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THE NEWS JOURNAL RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 9o9 PAGE 7 resiling Tournament Here Saturday Starts At 2:00 P.M.; Cary Defeats Bucks Tarheel Sports By Gary P. West w Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:00 o'clock the conference tournament will be lield at the Hoke High gym with Bowman of Wadesboro, Sanford, Seventy First and Hoke High Bucks competing. The first round will end at 5:30 p. m. Starting at 6:30 the consolation matches will be held and at 8:00 o .clock the championship matches will begin. The tournament should end at approximately 9:00 o'clock and all the champions will be crowned at that time. The Hoke High School wrestlers lost their first match of the year at Cary last Thursday night by the score of 29-24. The defeat was the last match for the Bucks and they ended the season with a 1 0-1 record. The Bucks will have three undefeated wrestlers going into the tournament. They arc Richard Davis, Ronnie Branch and George McFayden. David Dunn Defeats Bucks; Clinton Here Friday The Hoke High School cagers, who lost to Dunn last Friday night, will have an open date Tuesday night. They will play a conference game here on Friday February 14 against Clinton. The Bucks defeated Clinton at Clinton on January 10 by the score of 83-58. DUNN 73 BUCKS 69 The Greenwaves of Dunn gained a share of the top spot in the SE3A Conference eastern division there Friday night bumping off Hoke High 73-69. mm EARI. LESLIE V 1 ciiari.ii: norm. RISER 1 I S - Viese are the resents for the Hoke High basketball team. Titer play an . fU.I in the success by giving the unl of course sessions they 'silion for the imxrtant part of the team starters rest ami during practice offer the oppt starters. Heart Fund Wins At Cage Game A basketball game played at Upchuich gym Monday night between the I lectfooted Five of Racford and the 519th Signal Corps teams netted 76 15 for the Hcait I und Campaign. The Signal Corps team came out victorious by the score ol 09 to 49. The Fleell'ooted Five will play again on Wednesday, I eh. 19 against the faculty of the Upchurch School. T he game will be played at lite Upchurch gym and proceeds will go to the athletic fund of that school. Upchurch has lost only one match during the year. In the match with Cary, Hoke High's points were scored on three pins and three decisions. Cary scored their points on four pins and three decisions. Results of the match are as follows: 95 L'pchurch won by decision 103 - Hollingsworth lost by pin 112 120 127 Davis won by pin Wallace lost by pin Branch won by decision 133 McFayden won by decision 138 D. Williamson lost by decision 145 - Baxley lost by decision 154 - Casque lost by pin 165 - Phillips lost by pin 1 75 McNair won by pin 197 F. Williamson lost by decision Unl Woodell won by pin. Dunn is now tied with Hoke High with a 4-2 league record. The 'Waves were paced by Wayne Barbour's game-high 29 points. The Bucks were led by Richard McNeill's 27 and Jeff McNeill's 18. HOKE (69) - R. McNeill 27, J. McNeill 18, Adams 10, Leslie 7, Bridges 4, Howell 3, Monroe. DUNN (73) - Barbour 29, McDougald 13, McKeithan 11, Whitman 10, Warren 8, Henry 2. Halftime: Dunn 33-30. mm JACKIE FR Aim !: ' i - V 1 . .1 RANDOLPH CAMPBELL ... J 1. f 1 7 -V -1 " '? ' j-vV . 1 ; - J I . , I" y " , ' l . t 1 " OSCAR ADAMS Ft Bragg Pit At Playhouse The Ft. Biagg Playhouse will continue to present tomorrow and Saturday nights, and next week on Friday and Saturday nights, the play. "The Master Builder." Curtain time is 8 p m. The play is Ft. Bragg's entry into the thud U. S. Army Tournament of Plays and will be judged Feb. 15. HOKE HIGH WRESTLERS - The Hoke High wrestling team pictured above ended their regular schedule last week with a 10 win and one loss record. The members are first row. left to right: Bobby Utile, David Wallace, Barry Inman, Archie Crowder, David L'pchurch, Richard Davis and George McFayden; second row, left to right: Benny Gasque, Billy Baxley, Billy McNeill, Ricky Clark, Ixirry Foster, Don Williamson; third row, left to right: Mike Woodell. Wilbert McSair. Frank Williamson, Ivory Farmer and Robert Pecora. as. J UNDEFEATED - The Hrestlers pictured above are undefeated