athlete of the week

Jaylen Sturdivant is a senior for the Hoke County basketball team. The Bucks dropped their conference opener at Lee County in a 64-62 barnburner, and Sturdivant helped to set the barn afire. He knocked down […]

Salah Sutton is a senior on the Hoke County boys’ basketball team. The Bucks extended their winning streak to four games with a pair of wins this week before losing to Seventy-First. Sutton has being […]

Shelby Burris is a junior for the Hoke County Lady Bucks basketball team. Hoke recorded its first win of the season last week, with a 56-50 home win over Red Springs, and they have the […]

Geronimo Oxendine is a senior on the Hoke County Boys Wrestling team. Oxendine collected his 100th career win last week. The Hoke County wrestling team is 8-0 on the season, and the Bucks boys team […]

Peyton Price is a running back for the East Hoke Eagles middle school football team. East Hoke fell just short in the Southeastern Middle School Athletic Conference (SEMSAC) championship game last week, but Price went […]

The Sandy Grove Middle School volleyball team won the Southeastern regional middle school championship last week. The team included Aurianna Jordan, Hannah Guthrie, Katie Guthrie, Patience Morton, Dejah Baldwin, Julianna Kitchen, Emily Lunsford, Linley Nelson, […]

Kathy Bounds, a Hoke County native, is the head teaching pro at Raleigh’s Dona Lerner Golf Academy. She graduated from NC State and was credited with successfully organizing the first Women’s Basketball Club at NC […]

The Sandy Grove Middle School girls volleyball team went undefeated for the second year in a row, capturing the Southeastern Conference Middle School regular season title. The Panthers now move on to the postseason. They […]