Sports Blast

The Sports Blast Covering Raeford/Hoke/NC It's lasted a little longer than that. He is THE AUTHORITY on high school football in North Carolina. GO BUCKS!

HOW IT ALL STARTED

THE PRESSBOX WITH BRETT AND THE BAD BOY

In May of 2002, Allen Smothers and Brett Friedlander started a weekly radio show called "The Pressbox with Brett and the Bad Boy." It would be staged at It'z Entertainment City in Fayetteville, NC and the two had a deal that the show would last three weeks. Being fiercely local, the show catered to the Fayetteville community and the Cap

e Fear region while also covering the ACC, keeping an especially close eye on the NC State Wolfpack. In 2006, Bill Priestley joined the show as a fill-in host and anchored the last segment of the show known as The Pressbox. THE SPORTS BLAST

Eight years later, the show was going strong, but a weekly 4-hour commute for Smothers was getting cumbersome and he decided to leave the program. Brett Friedlander and Bill Priestley continued with the show and renamed it "The Sports Blast," holding true to all of the things that made The Pressbox successful. Hal Nunn also came on the show as a marketing specialist and offered his unique perspective on local sports and especially comments on the Hoke County Bucks and the NC State Wolfpack. In August of 2013, The Sports Blast signed a new deal to be on AM1490 WAZZ a Beasley Broadcasting station. Bill had to step away because he got a real job and Brett and Hal invited Chris Hughes onto the show. Chris runs www.carolinapreps.com a high school football web site and blog that covers ALL of North Carolina and soon to be South Carolina. In its 12th year the weekly program on Monday afternoons produced over 500 shows and was one of the longest running sports radio programs in the state. In 2017, The Sports Blast went to Facebook only operated by Hal Nunn and Ed Clement. In May 2021, Jessy Brown Joined Hal, Replacing Ed Clemente. In December of 2022, the Sports Blast welcomed Antonio Smith to the team. May 2023, we welcomed PJ Wardbrown, Photographer to the team! In June 2024 we welcomed Jason Jackson, Photographer to the team! August 2025, Hal Nunn and Jessy Brown will resume the Sports Blast Football Coverage at Hoke High as well as other sports moving forward. If you would like to SPONSOR the Sports Blast or a season, Contact Hal Nunn.

09/01/2026

HC Bucks Athletics

09/01/2026

Hoke County Golf

08/31/2026

HC Bucks Athletics

08/31/2026

HC Bucks Athletics

Final Inductee of the 2026 Hoke County High School Athletic Hall of Fame:: Legacy Award from Upchurch High School Class of 1966, Jimmy “Peter” Maynor. Purchase your tickets at GoFan.co/event/6869875?schoolId=NC1061

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08/31/2026

HOKE Wrestling

08/30/2026

Hoke County High School>>>€WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE AND FROM THE AD >>>>>>
Attached you will find this week's athletic schedule. Thank you for your continued support of our student-athletes. We look forward to another outstanding year of Buck Athletics!

This Week's Reminders:

Staff members will gain free admission, with a current HCS ID Badge
T-Moble Promotion Contest -
PLEASE ADD THIS TO ALL HCS POSTS!!!

Here is the weekly schedule of events. Admission to non-conference and conference sporting events are $10. We will be accepting cash ($10.00) and Hudl Digital Tickets. Please notify your fans and parents. We accept cash at the gate, of course, but the more that are bought before the event the quicker everyone will get through the line. Skip the line with your Mobile Pass.

We have started our clear bag procedure at sporting events. See images attached for acceptable clear bags.

Supervision Procedure - Any student below 9th grade that wished to attend a Hoke County High School games or events must be accompanied by an adult. The adult must attend and stay with the student.

*Due to the New Construction on campus, please follow the guidance of cones, signage, and parking attendants. *

Attached is the schedule for the week.
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Woodpeckers Win Second-Half Championship and Clinch Trip to Carolina League Playoffs

08/30/2026

Fayetteville Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers Win Second-Half Championship and Clinch Trip to Carolina League Playoffs Fayetteville, NC - The Fayetteville Woodpeckers (69-53, 37-20 2nd Half) are champions of the North Division in the second half, winning a franchise-record eleventh straight game on Saturday night, 5-4 over the Salem RidgeYaks (52-71, 27-31 2nd Half) to clinch the second berth in franchise history to...

08/30/2026

Fayetteville Woodpeckers

08/30/2026

Fayetteville Woodpeckers

08/30/2026

Fayetteville Woodpeckers

11 straight victories. 16-1 in our last 17.

We didn’t push to the playoffs, we knocked the door down.

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