Football Coach Complains:
'No Camp, No School Pride'
By Mike Steadman
"If we had gone to camp, we
would have had a lot more players.
Right now we are just short of
personnel," said Hoke High football
coach Bill Cameron.
Cameron contends that the
inability to go to football camp this
year, which has been the standard
custom in the past, has hurt the team
.in more ways than one.
Cameron said that the deposit had
already been paid to the camp and
that they were supposed to leave last
Sunday August 17, but a ruling by
the State Department of Education
said that a teacher could only coach
in the afternoon or evening of a
regular teacher's school day. School
started for teachers August 18.
"We learned of the ruling July 30
at a state coaching clinic," said
Cameron.
He said that by rules of the state,
the team only had six days to get the
players in shape (this meant dressing
out without pads), and the only time
left for them to go to camp would
have been for four days last week.
"It was not worth it financially to
g go just for four days," said Cameron.
"I have 25 players I can count on
now. We would have at least 30 if we
had been able to go to camp," said
Cameron.
Cameron indicated that this was
bad because the team had 31 players
at the end of last season.
"It is a lot easier for a player to
miss practice here than at camp. This
is where a lot of the player trouble
stems from, along with the fact that
we can't work in as many practices
here as we could at camp because of
the heat," he said.
Cameron blasted the Hoke High
student body for not showing more
pride in their school and athletic
program.
"I tmnk it wc had more student
pride around here, we would have
more people out there. I know that
somewhere in this school there are
some good ballplayers, but they
don't care enough to come out," he
said.
He resented the fact that some
people got free phyacals for the
year.
"As far as 1 know right now, 36
varsity people got physicals, and only
32 turned up at practice. This means
that four people got free physicals
which is the doctor's contribution to
the football team and the athletic
program," he said.
Cameron .said that the doctors had
given xduglrly ov$j 100 physicals this
summer. This number includes ninth
grade, junior varsity and varsity.
Coach Cameron said Ute team
would be running from the
1-formation this year.
"I had hoped we would be able to
really mix up our running and
passing, but now it looks like we will
be running 60 percent of the time
and throwing 40 percent." said
Cameron.
"We've been trying to get in shape
to make sure we'll sting somebody.
We've also been working a lot on
fundamentals, but now it's time to
get down to game preparation. Due
to our early schedule, we have one
week less to get ready than last
year,"he said.
He again emphasized the
importance of camp. "We were
knocked out of a lot of practice
because we didn't go to camp and
this.hurt us in getting ready."
Cameron is looking to
all-conference players Allen Thomas
and David Howell from last year's
team to lead the way this year, along
with hopeful standouts Joe Poole,
Thomas Farmer, and Reggie McRae.
Howell is a safety and Thomas is a
tailback. Poole will run the team
from the quarterback slot and hand
off to Farmer, who will play fullback
this year on offense, and is expected
to hold the defense together as
defensive end, along with linebacker
McRae.
Injury problems have already
come up as punter Noah Hendrix is
out with a cracked wrist, and kicker
? Magazine
Names
Athletes
Four former Hoke High students
have been named by Coach &
Athlete magazine as prep track and
field "Athletes of the Year" for
I97S.
The four are Geraldine Murray,
Kathy Little, Minnie McPhatter and
Sandra Kaye Oxendine.
The four Hoke athletes were
picked on the basis of their athletic
ability, including statistics and
overall performance, sportsmanship
and personal leadership displayed
during the current season.
The athletic achievements of each
athlete named will be featured in the
1975 edition of Prep Track & Field
"Athletes of the Year," to be
published in September.
% A copy of the annual will be
presented to the National Track and
Field Hall of Fame in Charleston,
W.V.
HARD A T WORK-Hoke High football coach Bill Cameron ponders his plans
for the coming football season. He cited the inability of the team to attend
camp th is year as one of his main problems.
Ernie Pecora has a pulled muscle.
"We have one player that weighs
210 pounds, but our offensive line
will average only 177 pounds and our
defensive line might be a little
heavier," said Cameron.
Cameron said that this is not a
rebuilding year, and that he saw two
lean years for the future. He said that
he has the best freshman group in a
long time.
Cameron said he didn't know
much about Southern Durham, Hoke
High's first opponent, except that he
sat with their head coach at a recent
all-star game. The coach said that this
year's Southern Durham team would
be the best he has ever coached. The
Southern Durham team made it to
the state play-offs last year.
Cameron tabbed Richmond
County as being the class of the
conference this year, but said that he
looked for Seventy-First to be the
strongest team in the area.
Cameron mentioned the new
reserved section at the Hoke High
Stadium and said that he hoped that
it would even increase the already
great support the team has received
from Hoke citizens in the past.
"I would like to see some of the
old football fans out here again," he
said.
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Everyone knows that you may
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out of Hatteras on North Carolina's
Outer Banks.
Not quite as many know that you
may pay "by the head" for party
boat fishing over wrecks and coral
reefs out of the same port.
But hardly anyone knows that
charter and headboat fishing in
Pamlico Sound is available from that
historic village on the south tip of
Hatteras Island.
Sound drift fishing for a variety of
species, including trout (mostly gray,
but some speckled), spot, bluefish,
flounder, croaker, sea mullet, puppy
drum, pigfish and occasionally cobia,
is provided four days a week from
eight ajn. until 1:30 p.m. aboard the
Shady Lady, a 65-foot air
conditioned motor vessel with every
modern electronic fish-finding and
navigational aid.
