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Hoke Upsets Pinecrest, 10-8, For Second Win
Calvin Dixon, shown here lunging for yardage in a recent game, scored Hoke's touchdown and helped set up the
clinching field goal in the victory over Pinecrest. [Photo by Joe Gonzales. ]
Honors Given At Blazers' Banquet
The members of the Hoke Coun
ty Blazers semipro baseball team
and their guests were honored
Saturday evening at an Awards
Banquet at the Hoke County Civic
Center.
The Team Queen. Miss Wanda
Tapscott, was announced at the
banquet. She will serve for the 1983
baseball season. Miss Tapscott was
awarded a $50 U.S. Savings Bond.
Runnerup and Queen's Aide was
Miss Kim Parker, who was pre
sented gifts by Linda Reams,
representing the Hoke County
Sflini-Pro Baseball Association.
' ' " -- "
Their selections were based on
donations they obtained from spon
sors for the benefit of the associa
tion.
Miss Tapscott will serve as Miss
Hoke County Blazers in the Miss
Tri-County Baseball League Con
test on Saturday.
Playing members of the baseball
team were presented with trophies
as Tri-County League champions
by Billy Jones, vice president of the
association.
Mike Nieves won the trophies for
Best . Batting Average and Most
XMOpble Played jE&fW* g**?.
by Jimmie N. Conoly, vice presi
dent of the association and general
manager of the Blazers, on behalf
of the association.
Conoly was honored in special
presentations made by John
Howard, Blazers' club president.
Conoly received the Manager's
Trophy for his over-all leadership
of the team and the baseball
program's successful first season.
Joe Augustoni was recognized for
storekeeper
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1973
Chevrolet
Impala
(not pictured)
Serving Hoke Co 8 Years
(not pictured)
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Hoke County High School's
Bucks, unranked in 4-A standings
and winner of only one of their
seven games this season, won their
second Friday night -? upsetting
fourth-ranked and previously un
beaten Pinecrest. 10-8.
The Bucks did it on Pinecrest's
home field at that and in Pine
crest's Homecoming game, before a
record crowd of 3,200. It was
Hoke's first victory in Southeastern
Conference play this season follow
ing two loop losses. The only other
win the Bucks managed was the
one over South View September 3.
Pinecrest's record now is 7-1 overall
and 3-1 in the league.
Senior running back Calvin
Di\oii scored the Bucks' line
? touchdown in the second period.
8:12 minutes before intermission.
The Bucks covered 69 yards in
eight plays. Fifth-three of those
yards were covered by a pass play
with Quarterback Marcus Virgil,
playing his first game since break
ing a thumb early in the season,
throwing to Gary Stevens. That put
the Bucks on the Pinecrest 4. The
drive started on the first of three
fumbles by Pinecrest tailback John
Ingram. Dixon scored from the 1
and Michael Bethea kicked the
point. Bethea also nailed down the
victory fyi the fourth period with a
24-yard field goal after Pinecrest
had made it 7-6. It was Dixon's
long kickoff return after the Pine
crest TD that set up the 3-pointer.
Pinecrest's final points came when
Hoke's punter John McDuffie took
a safety on purpose to avoid a kick
being blocked deep in his own
territory.
Pinecrest got the ball again with
17 seconds left in the game and
moved to the Hoke 30 on pass
interference. Greg Clark on the
final play of the game tossed a pass
to Kurt Green in the end zone, but
Green was covered by the Hoke
pass defense, which had knocked
out certain touchdown tosses
through the earlier stages of the
game with interceptions.
Pinecr est missed a chance to
move ahead before the field goal.
After Ingram made it 7-6 with a
23-yard run, he tried for two extra
points with a run but was stopped.
Hoke's nose Guard Bobby Ray
was praised by Buck Head Coach
Tom Jones for critical tackles he
made through the game. Ray, 5
feet 9 and 160 pounds, made one of
his key tackles when Hoke was only
one point ahead. When Ingram was
trying for a first down with two
yards to go on the Pinecrest 44, Ray
broke through and stopped him for
a 1-yard loss.
After Bethea made h 10-6 with
his field goal, Ray threw Clark for a
9-yard loss when the Patriots were
on the Hoke 27 with two minutes
left in the game.
The Hoke defense as a whole
frustrated an offense that was tops
in the conference. Among other
things, the Bucks forced Pinecrest
into five turnovers, including the
fumble that launched Hoke's
touchdown drive.
After the game, Jones said Hoke
High's Athlete of the Week was the
entire football team.
He said that the defense had had
to handle 65 to 70 plays per game
before Pinecrest clash, but the
offense moved the ball so well
against the Patriots that the Hoke
defense had to run through only 55
plays. Sharing the coach's strong
praise with Ray for defensive work
was Lee McNeill, who made 14
tackles and two sacks. ^
Of the offense, he (aid the?
players executed "perfectly." In
dividually speaking, Jones said
Dixon played his best ball game of
the year.
"It was a total team effort,"
Jones said of the victory. The open
date will give the team time to rest,
though the players suffered only
"bumps and bruises" in the Pine
crest contest, he said.
The next game for the Bucks wil]?
be the Hoke Homecoming dash
October 29 with E.E. Smith of
Cumberland County.
While Hoke was upsetting Pine
crest, Smith was whipping Lumber
ton at Lumberton, 28-13, coming
from behind in the second half.
Hoke will play Lumberton No
vember 5 in the Bucks' season
doser. The game will be played
Lumberton. Smith will play Terry
Sanford Friday night. Smith's win
last weekend left Smith with 3-4
over-all and 2-1 conference records
to date.
The Pinecrest-Hoke statistics:
First downs
Yds. rushing
Rushes
Yds. passing
Passes
Passes comp.
Passes inter, by
Punts
Yds. aver, punt
Fumbles
Fumbles lost
Penalties
Yds. lost penal.
H P
9 13
60 16fe
33 4^
116 74
14 16
4 4
3 1
5 5
28 35
4 5
3 4
7 7
65 6^
Laurels Heaped On
Teams, L. Slade
The Hoke High coaching staff,
due to the unusual circumstances,
broke precedent and nominated
two entire teams as Male Athlete of
the Week for October 11-15.
Laurice Slade was nominated as
Female Athlete of the Week.
The coaches nominated the Var
sity Football Team and the Cross
Country Team for their perfor
mances last week. The Cross-Coun
try team won the Southeastern 4A
Conference Championship last
Wednesday in a meet at Scotland.
It was the first conference title
ever for the Hoke Harriers. The
Football team was nominated for
its upset win over the 4th ranked
Pinecrest Patriots on Friday Night.
I Laurice Slade, a senior member
of the volleyball team, was nomi
nated as Female Athlete of the
Week for her outstanding play in
the match against Lumberton last
week.
"Laurice may be one of the best
spikers I had this year," Coach
3 Melissa McGougan said.
"She has improved her game 10CL.
percent since she first started as *
sophomore. We had a tough time
setting the ball against Lumberton,
but when Laurice was given the set
she scored on her spike. I will hate
losing her next year," the coadi
added.
Laurice has been active in sports
throughout her high school career.
She has played volleyball for hei^
Sophomore, Junior and Senior''
years. She played softball both her
sophomore and junior years and
was a member of the cheerleading
squad her freshmen year.
Laurice has been active in many
extracurricular activities including
HOSA and DECA. She served as
Miss DECA for 1981-82 and has
served as a member of the Miss
Homecoming Court for two years. ^
Laurice plans to attend modeling
school in New York next year with a
view to a future in fashion model
ing. Laurice is the daughter of Ms.
Algie L. Bratcher of 409 Wolley
Street, Raeford.
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