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Only on WRAL: South View retires Jeff Capel's no. 32 jersey
Pat Welter has the story
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Pat Welter has the story
>> DAVIDSON HEELS ON A ROAD AT MIAMI AT FOR TOMORROW. THE LAST NAME CABLE RINGS BELLS IN THE BASKETBALL WORLD IN OUR STATE. THAT MEANS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. BUT IN HOPE MILLS, IT IS ROYALTY. JEFF CAPLES NUMBER WAS RETIRED AT HIS ALMA MATER SOUTH. YOU HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT AND WRAL WAS THE ONLY TV STATION THERE TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT. PAT WELTER HAS THE STORY. I'D SAY. WELCOME BACK. >> WHEN YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BACK HERE. IT'S LIKE YOU NEVER LEFT US. BUT A LOT OF TIME IN THIS JAIL. JEFF CAPEL BACK AT SOUTH VIEW, HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST WALKED BACK IN HERE TONIGHT, THE VERY FIRST THING I DID WAS LOOK BACK THERE, A PLACE WHERE HE WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND WAS NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1993, WE WERE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT. WE GREW UP TOGETHER. HE WENT ON TO STAR AT DUKE. NOW COACHES AT PITT. I SPENT BELIEVABLE YEARS HERE TONIGHT. HE'S A KID AROUND BY HIS FORMER TEAMMATES. HIS JERSEY WAS RETIRED, REBUT YEAH. WHEN WE COME FROM A BUNCH OF KIDS FROM NOWHERE WHO MADE SOMETHING HAPPEN. BUT WE HAD >> A DOLLAR DRINK HERE. >> THESE FOREVER YOUNG, THIS PLACE MEANS A LOT TO ME IS ALWAYS MEANT A LOT TO ME. WE'LL FOREVER ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. >> AND IT IS TONIGHT BY THANK YOU TO PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE. HIS FATHER, JEFF AND HIS HIGH SCHOOL COACH RONALD MILLER. JUST OVER THE PROBABLY UPPER HAVING RIGHT NOW ENJOYING A BEVERAGE. YOU SAY IT. >> WHAT A GREAT WE HAVE. A NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE WAS JULIE'S MEMBERS GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME IN THE NFL. AND OF COURSE, THIS HAPPENING