Wednesdays, Saturdays and
Sundays, the Shady Lady sails
offshore, but on the other days, she
departs Hatteras Holiday Harbor
Marina at eight for a half day of
sound fishing. The rate is $10 per
person. Bait and tackle are furnished
and cold drinks and hot sandwiches
are sold aboard. This schedule will
continue through October.
Reservations are taken (honored
until 7:45), and group charters for
up to 70 persons may be arranged.
Phone (919) 986-2305.
A deluxe service for anglers
interested in fishing lures rather than
bait is available from Outer Banks
Safaris (phone (919) 995-5183). Up
to six persons may charter a 27-foot
boat for fishing not only in the
sound for cobia, trout and the
bottom fish, but also for Spanish
mackerel and bluefish in the inlet. In
July, for example, when cobia are
still numerous you may soak a
fist-sized chunk of menhaden on the
bottom for cobia for a while, troll
for Spanish an hour or so, then cast
for gray and speckled trout six to
eight miles back in the sound.
The daily rate is $150. Tackle,
bait, and lures are furnished, but
anglers are expected to provide their
own lunch and beverages.
The cobia season is about over
now at Hatteras, but from late
summer through fall all evidence
indicates there will be an unusual
number of large gray trout. Already
more citation-size grays have been
taken in Pamlico Sound, from Outer
Banks piers and from private boats
than were caught during all of 1974.
Although Hatteras charter boats
and the Shady Lady are more often
booked in summer when many
tourists visit the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore, locals know that
the best fishing season for the sound
occurs between Labor Day and
Christmas. The notable exception is
cobia which peak between May and
June.
Spanish will be larger, but less
numerous later in the year, and large
bluefish will show in late October if
they follow the pattern they have set
over the last six years. King mackerel
will be close to shore when the first
cool winds of Autumn rake Outer
Banks beaches. Little tunny, locally
called false albacore, will approach
the beaches and cut bait in the inlet
and generally the fishing scene will
come alive, the oil will run more
slowly in your can of sardines and
strings of sea ducks will beat
southward over the ragged sea.
Anglers without boats of their
own may find fall the best time to
charter for sound fishing or join the
headboat crowd.
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BY JIM DEAN
If you hunt with a bow and arrow
or a muz/lc loader, chances are
you've heard about the new primitive
weapons license.
"We've had a lot of calls and
questions concerning the new
primitive weapons license." said Bob
Ha/.el. assistant executive director of
field operations for the N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission. "Apparently,
some rumors have been spread
around about it that are misleading.
Also, it's possible tiiat some people
have been confused by the term,
'primitive' weapon."
Actually, the primitive weapons
license is required for only bow and
arrow hunting and muzzle-loading
rifle hunting during the special bow
and arrow deer seasons and the
special muzzle-loading rifle deer
seasons. If you've got a copy of the
N.C. Hunting and Trapping
Regulations for 1^75-76. you'll find
these seasons listed on pages 13 and
14.
During the regular hunting
seasons, you do not need a primitive
weapons license to hunt with a bow
and arrow or a muzzle loader.
Lots of hunters have also asked
whether muzzle - loading shotguns
would be permitted during the
special muzzle - loading rifle deer
season. The answer is no. Only
muzzle - loading rifles are permitted
by the law. However, you can still
hunt using muzzle - loading shotguns
not larger than 10 gauge for deer
during the regular gun seasons for
deer, and of course, you can use a
muzzle - loading shotgun not larger
titan 10 gauge for other gantc species
like squirrels and quail anytime the
season on these species is open.
Another question that's been
asked occasionally concerns the use
of crossbows. Crossbows are illegal
weapons for all hunting in North
Carolina.
A couple of letter writers have
asked whether the primitive weapons
license is required for bow fishing.
No, it's not. But. you'll have to buy a
special device fishing license, and you
can check the requirements for it in
your N.C. Inland Fishing
Regulations. The confusion over this
apparently arises because some folks
have wondered whether shooting a
fish with an arrow could accurately
be called fishing or hunting. "It
would be like bait - casting for
squirrels," one writer joked. "I don't
know what to call it." The Wildlife
Commission considers it fishing and
bow fishing (or if you prefer, bow
hunting for fish) is covered under the
Inland f ishing Regulations.
"There is always some confusion
when a new license is established."
said lla/.el, "and this has been no
exception. However, we hope these
explanations will help our hunters
understand what is required. We'd
also appreciate it if sportsmen would
pass this information along, and if
there are other questions, we'll be
glad to answer them."
Hunters might also want to check
page 32 of their N.C. Hunting and
Trapping Regulations for
information concerning legal
restrictions on bow and arrow
equipment. For example, bows must
have a minimum pull of 45 pounds,
and arrows used for deer must have
broadhcads with a minimum width
of seven - eights of an inch. Blunt
type arrowheads may be used to take
game birds and small animals. Of
course, all sportsmen should read
their regulations booklet thoroughly
before the hunting seasons open.
The primitive weapons license
costs S5 and is available at license
dealers across the state. Anyone who
purchases one of these licenses to use
during die early bow and arrow or
muzzle - loading deer seasons will
also need a regular hunting license
and also a special big game license.
However, you can get all three of
these licenses as part of the new $25
Resident Sportsman's License, which
also covers statewide fishing,
statewide mountain trout and the
Game Lands Use Permit.
For further information, write the
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
325 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh.
North Carolina 2761 I
Call 875-2121
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