Thursday, October 2, 2014

The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Oct. 2, 2014

Wendell Hart
12 YEARS AGO
OCT. 3, 2002

“Council gives $5,000 to light baseball field: The Evergreen City Council voted to honor a commitment made by a previous administration to help put lights on the baseball field at Hillcrest High School. Ron King came before the council Tuesday night and asked the council to honor the city’s pledge of $5,000 that was made several years ago. King said that they are going to replace the lights on the football field and place the old lights at the baseball field.
“The council agreed to appropriate the $5,000 but they stipulated that the work be cleared through the Board of Education and a letter be sent to the city showing their approval. The council also stipulated that the lights only be used by the Babe Ruth League for the District Tournament so it does not conflict with Hillcrest baseball. Babe Ruth President Sean Klaetsch told the council that still will not solve their problem of not having a regulation field to play on during the regular season. Klaetsch said they still will not be playing on a regulation field until the tournament, and they won’t be used to the larger field.”

“Warriors defeat Escambia 35-25: The Sparta Academy Warriors defeated Escambia Academy, 35-25, on Friday, Sept. 27, at Stuart-McGehee Field.
“Brandon Burleson was the leading rusher for the Warriors with 103 yards on 14 carries and one TD.”
Other standout Sparta players in that game included Jeremy Anderson, Perry Castleberry, Wiley Cobb, John McGinitie and Matt Robinson.

27 YEARS AGO
OCT. 1, 1987

“Alba Sharks axe Aggies late, 21-3: The Evergreen Aggies lost their third game in a row last week to the Alba Sharks by the score of 21-3.
“Evergreen got their only points of the night when Patrick Atkins returned a fumble 61 yards to the Alba four-yard line and Evergreen had to settle for a 21-yard field goal by Russell Meeks with 2:47 left in the third quarter to cut the Alba lead to 7-3.
“Evergreen never seriously threatened after their field goal to lose their third game in a row after two early season wins. The Evergreen Aggies will be out to get back in the win column tomorrow night as they play host to the W.S. Neal Blue Eagles in their first area game of the year.
“With W.S. Neal and Luverne both area games and both back to back, the Aggies will find out in the next couple of weeks whether they will contend for the area title.”

“Sparta slips by SMA 14-7: The Sparta Academy Warriors recorded their second win of the season, defeating South Montgomery Academy, 14-7, here Friday night at Stuart-McGehee Field. Robbie Bolton scored on a five-yard run and Jeff Carrier ran in from four yards out. Jamie Deason placekicked both extra points.
“Carrier led the Sparta attack with 65 yards on 13 carries; Deason, 14 on two; Lee Wild, 11 on three; Brad Watts, three on four; Jeff Brundage, zero on one; and Kenny Bledsoe lost 25 on two.
“Bledsoe completed one of two passes for 31 yards. Watts threw incomplete twice and Wild’s one pass was intercepted. Watts had one reception for 31 yards.”

42 YEARS AGO
OCT. 5, 1972

“Sparta Warriors nip Wesleyan 6-0: The Sparta Academy Warriors ran their record to 3-1 with a 6-0 victory over Wesleyan Academy of Citronelle at Stuart-McGehee Field here Saturday night.
“Unable to capitalize on numerous breaks, the Warriors finally got the win when Buddy Monroe ran a punt back some 70 yards for a TD. The point try failed. The Warriors defense held the victors in check, causing fumbles and interceptions.

“Aggies lose fifth in second half, Tigers win 22-12: Amidst all the political campaigning, Evergreen Aggie Head Coach Dero Wise might be starting one himself: a campaign to abolish second halves of high school football games.
“Week before last, his Aggies gave in to a powerful Butler Tiger Club in the second half after holding the game scoreless, and this week the script was similar. The winless Aggies dropped their fifth decision of the year to the Greenville Tigers, 22-12, after leading 12-0 when the first half ended.
“Explosive running and sensational defensive efforts by half back James Merril and Wavie Ausby stole the glory the first half to put the Aggies on top, 12-0, with the Tigers scoreless at half. The Tigers came back the second half with good breaks and determination to must the Aggies, 22-12.”

57 YEARS AGO
OCT. 3, 1957

“The Evergreen High Aggies just kept on knocking Friday night and the door finally opened midway in the final quarter. Robert Ellington raced home with the game’s only marker as the Evergreens edged Monroeville, 6-0.
“The victory proved an expensive one. Veteran guard George Bolton injured a shoulder and is probably lost for the season. Byron Warren, defensive specialist, came on to fill in capably on offense after Bolton was lost.”
Other standout Evergreen players in that game included Jimmy Bell, Robbie Boykin, Billy Grace, Jerry Mitchell, Jimmy Moorer, James Nelson, Paul Pace and Buddy Zukowski. Wendell Hart was Evergreen’s head coach.

“The Frisco City Whippets scored four times in the last half to down the Repton Bulldogs, 41-0, Monday night. The game was played in Frisco City and had been moved up from Thursday night because of rain.”

“Lyeffion and Repton renew their rivalry in the annual cross-country football battle Friday night. The tilt is set at the Repton field.
“The contest is the first of the season for Coach Delvin Lathan’s Yellow Jackets. The Jackets were scheduled to open their season last week with Beatrice. The game was postponed when flu laid low about half of the Eagle squad.
“Coach Lathan lists his probably starters for the Repton game: LE, Willard Wall, LT, Cecil Salter; LG, Douglas Burt or James Hicks on offense, and Larry Pate on defense, C, Geral Dean; RG, Haywood Coker; RT, Kenneth Dunn; RE, David Watts; QB, Billy Salter; LH, Danny Covin or Billy Watts; RH, Eugene Powell; and FB, Hagood House.
“(Repton head) Coach (Mack) Primm will probably start: Barry Ryland at left end, Rufus Allen or Ervin Baggett at left tackle, Marvin Cotton at left guard, Cleveland Morris at center, Carlos Brooks at right guard, James Lee at right tackle, Rayburn Nall at right end, Frank Calvert or Wayne Ivey at quarterback, Johnny Owens at left half, Guy Miniard at right half, and Franklin Baggett at fullback.”

87 YEARS AGO
OCT. 6, 1927

“Evergreen Loses Game to Red Level: The local football team lost a hard fought game to Red Level at McKenzie last Saturday by the score of 19 to 0. The Aggies were greatly crippled due to the fact that Sanders and Salter were both out of the game. These two are considered among the very best and their absence was no doubt responsible for the one-sided score. It may be said that the new material, which largely made up the team sent against the Red Level team, put up a good fight and they showed the making of a good team with a little more seasoning and experience.

“The next game will be fought out on the local field with Castleberry, next Friday. This is Castleberry’s second year to have a football team and it is said that Coach Hillman boasts of having some excellent material which is going to give the locals something to worry about. Last year, the score was very one-sided in Evergreen’s favor. On the other hand, the Aggies are determined to maintain the championship of Conecuh County which they have held for these many years. Those who desire to see a real good high school game should procure a ticket and run down to Gantt’s Field at 3:15 Friday afternoon. They will get their money’s worth and then some.”

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