THREE YEARS AGO
JUNE 18, 2009
“The Dodgers won this year’s Evergreen Minor League championship. Players on the team include Drimtri Anderson, Octavious Ballard, Kobe Bradley, ShaNaya Grace, Myeshia King, Gill Tyus, Davis Nix, Kavin Randall, Brandon Rudolph, Dorian Simpson, Kylin Taylor, Christion Watson, Yasmine Woods and Jalen Turner. Coaches on the team include Michael Bradley, Cecil Gill and Richard Nix. Willie Rudolph is manager.”
“Conecuh County native Kelvin Davis headed to California this week to take part in a tryout that will hopefully land the 49-year-old on a pro basketball roster.
“Davis, a 1977 graduate of Lyeffion High School who now lives in Atlanta, traveled to Hawthorne, Calif. this week to take part in the third annual NBA Development League Pre-Draft Camp. The camp is scheduled to begin tomorrow and end on Sunday and is being held at the Hangar Sports Xchange, just minutes from Los Angeles International Airport.”
“Evergreen Little League officials released Tuesday morning the names of players selected to this year’s two Little League all-star teams.
“Players on the 11- and 12-year-old All-Star team include Hunter Bolton, Kristin Booker, Corinthian Cunningham, Steven Hamby, Drew Hardin, Johnny Hart, Zane Lambert, Latreal McCreary, Timothy McDonald, Terrell Riley, Keyshawn Roach, Lanse Robbins, Ethan Roberts and Taylor Chavers.”
18 YEARS AGO
JUNE 16, 1994
“Patrick Ray of Evergreen caught this 7-1/2 pound bass on June 8. Patrick said he caught the bass on a cane pole using wigglers for bait.”
“Six clients of the Conecuh Activity Center participated in the State Special Olympics at Fort Rucker on May 20-22. The participants brought home two gold medals, four silver medals and four bronze medals. Those participating were Derry Jones, Freddie Stanton, Gloria Boney, Sherry Smith and Rosa McCreary. They were accompanied by Staff Member Toyal Oliver and Program Coordinator Leonard Millender.”
“A BASEBALL CAMP for children age 9 to 12 will be held Fri., June 24, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat., June 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Evergreen Municipal Park, Little League field. Coaches from Faulkner State University and Evergreen’s own Lee Wild will be conducting the baseball camp. The fee for the camp is $30, which includes a T-shirt. To reserve your space, call Karen Burns.”
“3RD ANNUAL BLUEBERRY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT will be held Sat., June 18, at O’Bannon Park in Brewton. Deadline for registration is Fri., June 17. Entry is $110. First through fourth place trophies with individual trophies to championship team. ASA umpires, two homeruns and an out rule applies. For info call Joey Weaver or Jeff Bell.”
33 YEARS AGO
JUNE 21, 1979
“Bill Cope wins Stuart Trophy: Bill Cope, who graduated with the Class of 1979, won one of the most coveted athletic awards at Sparta Academy for the 1978-79 school year when he was presented the D.T. Stuart Jr. Sportsmanship Trophy. The presentation took place during graduation exercises on May 24.
“Bill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cope, North Main Street, earned letters in football his last four years at Sparta. He played primarily as an offensive lineman until his senior year when he was outstanding on both offense and defense ‘in the trenches.’
“The Stuart Trophy, awarded here for over 30 years, is highly desired because the winner is determined by the vote of members of the football team. His Warrior teammates chose Bill for the high honor.
“It is interesting to recall that Bill’s father, an outstanding two-way tackle on some of Evergreen High School’s better football teams in the 1950s, also won the Stuart Sportsmanship Trophy his senior year.
“Tal Stuart Jr. began awarding the trophy in the late 1940s to encourage hard, but fair, play by local football players.”
“Trip Hendrix and Wayne Harrelson share the honors on this trophy bass. The fish was 24 inches long and weighed 8-1/8 pounds. Trip and Wayne said they caught this big one ‘out of the water.’”
48 YEARS AGO
JUNE 18, 1964
“Despite a six-run Brave second inning, the determined Pirates would not be denied and kept fighting back until they emerged victorious 8-7 Thursday night.
“The big Brave second inning was highlighted by two RBIs by Jud Stinson and a run-scoring triple by Johnny Brown. The Pirates began to roll in the third inning as they pushed across three runs, the big blow of the inning being Eddie Thornley’s triple. In the fifth inning, the Pirates struck for two more runs on Glenn Bolton’s double after Hicks and Thornley had walked.
“The Braves rallied for a run in the sixth as Gray Sullivan reached first base on an error, moved to third and scored on a passed ball. In the seventh inning, the Pirates wrapped it up as Eddie Thornley singled, stole second and third, and came home on a single by Benny Burt. Tommy Chapman started for the Pirates and was relieved by Wayne Hicks in the sixth. Johnny Brown started and took the loss for the Braves. Wayne Hicks got the win.”
“Coach Shirley Frazier, director of the Evergreen Recreation Department’s summer program is asking for instructors for a baseball clinic. Clinic instruction will be on catching, pitching, infield and outfield. Coach Frazier said that the clinic will be held from 8 to 10 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Anyone interested in helping with the clinic can contact Frazier at the Evergreen Pool.”
“Gary Faulkner and Ronnie Elliot combined to pitch the Tigers past the Indians as they scattered three hits and provided the difference in a 5-2 Tiger win. The Tigers started their scoring early in the game as Bubba Faulkner was hit by a pitch, stole second and came home on a wild pick-off attempt.”
63 YEARS AGO
JUNE 16, 1949
“Tournament Play Advances Slowly: Play in the City Golf Tournament was slowed considerably this past week by rains; however several matches were played. In the Championship matches, C.T. Ivey beat Dr. Bill Turk and Roy Pace won out over Bayne Petrey in an extended match. Remaining matches are between Bonnie King and C.A. Jones, and L.K. Wiggins and Hub Robison. The winner of the King-Jones match will play Roy Pace, the winner of the Wiggins-Robison match will play Billy Carleton, the winner of the later match playing Knud Nielsen in the semifinals. In the consolation, W.P. Price defeated Truman Hyde and there are no other matches reported.”
“J.J. (Jack) Finklea, principal of Evergreen High School and director of the summer recreation program, announced this week that a sports program for boys from the age of eight through high school will start Monday. All boys interested in participating in this program are asked to meet at Memorial Gym Monday morning, June 30, at nine o’clock.
“The program will include touch football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis and golf. A weekly schedule of games will be worked out Monday for all are interested.”
“The Evergreen American Legion Junior Baseball Team for 16-year-old and under boys has nine more games scheduled on their 14-game season. The local team is sponsored jointly by the Legion and the Evergreen Motor Car Co.”
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