WOMEN'S SOFTBALL--The Hoke Jaycecs women s Softball team is in
first place standing with two weeks to go before the tournament. They are
leading by five games. Pictured are first row. Phyllis Shaw: second row
kneeling. Tondea Jackson. Rita Oxendine. Shirley Campbell. Dorine
Graham. La Daris McNeill. Gloria Murchison: and. third row. Pauline
Oxendine. Carolyn Headen. Kathy Little. Jerry Walker. Kelly Jordan.
Barbara Campbell and Debbie Henderson.
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Men's League
Gentry's Still Ahead
By Ann Howell
Gentry's Tire defeated Virgil's
Drive-In 15-12 in the opening
action in Men's Softball. Henry
Thompson and Bobby Baker both
hit homers for Gentry's and aided
in their team's 22 hits. Pete
Maynor, Larry McDonald and
Charles Chandler for Virgil's all hit
homers and helped gather 13 team
hits.
Tuesday the 29th, Raeford
Plumbing and Heating took Rose's
Aviation 7-4. Franklin Jordan and
Nate Singletary were both 2-4 for
RPH. Rose's Aviation gathered six
hits and Larry Lunsford was 2-3 at
theplate.
The week's second round of
softball found Virgil's 18-9 over
Rexall-Turf. Larry McDonald,
Attis Gay and Charles Chandler all
smashed homers for Virgil's and
the team gathered 21 total hits. For
Rx-Turf, Jerry Tucker hit a homer
in the third inning and Charles
Crowder was 2-3 at the plate.
Wednesday night's final game
went to Hoke Concrete 11-5 over
Rose's Aviation. Cecil Campbell
managed a home run in the first
inning for Hoke Concrete and Jerry
Oldham was 4-4 at bat.
Rose's picked up eight team hits
and Larry Lunsford, along with
Rene Figeroa, were 2-3 at the plate.
In Thursday's first round of
softball action Gentry's defeated
Hoke Concrete 17-4. For Gentry's
once again Bobby Baker, Henry
Thompson and Harrison Daniels
all gathered homers. Gentry's had
a super first inning, pulling in 12
runs. Hoke Concrete put together
10 hits and Sam Young and Bill
Anderson were both 2-2 at the
plate.
The week's final game was a
close battle with RPH winning 6-5
over Rx-Turf. James Rainey for
RPH picked up a home run in the
fifth inning and aided in his team's
total hits of 14. Nate Singletary,
Eddie Roper, James Rainey and
Bobby Bounds Jr. were all 2-3 at
bat. For Rx-Turf, there were 15
hits and the leading batter was Don
Williamson, 3-3 at the plate.
Standings
W L
Gentry's 16 3
Virgil's 15 6
RPH 9 10
Rose's 8 11
Rx-Turf 7 13
Hoke Concrete 4 16
Gentry's
Virgil's
RPH
Rose's
Rx-Turf
Hoke Concrete
Ladies' League
Jaycees Clench Title
By Pal Scott
Hollingsworth and Top Sound
Music staged a rally in the final two
innings to down Rosa's Grill and
McMillan's Groc. 16-10 Tuesday.
T. Dixon hit 3-4 with help from B.
Leslie 2-3 for the HWT & TSM
Team. Nettie Kershaw spurred
Rosa's Grill and McMillan's Groc.,
hitting 2-4 with S. Hasty and C.
Flowers' 1-2 efforts.
Hoke Jaycees had no problem
with Rose Aviation with a 24-3
victory. K. Little, J. Walker, and
D. Shaw had a perfect night with a
4-4, 3-3 and 2-2 at bat, respective
ly, scoring a total of seven runs. A.
Campbell was 2-2 for Rose Aviation
while B. Odom was 2-3 at bat.
Thursday Hollingsworth and
Top Sound Music took an early
10-1 lead in the first inning to down
Rose Aviation 19-4 after four
innings of play with time expiring.
J. Campbell and B. Odom were 1-1
for Rose Avt. J. Shaw and N.
Blackshear were also 1-1 at bat for
HWT & TSM.
The Hoke Jaycees seized the
regular season championship with
a 31-2 decision over Rosa's Grill
and McMillan's Groc. B. Kershaw
and V. Riggins were 1-1 for Rosa's
Grill and McMillan's Groc. B.