for the 1968 69 season. They are left to right, Richard Davis and George McFayden. Another wrestler Ronnie Branch was not available when this picture was taken. Hoke Girl Scouts Selling Cookies Girl Scouts throughout the 19-county Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council will be ringing doorbells during the next two weeks offering Girl Scout Cookies in five popular flavors to their friends and neighbors. Mrs. Dante Montesanti of Southern Pines, the Council Cookie Chairman, has announced this year's sale will be titled "A Whale of A Sale". Official sale dates are February 13-24 and nearlv 8.000 Girl Scouts in the 9-17 age bracket, encompassing Junior, Cadette and Senior levels in the Scouting program, will be offering litem for sale. During this two-week peiiod the girls will be nig orders onlv. Deliverif nd collections will' be mar1 March 17-29. Last , ear's cookie sales in the .'ines of Carolina Girl '.out Council set a record with 236.010 individual boxes of cookies sold to friends of Girl Scouts and Girl Scouting in the area. Troops retained 5 cents per box as their profit, and used these funds (which amounted to SI 1 .800.80 in the aggregate) to support such things as camping weekends, equipment pin chases, tups, and such. But most of the profits -last year $59,457.71 in the 19-couuty council - wcie turned immediately into better camping facilities for Girl Scouts to enjoy through the summer and on weekend camping trips all spring and fall. At Camp Graham, one of the two resident camps the council operates, new tent flies, new canoes and a S " S'f sailboat, waterfront equipment, and other improvements came directly from last year's cookie profits. It is located on Kerr Lake near Henderson, and has facilities for 1 04 girls. Camp Mary Atkinson houses 88 girls and their staff. During the year cookie profits purchased for this camp new tents, poles and flies, dock repairs, administration building and furniture. A conservation land development plan for the camp was initiated w ith cookie money. Several other non-resident campsites owned and operated by the council were also improved with cookie profits from last years sales, and major additions or improvements to each site were made possible as the Gul Scouts produced profits through their annual cookie sale. In addition troop and day camping equipment was purchased and development of a new site in the Lauiinfuug Maxton Air Base area was begun. Major financial support of Girl Scouting in the council area is provided by United Funds, Community Chests and similar campaigns in the 19 counties. Summer campers' fees support the seasonal camp operations. Funds to improve and develop camp sites and facilities come entirely from cookie sales, which the public supports generously each year. As for the pail several yeais the cookies are being manufactured by Fl V in five fine flavors: Mint. Peanut Butter Sanduhich. Butter Flavored Shorties, Ko Ko Kookies, and Assorted Sandw ich. . :A V TAR, HEEL ( OUTDOOR? by Joel Arrlngton Ouldow (dllor. Noilh Ciisllna Trlvtl t Promatloti Ohltlon Now that the General Assembly is again in session, speculation about establishment of a "state fish" is reviving among sportfishing interests. There was a rash of talk about such designation toward the end of the last Assembly, but nothing ever came of it. At least twelve states already have adopted state fish. They are: Alabama (tarpon), Arkansas (largemouth bass), Alaska (chinook salmon), California (golden trout), Kentucky (spotted bass), Maryland (striped bass), Michigan (brook trout), Minnesota (walleye), New Mexico (cutthroat trout), Ohio (smallmouth bass), Oregon (chinook salmon), and Wisconsin (muskellunge). The object in designating a state fish is to pick a species that is indigenous, that generates excitement among sportfishermen, is a superb game fish, is reasonably - ' iy. available to anglers with average skill and. above all. has a reputation extending outside state boundaries. Several worthy fish have been suggested, including largemouth bass and brook trout. Largemouths are widespread, true. They are found in biackish sounds and high mountain reservoirs. The brook trout, admittedly, is our only native trout (it is not really a trout, but a