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THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Raeford. N.C.
April 10,1996
Varsity girls win again
Varsity baseball team played
Pinecrest on April 2. The score was
Pinecrest, seven and Hoke, two.
; Outstanding players were Justin
King and Nate Kershaw, who pitched
three innings with no runs.
; “Errors and not hitting the ball
plague us once again,” said Coach Joe
(j^ritcher. “I am very pleased with the
pitching as only one run Pinecrest
scored was earned.”
' The varsity baseball team played
on April 3 at Seventy-First High
School. The score was Hoke High, six
and Seventy-First, two.
Outstanding players were
Nicomma Locklear, who completed
the game allowing only two hits;
Derek Purcell, who had two runs
scored and three stolen bases; Rich
ard T ay lor, George Britt, one for three.
“Nicomma pitched an outstanding
game going seven innings and allow
ing no earned runs,” said Critcher.
“J usti n King and Vincent Myers drove
in runs at crucial points of the game.”
Past pitch softball
; On April 2, the varsity softball
tfam played Pinecrest High School at
Pinecrest. The score was Hoke, 17
amd Pinecrest, 12. Outstanding play
ers for the game were Kiley Scott,
who was two for four; Tiffany Bridges,
who was four for four; Nolaann
Hamm, who was two for three; and
Jenifer McNeill, who was two for
four.
Varsity softball team played Anson
April 3 at Hoke County High School.
The score was Hoke, 19 and Anson,
18. Outstanding players for this game
were: Shannon Maxwell, who was
two for three; Scott, who was three for
four; Daphne Beatty, who was three
for five; Hamm, who was three for
five; McNeill, who was two for four.
The varsity softball team played
on April 4 at Hoke High School. The
score was Hoke, 15 and Purnell Swett,
one. Outstanding players for the game
SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULES
Hoke County Fighting
Bucks
April 15
9th grade Hamlet Home
softball and baseball
4:()0pm
Boys gof Richmond Away
4:00pm
April 16
JV baseball Lumberton Away
4:30pm
Varsity baseball Lumberton Home
7:(K)pm
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Henderson wins Jefferson award
were: Maxwell,Scott, Daphne Beatty,
Aisha Nettles, Nolaan Hamm and
Cassandra Woodward. The team
record overall is five wins, one loss.
The conference record is four wins,
no losses.
Tennis team
The tennis team played Purnell
Swett at Purnell Swett High School.
The score was Purnell S'a ett. nine and
Hoke, zero. The tennis team held an
other match on April 3 at Hoke. The
score was Lumberton. nine and Hoke,
zero.
Tennis team played Scotland on
April 4 at Scotland High School. The
score was Scotland, nine and Hoke,
zero. The team record is no w ins, five
losses.
Students take part in Sandhills course
June 17 through 23, selected high
school students from Moore and Hoke
Counties will be part of Sandhills
Community College as they partici
pate in the first annual Sandhills Lead
ership for Youth program, an innova
tive week-long experience designed
to provide educational and leadership
opportunities for participants.
Two future leaders who have al
ready signed on for the program are
Corey Cart hens of Hoke County High
School and David Bradley of The
O’Neal School.
“I want to increase my leadership
ability and take advantage of this op
portunity to meet and work with other
young people on team building skills,”
says Corey Carthens.
Carthens, who sees crime and vio
lence along with drugs aAd high school
drop-outs as three of the’major prob
lems facing leaders today, is complet
ing the tenth grade at Hoke High and
is on the honor roll and active in
basketball and weight lifting. He par
ticipates in the Cameron Village Com
munity Adopt-a-Highway program
and is a memter of the Young People’s
Christian League, 4-H and CAPP
(Choosing a Positive Path).
In addition to its self-awareness
component, the Sandhills Leadership
for Youth program includes time spent
on team building, participation in a
ropes course, and segments on prob
lem solving, mentoring and commu
nity outreach.
Registration for the program is
$150, and the deadline for signing up
is April 30.
Those interested are invited to con
tact program director Laura Daven
port in the SCC Division of Continu
ing Education at (910) 695-3770.
Mary Stearns Hendrickson of
Raeford has won the Jefferson Award
for public service.
Presented live March 27 on
WTVD-TV from the Carolina The
atre in Durham, the Jefferson is a
statewide honor that has now been
processed on to Washington for na
tional consideration.
The daughter of Katharine L.
Steams of Laurinburg and the late
Col. J.S. Stearns, Jr., Hendrickson
attended the Governor’s School of
North Carolina and graduated first in
her class from Laurinburg High
School. She attended Salem College
on scholarships and became a Dean's
List student at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she
received a bachelor’s degree in En
glish. She obtained a Secondary
SchoolsTeaching Certificate from St.
Andrew's Presbyterian College in
Laurinburg and taught I-.nglish lor
about ten years (two ot these in the
Hoke County schH)l system) be tore
becoming an advertising public rela-
tionscopywriter for another ten years
Five years ago, Hendrickson de
cided to work full time in the tield ot
public service, specilically with the
is.sueofhomelessness A lormerthree
term president of the I 'avettev die \re,i
Advertising Federation, she was
elected president and chairman ot the
board of trustees ot Cumberland
County'sCo:il It ion on Services to the
Homeless, and in that cap.iciiy she
CO-chaired the Fayetteville Commu
nity Homeless Stand-Down. inicn>p
eration with the Veterans' Adrninis
tration Medical Center I wo \ o
ago she was appointed I vecuiive I)i
rector ot the Coalition's Homrh->.s
Project, an umhrell.iorpani/ationthat
includes the Homeless ('oalition Day
Center (which has served l.dtKIcli-
ents during Its tirst y ear of operation),
the newly openeil Mo jv Center emer
gency shelter lor men. women and
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