19 YEARS AGO
JAN. 16, 1992
“Annette Wells, sister of Conecuh County Sheriff Edwin Booker, taught the sheriff a thing or two about fishing during her recent trip to Conecuh County. She pulled in this 10-pound bass. The fish was caught on a purple worm in an ‘undisclosed’ location. Wells lives in Holley-Navarre, Fla.”
“Randy Hildreth of Las Vegas, Nev. had a great start to the New Year when he killed these two nice bucks while visiting his parents, William and Dorothy Hildreth of Paul, over the holidays. He killed the six-point on New Year’s Day and the eight-point two days later. Each deer weighed approximately 200 pounds. Randy owes his success to his nephew, James Brown of Evergreen. He said, ‘James made me get out of bed everyday, showed me all the hot spots, woke me up when the deer were in shooting range and then let me shoot them. That’s a great nephew!’ When we asked where Randy and James shot the deer, they said ‘in the shoulder.’”
“Bobby Townson of Evergreen shot this fine eight-point, 200-pound buck Saturday afternoon from his tree stand. The buck had a spread of 18-1/4 inches at the tips.”
34 YEARS AGO
JAN. 20, 1977
“Jo Ann Harper bagged this trophy buck Saturday afternoon with one shot from her 12 gauge pump. The 11-pointer was her first buck after hunting for four seasons. Jo Ann’s husband, Edwin, has been rather quiet about the five-pointer he killed Saturday morning.”
“The Sparta Academy Warriors lost two games in the Crenshaw Academy Tournament in Luverne Friday night. Crenshaw handed the Warriors their worst defeat of the season, 74-63. Sparta lost to Hooper by 75-69 in the consolation game Saturday night. Jerry Peacock was named to the all-tournament team.
“Bobby Johnson topped the Warrior scoring against Crenshaw with 17 points. Tim Johnson had 15; Jerry Peacock, 11; Gray Stevens, eight; Wesley Stuckey, five; Terry Peacock and Steve Dubose, two.
“Jerry Peacock with 25 and Bobby Johnson with 23 set the pace against Hooper. Tim Johnson had 11; Stevens and Stuckey, three each; and Hugh Bradford and Terry Peacock, two each.
“Sparta is now 8-4 on the season.”
“Jimmy Sumpter, son of Mrs. Earnestine Sumpter, is Lyeffion High School’s senior of the month for December. He has played football for four years and basketball for five years. He was named ‘All Tourney’ basketball player.”
49 YEARS AGO
JAN. 18, 1962
“Ronnie Jackson hit a free throw with only seconds remaining Monday night to give the Evergreen Aggies a thrilling 50-49 win over the T.R. Miller Tigers.
“Mike Ward hit for 24 for the Aggies while Jerry Wilson had 22 for the Tigers.”
“Everybody enjoyed Wayne Frazier Day and especially these participants shown behind the beautiful silver service presented to Wayne. They are Sen. Bob Kendall, Coach Wendell Hart, Wayne, Coach Hal Herring and Waynard Price.”
“Castleberry and Evergreen shared the final honors in the Conecuh County basketball tournament in Castleberry Saturday night. Castleberry won over Repton in the varsity finals with a score of 66-37.
“Named to the all-tournament team were Mike McEnnis and William Carter of Lyeffion, Mike Ward and Winston Pugh of Evergreen, Gene Baggett, Mick Goneke and Earl Rigby of Repton, and Donnie Kast, Henry Foster and Larry James of Castleberry.”
“Sarah Ann McLendon of Brooklyn spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C.D. McLendon and attended the ball tournament at the school here (Castleberry).”
64 YEARS AGO
JAN. 16, 1947
“The big games of the season for the Evergreen Aggies will be played in Evergreen Gymnasium Friday night when the Murphy High aggregation rolls into town for the first of a two-game series. The first game is slated for 7 p.m.
“The Evergreen Aggies racked up their fifth win of the season Friday night after losing to Miller High Wednesday night. W.S. Neal was the Aggies victim Friday to the tune of a 28 to 21 score.
“Wednesday’s battle was one of the best games seen in this section in the past several years. Mickey Logue, Aggie sharpshooter, dropped in 19 points to lead both teams in scoring. James Carpenter, who came out of the game with an injured ankle, was next for the Aggies with 12 points. Right on Carpenter’s heels was Brantley with 10 points, who was followed by Ivey with four points. Bradley was high-point man for the winners with 12 points.
“W.S. Neal led the Aggies until late in the fourth quarter when a scoring assault by the Aggies gave them a 28 to 21 win. This time it was Ivey who led the Greenies with seven points to his credit. Brantley and Logue were close behind with six points each, followed by Hendricks with five and Jones with four. Coxwell and Morris each had six points to carry the brunt of the losers’ scoring attack.”
79 YEARS AGO
JAN. 21, 1932
“The Aggie girls basketball team played one of their finest games against Jay to win, 36-3. Capt. Kelly was at her best and scored 29 of her team’s points. Crick Wild played a fine game and aided materially in Kelly’s scoring with her fast accurate passing. Cole played an excellent brand of ball at center as did Lyle Belle Johns at guard. Sowell and Snowden at guard played their usual good game. Ruth Parker gave a good account of herself at running center. The girls have won five and lost none to date. They play the fast Opp sextet at Opp Friday.”
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