char), but its range is limited to the highest and coldest streams in the mountains, and it is not width admued as a game fish. Peisonally. I believe the only choice for North Carolina is the channel bass. It meets eveiy qualification requiied for a stale tish and is far and away the best known of our game fish outside the state. The Tar Heel channel bass' reputation is based solidly on world record catches. According to the International Game Fish Association, North Carolina holds five line-test records as well as the women's all-tackle record, more than any other state. Virginia, however, holds the all-tackle record for men and women. Here are North Carolina's records: A fish weighing 60 lbs. 8 oz., caught in October 1954 by A. Clark, Jr. at Kill Devil Hills set the world 12-lb. test record for men. A channel bass scaling 62 lbs. caught in November 1958 at Cape Hatteras by John Twatchmann tied the men's 20-lb. line test record. A fish weighing 51 lbs. 8 o.., caught in November 1958 by Joan S. Dull at Cape Hatteras set the women's 1 2-lb. line test record. Jean Browning's catch at Cape Hatteras in November 1958 weighed 69 lbs. 8 oz., and set the men's and women's 30-lb. line test record, the 9. f A women's record in that line test category, and the women's all-tackle recoid. The second largest channel bass (or red drum as they often are called) ever taken on hook and line was caught at Hatteras in December 1941 by Bern ice Ballance. This fish weighed 75 lbs..8oz. Channel bass occur along the Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts to the tip of Florida and along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. Large drum, however, are caught almost exclusively in the northern part of the range from the Carolinas to New Jersey. In Tar Heel waleis. they are found along the entire coast. However, most "old drum", those over 30 pounds, are caught off the Outer Banks from C ape Lookout to Oregon Inlet. Young channel bass. Scv OUTDOORS. Pace t I Seen any good wrestling matches lately? No, I don't mean on television or in Fayetteville. The wrestling I'm talking about takes place out at Hoke County High School in the gymnasium. The Hoke County Bucks haven't relied on any trunk tugging, eye gouging or hair pulling while establishing an 1 1-0 record so far this season. They have, however, depended on conditioning, know-how and speed, and head wrestling coach John Pecora thinks his young team is in good position to win Saturday's Conference Tournament here. "We ought to win the tournament if everything goes as scheduled," confined Pecora. "There are only four teams in our conference and we've beaten all of them twice." Pecora hopes that getting by Sanford, Bowman und Fayetteville 71st will give the Bucks enough momentum to win the Sectional Tournament at Goldsboro, February 21-22. Last season the Bucks closed with a 10-2 mark, and only John Pope, since graduated, made it to the finals. But this year Hoke County has at least five youngsters who stand a chance of bringing home some hardware. Richard Davis. 103-pound class; Ronnie Branch, 127 pound: and George McFadyen. 133 pound are only three with spotless records, while Bennic Gasque in the 154 - weight division and David Upchurch, 95-pound class have dropped only one decision. Coach Pecora doesn't take all of the credit for Hoke's success this year however. "This is really my first year of coaching wrestling," Pecora explained. "Howard Barklcy, a senior at Pembroke College, actually does most of the coaching. I've always liked the sport and have always pushed it here. It's a good competitive sport and wc need it." Barkley is a graduate of Hoke County a few years back and was a pretty fair wrestler himself. So whenever he can -which is pretty often - he gets back home to lend his knowledge and know-how. The wrestling team gets very few of its members from the football squad, but according to Pecora there is a reason. "Very few of our football boys wrestle because of the lighter weight classes," he said. "We have a couple of heavier boys who wrestle in the higher classes but for the most part only four football players are on the team." WHATS WHAT at HOKE HIGH By Debbie Anderson Friday, February 14. cupid will once again visit old