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October 19, 2025

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Sports

Athlete of the Week: Abigail Watts

September 20, 2024 North State Journal staff

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 […]

It was salute to the military night as Hoke County took the field for last Friday’s football game against Fayetteville Seventy-First. . (Jason Jackson for North State Journal)
Sports

Football, volleyball suffer losses

September 17, 2024 North State Journal Staff

The Hoke County volleyball team suffered its first losing streak of the year after a 9-1 start, while football and soccer also had mixed results. Here’s a look back and a look forward at Bucks […]

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Aubrey Carpenter

September 12, 2024 North State Journal staff

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 […]

Dontrell Mims (34) records one of his two tackles for loss in the Bucks’ blowout win over Douglas Byrd on Friday. . (Hal Nunn for North State Journal)
Sports

Red letter week for Hoke sports

September 10, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Hoke had its best week of the young fall sports season, with football, volleyball and boys’ soccer all going unbeaten in a 6-0 week. The football team broke through with its first win of the […]

News

Hoke County Schools sees risers and fallers in 2023-24 school accountability grades

September 10, 2024 Ryan Henkel

RAEFORD – Hoke County Schools got to see where its schools currently stand as the 2023-24 School Accountability Grades were released last week by the State Board of Education. At its Sept. 10 meeting, the […]

News

Commissioners introduce new public input policies

September 4, 2024 Ryan Henkel

RAEFORD – Following a motion put forth at last month’s meeting to investigate tightening up the board’s public input policies due to an incident of hostile language, the board started off their Sept. 9 meeting […]

Hoke County’s captains for the opening game, (L to R) Tafari Parker, Josh Ferrell, Franajai Ransom, Brandon Saunders, get ready for the coin toss. (Hal Nunn for the North State Journal)
Sports

Volleyball suffers first loss of season

September 3, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Volleyball suffered its first loss of the season last week, but managed a win as well—something that eluded Bucks soccer and football. Here’s a look at how the Hoke County sports teams did. Football Hoke […]

Kayeliana Bonner is a senior on the Hoke County volleyball team.
Sports

Athlete of the Week: Kayeliana Bonner

September 3, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Kayeliana Bonner is a senior on the Hoke County volleyball team. The Bucks are 6-1 to open the season, and Bonner has been one of the key contributors on the team. In a win over […]

Brandon Saunders
Sports

Athlete of the Week: Brandon Saunders

August 31, 2024 Cory Lavalette

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 […]

Favor Anab (20) gets around a defender and crosses the goal line for a two-point conversion in Hoke County’s season opening game. Anab also added a rushing touchdown, but the Bucks fell by five points to Jack Britt, 27-22. (Hal Nunn for North State Journal)
Sports

Hoke County football drops opener

August 27, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Hoke County football had its opening game last Friday, while the rest of the Bucks’ fall sports teams continued their respective seasons. Here’s a round-up of how each team is faring early in the year. […]

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    September 21, 2025
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    October 19, 2025
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