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August 23, 2025

Sports

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. […]

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Emilee Mandarino

August 22, 2024 Cory Lavalette

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, […]

Hoke County’s football team huddles up for instructions during last Friday’s Cumberland County Jamboree. (Hal Nunn for North State Journal)
Sports

Volleyball, boys’ soccer get off to fast starts in 2024-25

August 21, 2024 North State Journal Staff

The Hoke County sports season began last week, with several of the Bucks teams beginning action. Boys’ soccer The Bucks boys’ soccer team got off on a winning foot, shutting out East Bladen, 3-0, in […]

Kalea Parker is a rising senior for the Hoke County softball team. She is also a two-time Athlete of the Week after earning the honor in early April. (Photo courtesy HCHS Bucks Softball Facebook account)
Sports

Athlete of the Week: Kalea Parker

August 7, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Kalea Parker is a rising senior for the Hoke County softball team. She is also a two-time Athlete of the Week after earning the honor in early April. Parker hit .323 last year and was […]

Hoke County’s Abigail Watts (7) skies to defend during a game against Pinecrest last season. The Bucks will get two chances to break through against the Patriots this year. (David Sinclair for the North State Journal)
Sports

Volleyball schedules for Hoke County varsity, key matchups

August 7, 2024 North State Journal Staff

The Hoke County volleyball team returns to the floor next week. Last year, the Bucks went 8-13, 4-9 in the Sandhills. Despite a losing record, the Bucks put up their best win-loss percentage since 2017 […]

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Adult League basketball stars

August 2, 2024 North State Journal staff

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 […]

Hoke infielders wait for the call on a play during a 2023 game against Pinecrest. Baseball was the one high school sport that saw a decrease in participation in North Carolina this year. David Sinclair for North State Journal)
Sports

NCHSAA reports increase in overall participation, lower participation in baseball across last two sports seasons

July 25, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association reported a 4.73 percent increase in overall student athlete participation during the 2023-24 season, per a release sent out Monday. Based on the information reported to the NCHSAA […]

Sports

Athelte of the Week: Davon Bronson

July 5, 2024 North State Journal staff

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 […]

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Hoke softball’s McKenzie Freeman

June 28, 2024 North State Journal staff

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 […]

Athlete of the Week: Peyton Hollingsworth
Sports

Athlete of the Week: Peyton Hollingsworth

June 25, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Peyton Hollingsworth is a youth softball player in Hoke County. Hollingsworth was named to the Hoke County All Stars and represented the county at the area youth softball tournament, playing first base.

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    August 3, 2025
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    July 28, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Niya Jones
    July 13, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Machai Brown
    August 17, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Tarique Thompson
    August 10, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Justin Womack
    August 3, 2025
  • Athletes of the Week: Hoke County 14U all-stars
    July 28, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Niya Jones
    July 13, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Machai Brown
    August 17, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Tarique Thompson
    August 10, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Justin Womack
    August 3, 2025
  • Athletes of the Week: Hoke County 14U all-stars
    July 28, 2025
  • Athlete of the Week: Niya Jones
    July 13, 2025
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