Hoke Opens Spring Sports
Baseball
Hoke High's baseball team
lost the first game of the
season Friday to Laurinburg
101.
The Laurinburg nine made
II hits to Raeford's 5. Hobo
Mooney with 2 for 4 for the
afternoon, scored ihe Buck's
only run. Pitcher Tim Hawks
struck out six for the game.
The starting line ? up for
Raeford was Tim Hawks, Bobo
Mooney, John Hot lei, Wayne
Dickens. Sammy Young. Jerry
Tucker. Mac McNeill. Eddie
Monroe and Skip Autry.
Monday.
Playing tor the Bucks were
Bill Lentz, Mike Wood, Don
Williamson, Allan Murray and
Johnny Carter.
Lumberton won the match
with Sanford and Pinecrest
behind them, laurinburg and
Dunn finished fifth and sixth.
Others on the Raeford golf
team are David Lent. Jeff
McNeill, Kathy Bounds, Jim
Warner. Pete Sawyer, Kim
Koonce, Joe McGougan, Bany
fnnun and David Upchurch.
They are coached by Lariy
Phillips.
The next match will be
March 22 at Raelord.
Tliey arc Reggie Frahm,
Rielurd Davis, Fugene Monroe,
Kim (iilmore, Gary Baxley.
Anderson Hosteller. David
Willis, and Larry Bcasley.
1 lie first match scheduled
for Wednesday with Pinecrest
was rained out. They will meet
Clinton here March 25
Track
Moke High lost to
Luurinburg Scotland 65 - 62 in
the first track meet of the
season Tuesday. The Bucks will
meet Lumberton, Hamlet and
San ford Thursday at Sanford.
Discus - I an nJs (S) 119 - 10;
Shot - Patterson (S) 47 - I;
Long jump - Graham (R)
18-61V. High Jump - Phillips
(S) 6 ? 4, Pole vault -- Gibson
(S) 10-0. 120 hurdles - Bracey
(S) 15.3; 100 -- Jones (S) 10.2;
mile -? McMillian (R) 4:46.5;
880 relay -- Raet'ord (Maxwell,
Kershaw. Walker, Wood)
1:38.3; 440- Bridges (R) 53.7;
180 hurdles - Bracey (S) 20.2;
880 - Heath (R) 2:11.3; 220 ??
B. Graham (R) 22.7: 2 - mile --
Campbell, (R). 11:43.6: Mile
relay - Kaeford 346.3.
Golf
Hie Hoke High golf leam
Inished fourth out of six
earns in the conference in
heii first match of the season
>layed at Rockingham last
Tennis
Tennis coach Hen Johnson
announced the members of ihe
Hoke High lennis leiim for this
season.
Jeff McNeill Named
Player Of The Year
j*mi inn-Hem, noise riign s o-i'/i guard, was chosen Player of
the Year in the Eastern Division of Southeastern Conference.
Joseph Bridges and Russell Davis were named to the
All-Southeastern Conference leant (Eastern division) while Tom
Howell and Eugene Monroe made honorable mention.
Coach Larry Phillips was edged out of Coach of the Year
honors by Clinton's Marshall Hamilton while Joseph Bridges.
Raelord's center, was right behind McNeill for Player ot the
Year.
The Eastern Division All-Conference squad is:
Position Player, School Height Class
Guard Jackie Robinson, Clinton 5-10 Jr.
Guard Jeff McNeill. Raeford 6-IV4 Sr.
Guard Alvin Bullock, laimberton 5-11 Sr.
Guard Wayne Barbour. Dunn 6-1 Sr.
Center Joseph Bridges, Raeford 6-6 Sr.
Center Cliff Marable, Clin ton 6-3 Sr.
Forward Willie Lorick, Lumberton 5-11 Jr.
Forward Ronnie Beckett, Clinton 6-2 Sr.
Forward Russell Davis. Raeford 64 Soph
Forward Joe Kaper. San ford 6-1 Sr.
Coach of the Year - Marshall Hamilton. Clinton
Player of the Year ?? Jeff McNeill, Raeford
Honorable Mention
Raeford - Tom Howell. Eugene Monroe
Clinton - Bobby Kirby. Norman Butler
Dunn - Lynn Capps, Fred Galbreth, Jantes Smith
lAimberton -- Al Price. Earl Darnell
SarTfuijl - Donald Hooker
liV/.-l T'S THE L'SE? - Scotland \o. 23 gat e up efforts to block
Jeff McSciU's lay ? up. Mc.Xeill scored 12 points in the opening
game which Raeji >rd won 60 ? 53.
Old Hoke High was really
swinging (his past week
because the student body has
been raising money lot
restrooms for the stadium. The
week has been filled with many
money ? scheming ideas.
Monday night the beta Club
held theii monthly meeting.
They discussed theii
convention, which will he in
Raleigh the weekend of April
10th. They also made further
plans for their talent show
which will be April 3. The last
entry date is March 25, so if
any of you have any talent,
you may sign up with any Beta
member.
The activities began
Tuesday. cThroughout the
week, there were bake sales.
Coke, candy and popcorn sales.
The entire student bodv
Bowling
News
Harold Wright, bowling a
601 set this week in the
Raeford Merchant's Bowling
League, edged league ? leading
John K McNeill out of top
spirt by a fraction. Both Wright
and McNeill carry a 160
average.
Foui teams scored shutouts
this week Howell Ding beat
Long's Grocery 4 - 0: Blanton's
Grocery beat Bob's Body Shop
4 - 0: City Cleaners topped
Dees' Esso 4 ? 0 and Tow n and
Country beat McNeill's
Grocery 4-0.
House of Raetord and 401
Amoco split the match 3 - 1 in
favor of House of Raeford.