H.H.S. bringing boxes of candy and maybe some unexpected surprises. Many of the school bulletin boards are decorated with hearts and cupids as well to celebrate the occasion.' Thursday, eleven proud Juniors became new members of Hoke High's Beta Club. They suffered through initiation and finally became full pledged members. They were, Judi Burnett, Linda Williams, Sylvia Sellars, Tanya Keenum, David Lent, Edward McPhatter, Mike Davis, Jean Stephens, Barbara Watson, Larry Creech, and Allen Wood. Philippe Bei theau was made an honorary member of Hoke High's Beta Club. Last Monday night the wrestling team traveled to Sanford to battle aaainst the Yellow Jackets. The Bucks pinned the Jackets 33-16. Thursday night the wrestling team were the guests ot the Carv Imps. The Imps slipped past the Bucks 29-24. The Hoke High basketball teams were host to the Hamlet Red Rams, Tuesday night. The Bucks were overcome by the Rams 59-64 The Baby Bucks were jolted by the Babv Rams 45-38. F riday night the Bucks traveled to Dunn to put up i good fight, but were overcome by the Green Waves 69-73. The Baby Bucks washed the Green Waves to shire 46-45. High school wrestling seems to he catching on in North Carolina and across the rest of the United States. Before only the schools in the eastern part of the countiy showed much interest. But now with more youngsters wanting to participate in something besides football, baseball and basketball, wrestling seems to be the answer. "The sport is gelling stronger every year," Pecora continued. "A few years ago it was hard to get a schedule but now there is no trouble. Wrestling gives t lie little boy something to do, particularly the 95 to 105 (xiund boy. He can now be a star, whereas he probably couldn't play some of the other sports." So far the attendance at the wrestling matches hasn't been anything to write home about. And this is the sad pait. The excitement generated at these matches is comparable to that of a close basketball game or sudden death lootball playoff. In fact one spectator was heard saying alter one recent match (hat he felt like he had been wrestling. "Why I squirmed and (wisted as much as the boys did," laughed the onlooker. According to Pecora, attendance is one of the reasons that all of local high schools haven't adopted the sport. "If we could gel the public to realize that wrestling in high school is not like you see on television we would be O.K., the coach said. "We don't make any money -- infacl we don't even break even." One might wonder how you can lose money wrestling. All it takes is two competitors - maybe for a street fight, but not for a high school wrestling match. You need a mat, which runs in the neighborhood of $2,000, headgears, to protect the cars and head against burns, and trunks. There is some expense, not the kind (hat a football team incurs?- but nevertheless one that has to be met it' the sport is to be taken up. There is certainly a future in wrestling on the high school and college level. With more youngsters participating and more college scholarships being offered, it will only be a short time before every high school in the state has a team. But lor now Hoke County is thinking only of winning Friday and then on to the Sectional (o qualify lor the Stale Meet in Winston-Salem March 1. The Bucks will not be in action Tuesday night but will be at home Friday night to stampede the Clinton Dark Horses. Cub Scouts Meet Pack meeting of all Cub Scout Dens was held Friday in the Fellowship Hall of the Raeford Presbyterian Church at which time awards were presented by Mayor H.R. McLean. The following badges were won: Wolf - Ronnie English, Barry Weldon and Wally Jordan. Athletic Corty Cooper, Tim Hasty. Geologist Jimmy Bowles, Weaver Patterson. Engineer - Corty Cooper, Weaver Patterson, Tim Hasty. Forestry and Sportsmanship - Frank Kicklighter. Artist and Showmanship -Ken MacDonald. Two year Service Star Corty Cooper. Winner of trophy in Pinewood Derby Race-Jeff Upchur.h. Runner up was Dave Barnnglon. Winner in craftsmanship of race car was Ronnie Ellis. Runne -up was Roy Wood. Poultry and livestock now bring Tar Heel farmers more gross income than their famous tobacco crop. 1
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