Thursday, February 6, 2014

The Evergreen's Courant's Sports Flashback for Feb. 6, 2014

51 YEARS AGO
FEB. 7, 1963

“Blue Devils Blast Beatrice 79 to 61 For 20th Straight: The relentless Conecuh County High School’s Blue Devils blasted Beatrice’s Tigers, 79 to 51, in Castleberry Tuesday night for their 20th straight win of the season. They are undefeated.
“Donnie Kast stripped the nets for 25 points to pace the scorers. Henry Foster added 20 and Larry Janes, 10. Also scoring for Castleberry were Finley, eight; Jones, five; Sims, four; Glass, Johnson and Shipp, two each. Garreth Raines led Beatrice with 19 points, and Rojene Booker added 17.
“In the preliminary tilt, the Castleberry Bees ran their record to 14 wins and five losses with an 85 to 24 romp over Beatrice.
“Coach Wayne Pope’s high-flying Blue Devils seemed headed for the No. 1 seed in the First District Class A Tournament to be held here week after next. Most of their wins have come over district foes which will be the basis for the seeding of teams. The veteran Castleberry team has not been pressed in a game this season.”

“Aggies Outshoot Neal Team 62-47: The Evergreen Aggies gained revenge for an earlier season defeat Friday night as they whipped the W.S. Neal Blue Eagles, 62-47, in East Brewton.
“Sid Lambert set the Aggies’ individual single game high point peak for the season as he ripped the cords for 31 markers, half the Aggie scoring total. Ronnie Jackson contributed 10 points to the winning cause. Ray Davis led Neal with 24.”

66 YEARS AGO
FEB. 5, 1948

“Ed Beasley, Phil Dees and Curtis Sullivan Jr. attended the Alabama-Georgia Tech basketball game at the University Saturday night. They were the guests of Edwin Andrews, William Riggs and Hubert Sullivan.”

“Aggies Win 44-40 Over Uriah Cagers: The Evergreen High Aggies stopped a last quarter rally by the Blacksher High Bulldogs of Uriah here last Friday night to win a well-played contest by a 44-40 score. The Aggies had the game, but the big show of the evening was the Bulldog’s Gulsby. The big center went on a 20-point scoring spree, tossing baskets from all angles.
“The Evergreen scoring was evenly divided as has been the case all season. Benton Carpenter was the leader with 13 points. Mickey Logue tallied nine; Gillis ‘Crip’ Jones and Jack Cunningham each made eight points. Tucker aided Gulsby with eight points of the Uriah total.
“Twelve Aggie Juniors saw action in the 38-23 win for the local school. Paced by Billy Mudge Lee and Bobby Wells, the Baby Aggies had control of the game all the way. Lee shot 15 points and Wells 12. McGehee of Uriah made 13 points.”

“James Carpenter, former star athlete at Evergreen High School, is playing a forward position on the Sunflower Junior College basketball squad. The Sunflower Trojans recently defeated Wood Junior College at Morehead, Miss., home of the Trojans. James scored nine points in this game and played an excellent defensive and floor game as well.
“While attending high school here, James was a star back and end on the football squad, a mainstay on the cage team and a leading batsman on the baseball squad. He could pitch, but preferred to play first base. James is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Carpenter, who live on Bruner Avenue here.”

81 YEARS AGO
FEB. 2, 1933

“Conecuh High Meets Lyeffion Friday: Castleberry, Feb. 1 – Basketball teams of Conecuh County High School go to Lyeffion Friday to meet the boys and girls teams of that place. The girls teams of the two schools have not met but the local boys will be seeking revenge for a defeat here by Lyeffion several weeks ago.
“The ‘berry pickers’ won their second game of the season last Friday night – a 17-13 victory over the Evergreen Aggies. Except for a short time in the third period, Castleberry maintained a one or two point lead throughout the game, then stretched it to four points as the game ended.
“Archie Barfield, running guard, was high point man for the winners. He and Gaston King, the other guard, kept the Evergreen score down with their fine defensive work. Nealy got the tip-off most of the time at center while Quimby and Weaver, forwards, played their part well. The latter played a good floor game but missed several ‘crip’ shots. The passing of the Castleberry team was far superior to that of Evergreen but Coach Thomasson did not look with favor on the numerous fumbles by his boys.”

96 YEARS AGO
FEB. 7, 1918

“While the Evergreen girls high school basketball team was defeated  by the Greenville girls high school team on Thursday of last week, they were given credit by the victors for being the best team ever to visit Greenville.”

111 YEARS AGO
FEB. 6, 1903

“The Record editor is indebted with many thanks for a delicious brace of dressed quail from the hunting party of Messrs. Jno. D. Burnett, C.P. Deming, Lewis Finch, C.T. Taliaferro and W.B. Ivey, who returned Tuesday evening from a three-day successful hunt.”

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