
High scorer for the game was
Cape Fear's Michelle Robinson
with 13 points.
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Season opener
Marvin Maynor goes up for the shot during Hoke High 's first game of the
season against Cape Fear. The Bucks won the game 72-71.
State's hunting to
have mixed season
There's good and bad news for
North Carolina sportsmen. Quail
and rabbit numbers are up, but
waterfowl populations are at their
lowest point in over 30 years. The
duck season will run from
November 28-30, and from
December 9 through January 11.
Surveys conducted by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service show
that the total duck population ~ 62
million -- is 22% lower than last
year. Spring breeding counts of
ducks were also the lowest record
ed since record-keeping began 31
years ago. Fewer than 5.5 million
mallards were counted, and pin
tails fell below the 3 million mark,
both record lows.
"Almost all of our duck species
are at these record low points
because of widespread drought
and habitat destruction on the
breeding grounds of the northern
United States and Canada," said
Dennis Luszcz, waterfowl project
leader for the Wildlife Commis
sion." A lot of the prairie potholes
which serve as nesting areas for
ducks have been plowed up over
the past two or three dry years.
This loss of prime habitat - coupl
ed with prolonged dry weather and
low numbers of birds returning to
breed -- has really hurt waterfowl
populations. The continued loss of
habitat in other areas also takes a
toll. Consequently, reductions in
season length and bag limits were
necessary. Hunters should not be
surprised if the season is poor.
There just aren't many birds
available."
Luszcz adds, however, that
hunters can expect good fall flights
of snow geese, brant and swans.
"These species nest in the far nor
thern Arctic, and their success
hinges largely on snow conditions.
There was an early snow melt this
year, so the birds had a good
nesting season and populations are
up."
Small-game hunters will be hap
py to learn that rabbit and quail
numbers are also up. The hunting
season for rabbits and quail will
run from November 23 through
February 28.
"Quail and rabbit hunting
should be better than last year,"
said Carl Bet sill, small game and
migratory bird program coor
dinator for the Wildlife Commis
sion. "In the hot part of the sum
mer, we had a reasonable amount
of rain. We also didn't have any
prolonged, exceptionally hot
weather. So, we've seen more
young quail and rabbits in the
field."
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Recreation Bits
Tae Kwon Do
Tae Kwon Do Karate classes are being taught on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6-7:30 p.m.
on Main Street above Howell's Drug Store. Cost for the lessons are $20 per month. Instruc
tors are Macky McDonald and Anthony Freeman. For more information, please call the
Recreation Office at 875-4035.
November 25:
Men's volleyball results
7:00 Boahn & Sons Concrete
7:45 Bad Company
8:30 Ernest T. Bass & Assoc.
9:15 Bad Company
Fast Shop Food Mart
Raeford Fire Dept.
Byrd's Alignment
Silver Bullets
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3. Ernest T. Bass 5
4. Raeford Fire Dept. 4
5. TIE - Fast Shop Food Mart 2
Silver Bullets 2
7. Byrd's Alignment 0
Women's volleyball league
An organizational meeting, for those interested in playing volleyball, will be held on Tues
day, January 7 at 7 p.m. in the Recreation Office. Team representatives and individuals
without teams should plan to attend. To participate in the league, you must be at least 18
years old. Call 875-4035 for more information.
Youth basketball leagues
The Recreation Department is offering four basketball leagues foi all interested youth,.
Games will be played at J.W. Turlington Gym. Registration for each league is as follows:
NOVICE: Boys & girls, ages 7-9. Register in Turlington Gym, Monday, January 6 & 13, 4
p.m.
MIDGET: Boys, ages 10-12. Register in Turlington Gym, Tuesday, January 7 it 14, 4 p.m.
JUNIOR: Boys, ages 13-15. Register in Turlington Gym, Wednesday, January 8 & 15, 4
p.m.
GIRLS: Girls, ages 13-15. Register in Turlington Gym, Thursday, January 9 & 16, 4 p.m. .
Eagles defeat So. Pines
The Lady Eagles got off to a
rugged start, but defeated
Southern Pines 43-25 November 26
at Southern Pines.
The Lady Eagles took an early
lead in the first quarter and
established a 23-10 deficit bv
halftime.
The pace picked up in the second
half with Southern Pines staying
fairly even.
Marsha Pickett led the Eagles
with 15 points, Sharon Shaw had
12, Cynthia Jones 10, Monica Ray
4, and Tammy Stephens with 2 for
the Eagles' 43 points.
Purnsley led Southern Pines
with 14 points.
Turkeys out at West Hoke
Turkeys, pilgrims and Indians
were out in full force Wednesday,
November 13, for West Hoke's
first grade chapel program.
Mrs. Wilkerson and Mrs. Clip
pard's first graders really
motivated the West Hoke school
campus with their delightful
Thanksgiving play entitled
"Should We Tell." They com
pleted the afternoon by singing
numerous holiday songs.
Miss Martin and Mrs. Myers'
first grade class presented the
chapel program, "One Tough
Turkey."
The play was a humorous ver
sion of the pilgrim's first
Thanksgiving. The pilgrims went
after the wrong turkey. Solomon,
the turkey, out-smarted the
pilgrims. As a result, the pilgrims
ate a lot of squash and pretended it
was turkey. ?
The play ended with the poem
"One Tough Bird." The songs
were "The Turkey" and "Come
Ye Thankful People1, Come."
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than 2,000 people near a Union
Carbide plant in Bhopal, India
methylisocyanate -- is no{
regulated as a hazardous air polluJ
tant in the United States, even(
though it is manufactured here.
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