Campbell was 4-5 for the Jaycees
with a two run homer. D. Little was
3-5 with a three run homer. All of
the 10 Jaycees batters were batting
better than .400 in this particular
game. There are two weeks remain
ing in regular season play before
the tournament.
Stands
W L
Hoke Jaycees 14 0
HWT & TSM 9 5
Rosa's Grill & McM. Groc. 3 11
Rose Aviation 3 12
Top 10 batters
(30 times at bat)
Ave.
Kelly Jordan
.667
Kathy Little
.600
Barbara Campbell
.5%
Debbie Little
.595
Tondea Jackson
.583
Joyce Bease
.553
Gloria Murchinson
.520
Willie M. Southerland
.488
Diane Shaw
.462
Jerry Walker
.462
Volleyball Action
By Ann Howell
Hoke County Recreation Depart
ment volleyball action got under
way Monday at 7 p.m. in the
Upchurch Schol gym.
In the opening round Ken
Koonce's team defeated Ralph
Huffs team 15-3 and 15-11. Kathy
Davis and Joyce McKenzie of
Koonce's team both had successful
serving rounds. For Huffs group
Randy Huff and Tom Howell both
put in good rounds.
The second match went to Ken
MacDonald's team 15-11 and 15-10
over Denise Brown's team. Chuck
Davis and Jane Austin led the
MacDonald team to victory. Mivo
shi Gordon and Deborah McRae
both contributed to a tough, com
petitive battle.
In the final round of volleyball
Teresa Freeman's team defeated
Susan Bound's team 15-8 and 15-8.
The final match was close as the
Bound's team won the second game
15-4 bringing the match into a
three game break. Kathy Hendrix
was a key figure for Teresa's team.
Charlie Hottel and pat Scott were
both hustlers making the Bound's
group very tough.
Volleyball will again be sched
uled at Upchurch School gym next
Monday.
Ephesus Church
Has Program
The children of the Ephesus
Baptist Church celebrated the
nation's 200th Birthday of America
with a program entitled "The Land
of the Free."
Mrs. Nancy Black directed the
children and Mrs. Barbara Jackson
directed the choir.
The Rev. Willard Singletary told
the congregation that all people
should be happy to be living in
America where they could enjoy
freedom of religion along with their
many other privileges.
A picnic followed the program.
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PATRIOTS-Currentty in first place Softball standings for girls, the
Patriots are ahead two games. Pictured are. first row kneeling. Carta
Sappenfield. Maggie Haynes. Wanda McGregor. Abigail McRae. Cynthia
Bratcher. and second row. Gwen McRae. Debra Massey. Angela Thomas.
Cheryl Mclntyre and Debbie Baker.
Youth League
Patriots Hold Lead
By Pat Scott
Hugh's Texaco gave the Recrea
tion Wreckers their second loss in
Tuesday's action, 16-10. The game
was tied in the sixth inning 10-10.
The Texaco team came up with six
big runs in the seventh and held the
Wreckers. The leading batters for
Hugh's Texaco were E. Bridges
2-3, V. Brown 3-5, and D. Maynor
3-5. Leading the Wreckers were S.
Leach and C. Monroe each 3-4 with
a total of six runs.
Wednesday night Hunt's Truck
ers edged Hugh's Texaco 15-14 for
their first win. Leading the Truck
ers hitting was D. Shaw's 4-4, with
help from C. Quick's 3-4 and A.
Bratcher's 2-4. B. Graham had a
4-5 performance for the Texaco
Team with E. Bridges' 3-4 at bat.
Hugh's Texaco rallied four runs in
the last inning but it wasn't enough
to defeat Hunt's Truckers.
The Recreation Wreckers lost
their second game this week to the
Patriots. The Patriots rallied in the
sixth to end a five inning 3-3 tie to
down the Wreckers 6-3. A. McRae
was 2-3 for the Patriots with a 2-4
performance from C. Bratcher. J.
McLaughlin had a 2-3 effort at bat
for the Wreckers.
In Thursday's action the Patriots
edged Hunt's Truckers 7-6 with W.
McGregor's 2-3 efforts driving in
the winning run. A. McRae and A.
Thomas were 2-3 at bat for the
Patriots. A. Bratcher was 2-3 for
Hunt's Truckers to lead the charge
at bat.
