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Athlete of the Week: Aaliyah Carter
Hoke County volleyball junior Aaliyah Carter is Athlete of the Week. The Bucks have won five straight games to move to 14-3 on the year, more wins than they’ve had since before Carter and her […]
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Athlete of the Week: Abigail Watts
Hoke County volleyball senior Abigail Watts is Athlete of the Week. The Bucks are 9-3 on the season and have already posted more victories than all of last year. This past week, Hoke dropped a […]
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Athlete of the Week: Aubrey Carpenter
Hoke County volleyball junior Aubrey Carpenter is Athlete of the Week. The Bucks are 9-1 and having their best season in years. Carpenter has come up big at the libero position. She leads the Bucks […]
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Athlete of the Week: Brandon Saunders
Hoke County senior quarterback Brandon Saunders is Athlete of the Week. The Bucks opened the 2024 season with a tough loss to Jack Britt, 27-22, but Saunders did everything he could to get Hoke County […]
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Athlete of the Week: Emilee Mandarino
Hoke County volleyball junior Emilee Mandarino is Athlete of the Week. The Bucks opened the 2024-25 season with back-to-back wins last week, beating St. Pauls and E.E. Smith. In the season opener against St. Pauls, […]
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Athlete of the Week: Adult League basketball stars
Athlete of the Week this week honors Hoke Parks and Recreation’s Adult League basketball stars. Hoke Parks and Recreation opened their new season of Adult League basketball at the Leach Aquatics and Recreation Center. Opening […]
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Athelte of the Week: Davon Bronson
East Hoke Middle School football rising eighth grader Davon Bronson in the Athlete of the Week. Nicknamed “Tank,” Bronson does a little bit of everything for the Eagles. He plays both offensive and defensive line […]
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Athlete of the Week: Hoke softball’s McKenzie Freeman
McKenzie Freeman, a rising sophomore catcher on the Hoke County softball team, is the Athlete of the Week. Freeman won Athlete of the Week once during the regular season, as the Bucks posted an 11-11 […]
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Athlete of the Week: Bailey Mass
Hoke County softball junior Bailey Mass is the Athlete of the Week Mass had a successful season for the Bucks, hiking her batting average by more than 100 points over her sophomore season and adding […]
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Athlete of the Week: William Leak
Hoke County track and field’s William Leak is our Athlete of the Week. The sophomore has achieved an incredible feat by qualifying for the state championship in long jump, triple jump and high jump. Not […]