Up & Coming Weekly

January 16, 2018

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JANUARY 17-23, 2018 UCW 29 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Chris Bishop Lisa Monaco Wheless Margit Monaco Hicks Jim Farthing Buck Melton EARL VAUGHAN JR., Sports Editor. COMMENTS? EarlUCWSports@ gmail.com. 910-364-6638. Xeavier Bullock E.E. Smith • Senior• Football Bullock was a captain for the E.E. Smith football team. He also served as vice president of the senior class. His grade point average is 3.75. Melissa Lu Terry Sanford • Senior • Tennis Lu was the No. 1 singles player for the Bulldogs. She went unbeaten in Patriot Athletic Conference play and has a grade point average of 4.0. She is active in the Terry Sanford orchestra, the Key Club, Mu Alpha Theta, the National Honor Society and the Academy of Scholars. Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Shop congratulates these amazing scholar athletes of the week and invites them to the Rocket Fizz Store at 1916 Skibo Rd. to receive a FREE gift recognizing their achievement! www.rocketfizz.com Five members added to FSCHF by EARL VAUGHAN JR. The Fayetteville Sports Club has increased membership in its Hall of Fame by five with the announcement of the inductees in the class of 2018. The five inductees will be honored at a ban- quet to be scheduled some time later this year. Listed alphabetically below, here is a brief summary of the accomplishments of the mem- bers of the new class. Chip Bishop Bishop was a standout athlete at Terry Sanford High School who once returned a pass intercep- tion 102 yards for a touch- down. He went on to a successful career as a coach and athletic administra- tor at Terry Sanford and Fayetteville Academy. He's spent 36 years with the Academy, the last 22 as athletic director. As a coach, he won two North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association boys' basketball titles with the school. He recently received the Chuck Carter Athletic Director of the Year Award from the NCISAA. Jim Farthing Farthing was a veteran coach in the Cumberland County Schools system, spending many years work- ing at Pine Forest High School. He coached a variety of sports and was recog- nized in 2017 with the naming of the gymnasium at Pine Forest Middle School in his honor. He won 245 games while coaching in the same gym before Pine Forest High School moved to its current cam- pus on Andrews Road. Buck Melton A graduate of old Massey Hill High School, Melton went on to become one of the best athletic offi- cials in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. One of the best tributes was paid to Melton by former Cumberland County Schools central office staff member Glenn Riddle, who was a fellow official during Melton's years. In a column by Bill Kirby Jr. that appeared in The Fayetteville Observer, Riddle made the fol- lowing comment about Melton. "Buck was an outstanding official, a great guy and a true friend to many, many people. If there was a crucial game to be played, Buck Melton was almost always selected to be one of the officials. He was a mentor to so many beginning officials. I never officiated football or basketball, at the high school level or college level, with a better offi- cial. I will truly miss Buck Melton.'' Lisa Monaco Wheless and Margit Monaco Hicks This duo from Terry Sanford High School dominated the open clas- sification of North Carolina High School Athletic Association doubles tennis like no other duo in state history. They remain the only players in the history of NCHSAA tennis, boys or girls, to win four con- secutive state champion- ships in doubles from 1977-80 when the sport was unclassified and they competed against every tennis-playing school in the state. Their final two years at Terry Sanford, under veteran coach Christine Cherry, they helped lead the Bulldogs to the team state title. MONDAY 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 50 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 50 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 50 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 50 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 50 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 50 FRIDAY 6-8pm Basketball coverage Jan 19th to air on WCLN 105.7 FM @ 7PM Overhills HS @ Terry Sanford HS & WILL BE PRESENTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY BASKETBALL IN 2018 Athlete of the Month: will resume next week.

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