Standings W L
Patriots 5 1
Hugh's Texaco 3 3
Rec. Wreckers 3 3 *
Hunt's Truckers 1 5
Top 10 batters
(15 times at bat) ?
Ave.
Alice Taylor .647
Aligail McRae .579
Ellen Bridges .571
Brenda Graham .533
Deldera Shaw .533
Alfreda Bratcher .526
Sandra Leach .476
Cathy Sappenfield .450
Janice Blackshear .421
Valinda Brown .409
FIRST PLACE TEAM-Gentry s Tire Softball team is in first place in
Recreation Department play. Pictured are. first row. Mark Gentry. Chris
McDuffie, bat boys: Bob Gentry, manager: Tony Oxendine. George
McFadyen. Eddie McNeill. Bobby Baker and C. D. Bounds: second row.
Randy Higgins. Larry Phillips. Jeff McNeill. Gary Gentry. Eddie Baker.
Henry Thompson. Harrison Daniels and Richard Morgan.
CO-ED-Volleyball competition has been a very successful program for the
Recreation Department. The co-ed teams have proven to be. very popular.
Boys' Youth League
NRFD Downs Legion
By Ann Howell
In Youth League Softball action
the opening game Tuesday night
went to North Raeford Fire Depart
ment 10-0 over the American
Legion. NRFD was led at bat by
Creech, Brown, C. Bease and M.
Bease, all 2-3 at the plate. Am.
Legion gathered only two hits for a
tough night and a defeat.
Wednesday night the Kiwanis
took the game 12-11 over Sandhills
Youth Center. The Kiwanis gath
ered 14 hits and was led at bat by
M. Bratcher, 4-4. The Youth
Center picked up nine hits and
gathered six runs in the first inning
and Five runs in the third inning. R.
Rackley and R. Adams were the
top Sandhills batten, both going
2-3 at the plate.
The Lions took the week's third
youth game 14-4 over the Legion.
For the Lions, C. McCall hit a
homer in the sixth inning to finish
the game and to gather a victory.
The Legion had six hits and their
top batter was J. Brown, 2-3.
Friday night in the First game,
NRFD defeated Sandhills Youth
Center 8-4. NRFD picked up nine
hits and was led at the plate by M.
Bease and Patterson, both 2-3. The
Youth Center gathered 10 hits and
R. Adams, L. Todd and R. Watson
were the leading batters all 2-3.
In the Final game Friday, the
Lions won 10-3 over the Kiwanis.
The Lions accumulated 12 hits and
had Five batters hitting 2-3 at the
plate. The Kiwanis had a cold
game, gathering only seven hits and
their three runs in the seventh
inning.
Standings
W L
Kiwanis g 2
Lions 7 1
NRFD 6 4
Am. Legion 1 7
Youth Center j 9
College News
Walter Scull, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Scull of Raeford, is
one of many music and theatre
students from colleges and univer
sities across the country who are
employed at East Glacier park,
Montana for the summer.
The students work at various
jobs in hotels serving tourists who
visit Glacier National Park. They
also give music and theatre produc
tions for the visitors' entertain
ment.
Scull is a rising sophomore,
majoring in piano, at the University.
of Cincinnati Conservatory of Mu-t
sic. During his freshman year,
Scull achieved the dean's list each
quarter. At the University of
Cincinnati, the dean's list requires
a 3.4 grade point average on a 4.0?
scale.
Last spring quarter, Scull partic
ipated in a diagnostic clinic during
which he performed before a panel
of judges composed of university
music professors. After judging his
performance, the diagnostic board
approved Scull's application for
acceptance into the performing arts
curriculum which he will begin next
fall.
Miss Martha C. Staton, a math
major and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas E. Staton of 715 E.
Donaldson Ave., Raeford, is one of
274 students at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro who
made all A's on courses completed
during the second semester which
ended recently.
To make the dean's list at
UNC-G., students must earn a
grade point ratio of 3.5 or better.
Two students from Raeford havt
qualified for the spring semester
dean's list at Wake Forest Uni
versity.
They are Elizabeth Faye Jordan,?
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R.M.
Jordan of 110 Fulton St., and
Jeanette Kelly Jordan, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Julius F. Jordan of
315 W. Edinborough Ave.
Both were graduated from the
University in May.