TOP TEN BOWLERS
Elarold Wright 160
John K. McNeill 160
Jesse Taylor 166
Harry Walters 166
John Lockey 163
Bill Hendux 163
Bill Jenkins 163
John Fly 163
Norbet Schnntt 163
Mackie Carter 160
STANDINGS
Blanton's Grocery 74-30
401 Amoco 61 '-i-42 '?i
House of Raeford 58-46
Howell Drug 534-50':
Longs Grocery 52-52
Town and Country 40-55
Dees' Esso 46-58
City Cleaners 45-59
McNeill's Grocery 43-61
Bob's Body Shop 38-66
enjoyed "coming as you are"
for four days. Fveryonc "did
their lliing" at the three
dances, with music by the
"Soul T's" and the "IZveryday
People". We had a talent show,
a teacher imitation program,
and three basketball games. A
few daring and spirited people
allowed themselves to be
subjected to water balloons. To
end up the festivities, the
faculty joined together to
participate in a track meet.
F a c It class was in
competition with each other to
see which class could raise the
most money. The Senior class
ranked top with 51.007.33.
The Juniors class came in
second with 5692.70: the
Sophomores with 5616.93: and
Freshman S565.9I; making a
grand total of around S3600.
Fach class deserves a pat on the
back for the work they have
done. The faculty deserves
honorable mention because
(hey really enjoyed the
activities and the break away
from the work as much as the
students. Incidentally the
faculty raised 5501.50. the
Deca Club. S52.00: the FHA
raised SI09.95. l-'BLA 51.54
and the Creative Dance Group
S7I 61.
litis week the students have
the problems of getting back to
coming to class, homework,
and studying. Another big
problem is wearing decent,
school ? type clothes. But the
one thing that might he most
difficult to comprehend is the
report cards that were given
out Monday.
We at Hoke High do have
one thing to look forward to
and that is the Faster vacation
coming up March 26 ? 31st.
FOR OPFNFRS -- Garky Carpenter gets set for a shot against Scotland last Wednesday niglit at St. Andrews College wltilf Jeff
McNeill frightJ wards off a guard and Russell Davis moves In for a rebound.
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TRAP - The driver of the station wagon carrying nine other persons was pinned in the car alter the impact until the Rescue Squad
amid free him. William Jones was taken to Moore County Hospital in critical conditio >tt af ter the I ridav night head ? > <n collision
in which two teenagers were killed, fight of the passengers front the station wag<>n and the other two persons in the Comet
involved in the wreck were hospitalized. A four - month ? old baby. Catherine Jones, was treated and released.
David Hendrix
Golf Co-Captain
At Sandhills
David Hendrix, Raeford, and
Robert Chilman, Oakton, Va..
are co captains of the
Sandhills Community College
golf team this spring according
to Jim Rcid, director of
athletics at the college. Tom
Cathcart, Southern Pines, and
Jime Bone, Scagrove. are
alternate captains for the
season which begins this
month.
Other team members include
John Sidden and John Bell,
both of Southern Pines. Stan
Piestrak, Aberdeen, Mike
Winstead. Sanford, and N'eal
Atkissqn, Vienna, Va. Home
games will be played on one of
the country club courses in
Southern Pines with the first
match March 12 with the
junior varsity team of UNC
Chapel Hill.
Other schools on the spring
schedule included Wayne
County Community College,
Fayetteville Technical
Institute, Davidson County
Community College, and St.
Andrews College.
The Sandhills Spartans,
champions last spring ol the N.
C. Community College
Conference, will compete this
year in the Conference tourney
to be held May 1 at Goldsboro.
On May 18-19 Sandhills
College will be host to the
annual tournament of Region
10 of the National Junior
College Conference which
includes community and junior
colleges in North and South
Carolina and Virginia. The
Spartans were runners - up in
the regional matches last year.
The coaching staff of the
Sandhills team is comprised of
Lariy McNeill and Don Garner
of the faculty, and Lugcne
Watts, college business manager
who coached the Spartans last
year
Secretary Laird
Praises Reservists
Secretary of Defense Mel
vin R. Laird made the follow
ing remarks during an ad
dress to the Reserve Officers
Association Feb. 27.
"Throughout our history,
the citiien-soldier has held
an honored and an essential
place in our society. The na
tion has looked to him in
every crisis, and he has re
sponded with efficiency, pro
fessi< nalism and devotion
Last December, the 36,000
reservists of 115 units who
were called to active duty be
cause of special needs related
to Vietnam and Korea were
released. At that time. Presi
dent Nixon, in connection
with his proclamation of Re
serve Recognition Day, noted
that 4,000 of these reservists
received citations." (AN'Fl
.
"I gave you a land on which
you had not labored, and cities
which you had not built ...
you eat the fruit of'vineyards
and oliveyards which you did
not plant." (Joshua 24:13. 14.
RSV)
In Joshua's call to Israel he
recounted the word of the
Lord and His gracious dealings
with His people. Joshua was
reminding Israel to be thankful
to God. God's giving is still a
challenge to man to give
thanks.
We were reminded of this on
Christmas Fve. 1968, when the
wife of astronaut Anders said.
"Giving thanks is a course front
which one never graduates."
Human history is one_ long
record of inheritance of
receiving from God and from
others. Gratitude alone is what
saves our souls front shriveling
up.
Prolessor William Jantes was
deeply touched by a letter of
appreciation he received front a
Radcliffe student, lie revised
his lecture to include the need
for expressing and receiving
appreciation as a basic
psychological principle.
PRAYLR: Father God. You
have given us all things richly
to enjoy. Give us grateful
spirits to accept and
acknowledge and share. In
Christ's name. Amen
THOUGHT FOR Till DAY
Be grateful ?? the life you save
from dullness may be vour
own!
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