Erik Hooks has come a long way from his days living in Spring Lake and running the Pine Forest High School basketball team from his point guard position.
Earl Vaughan | Cityview Sports Columnist
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Fayetteville’s Shea Ralph headlines N.C. Sports Hall of Fame’s 2024 class
It’s been almost 30 years since Shea Ralph was a dominating high school basketball figure in North Carolina, yet her name still crisscrosses the pages of the N.C. High School Athletic …
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Sochovka’s East squad overwhelms West, 35-7
Pine Forest coach Bill Sochovka appeared to be headed for disaster as he was preparing for Saturday’s East-West All-Star football game in Greensboro. Injuries and illness among …
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Cape Fear’s Piland, Seventy-First’s Nance take honors
Anna Piland, Cape Fear, tennis Piland recently announced she will be playing college tennis for Cal Tech, an impressive achievement in athletics but even more in academics. Cal …
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Veteran basketball coaches return to Pine Forest, prepare for Holiday Classic games
Timing it’s said is everything, and it couldn’t have worked out better this year for a couple of veteran basketball coaches.
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Last-minute changes in annual all-star football game
Last-minute changes are part of the challenge when choosing teams for the annual N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star football game.
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Falcons drop state title game to Hickory
Jerry Kramer, the Hall of Fame guard for the great Vince Lombardi Green Bay teams of the 1960s, once wrote that his old Packers didn’t lose, but on a few occasions they ran out of time. …
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He guided Seventy-First to two state championship and won five altogether. He says this year’s team is ‘a really special bunch of kids.’
When it comes to talking state football championships at Seventy-First High School, no man has more experience than the guy who won a pair of them for the Falcons, then added another at South View and two more at Asheville Reynolds before retiring.
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Cape Fear, Gray’s Creek win state titles in NCHSAA Cheerleading Invitational
By Earl Vaughan Jr. Amey Shook, who coaches the cheerleading squad for Cape Fear High School, thinks much has changed with what squads like hers do. She also thinks …
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McLaurin, Seventy-First make bid for title against Hickory
Since he took over as Seventy-First head football coach in 2013, Duran McLaurin has consistently turned the Falcons into a winner again. Now he’s one game away from putting the final and most important brick into his impressive structure. On Friday, the Falcons make their first bid for a state 3-A football title under McLaurin as they take on Hickory in the NCHSAA 3-A title game at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Stadium. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at GoFan.com or digitally at the gate tonight. There will also be a $15 parking fee. By Earl Vaughan Jr. Since he took …
