24 YEARS AGO
JAN. 28, 1988
“Escambia’s Junior Girls got by Sparta, 23-18. Christy Wright led Sparta with six points. Kaye Salter and Daphne Baggett had four each and Kimberly Griffin and Pam Brown, two each.
“Escambia’s Lady Cougars edged the Lady Warriors, 42-40 in spite of a 20-point effort by Kim Searcy. Shawn Hammonds had 14 points. Julie Johnson, four, and Abbie Till, two, for Sparta.
“Sparta’s Junior Varsity Boys lost to Escambia, 40-26. Wayne Cook and Steven Gall led Sparta with six points each. Jeff Brundage had five; Jerry Cotton, four; Richard Weaver and Mark Watts, two each; and Neil Sanford, one.
“The Cougar Varsity Boys outshot Sparta, 60-48. Toby Baggett with 15 points and Brad Watts with 11 led the Warriors. Jeff Carrier had eight points; Robbie Bolton, seven; Craig Blackburn, four; Jamie Atkins, two; and Chris Davis, one.”
“Billy Hamilton got these racks in a most unusual manner. He was in a tree stand using one of the new deer grunts when the 12-pointer and the 10-pointer both came up. Being a good sportsman, Billy knew he could kill only one of the two big deer. While he was trying to decide which one to kill, the deer fought and killed each other while Billy grunted. The deer bearing the eight-point rack came up while Billy was in a tree stand bowhunting and again using the new grunt. The buck got so frustrated because he couldn’t find what he thought was another deer grunting that he butted himself to death on the tree. And, that’s the truth, according to Billy Hamilton.”
39 YEARS AGO
JAN. 25, 1973
“The Evergreen High Aggies blasted T.R. Miller of Brewton, 63-35, Tuesday night to run their undefeated season record to 21-0. David Thomas fired 17 points to pace the Aggies. Lemond Jones had 12; Cleve Fields, 11; David Carroll, 10; Wavie Ausby, seven; and Eddie Stallworth, four.
“Evergreen is coached by Charles Branum and last weekend won its third tournament of the season. The Aggies won the Thanksgiving Tournament at Repton, Christmas Tournament at Evergreen and South Alabama Conference Tournament in Andalusia.
“Coach Branum was at Pineapple for two seasons before coming to Evergreen and his teams there won 46 games and the district championship in 1967. His overall record in seven years as a coach is an impressive one with 120 wins and only 30 losses.
“Coach Branum is a native of Monroe County and a graduate of Monroe County High School.”
“How many of these Evergreen High Aggies of either 1926 or 1927 can you recognize? Circuit Clerk Leon A. Salter who let The Courant use this picture identifies the football players of nearly 50 years ago as McLain Dreaden, Frank Hagood, Virgil McCreary, Ellis Shannon, Hardy Gaston, Watson Spence, Wright Dunn and John Hanks; Flowers Northcutt, Leon Salter, R.J. Guy, Gibson Edson, Douglas Nelson, Oris Jones, Willie Tippin and Carl Guy, Coach Tommy Belser, Principal W.B. Sexton, Mabry Murphy, Thomas ‘Insect’ Walter, Spud Holman, Rube Millsap Jr., Melvin Pierce and John C. Holman.”
54 YEARS AGO
JAN. 23, 1958
“Coach Lee Owen Dees’ Castleberry Blue Devils won it all in the annual county tournament held at Lyeffion last Thursday and Friday night. The Conecuh County High teams won both the varsity and the ‘B’ team division of the meet.
“Friday night in the championship game the Blue Devils had little trouble disposing of Repton, racking up a 48 to 20 decision. Charles Heaton led the scoring with 12 points as eight members of the Blue Devil squad got in the scoring act. David Castleberry had nine points; Leon Edwards, seven; Wilson McCreary and Billy Garner, six each; Gordon Sims, four; and Frank Weaver and Butch Geck, two each.
“Barry Ryland hit for nine points to lead the Bulldogs with J.C. Brantley adding six; Wayne Baggett and Alvin Goneke, two each; and Guy Miniard, one.
“Castleberry advanced into the tournament finals without any trouble disposing of Lyeffion by a 45 to 24 count in the first round. Repton drew a bye.
“Gordon Sims with 18 and Charles Heaton with 16 furnished the bulk of the Castleberry offense. Frank Weaver contributed six points and David Castleberry, five.
“Coker and Cook bagged six points each to lead Lyeffion. Robert Dees had five; Riley, four; House, two; and Frazier, one.
“Castleberry dominated the All-County ‘A’ Team as selected by the coaches with three men on the squad. David Castleberry, Charles Heaton and Gordon Sims were all named to the honor quint. Repton’s Barry Ryland and Lyeffion’s Robert Dees were also honored.”
69 YEARS AGO
JAN. 28, 1943
“Aggies Defeat All Star Team 51 to 12: Coach E.L. McInnis’s Evergreen Aggies defeated a makeshift all star aggregation composed of three former EHS performers and several other young men around town, 51 to 12. The game started off rather slowly, but the Aggies found themselves and held a 16 to 1 edge at the half. Coming back fast in the last stanza the school boys snowed the stars under, with Thames, Johnson and Huey setting a blistering pace the oldsters couldn’t keep up with. Johnson racked up 18, Thames, 16, and Huey, 13, points for scoring honors of the night. Seaman First Class Otis Johnson paced the stars with seven. The Aggies superior pass work and tight defensive playing were the factors in their triumph.
“Friday night, Jan. 29, the Aggies will tangle with the Jay High School quintet from Florida. A fast, close and exciting game is promised. Immediately following this attraction, which starts at seven, will be a square dance at eight o’clock. Admission (for game): Students, 15 cents, others 25 cents.”
84 YEARS AGO
JAN. 26, 1928
“NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL ON THE HILL: The boys team from the school on the hill journeyed to Jones Mill and captured a close basketball game from the Millers. Those who saw our boys in action were fully impressed by the fact that Coach Robinson has rounded out a very smooth running quintet. Their attack was varied and furious while their defense was air tight. Watch out boys as they run over McKenzie next Friday.”
“The Boys Athletic Club is an organization formed by Coach Robinson and the boys who participate in athletics. The meetings are held weekly. The programs consist of discussions of everything related to athletics. The boys are taught how to train for athletics and the proper kind of food for an athlete to eat. They discuss the different teams of the country and their prospects.
“Coach Robinson is the Honorary President of the Club. The officers elected were: Raymond Holman, President; Caude Murphy, Vice-President; Joe Hagood, Secretary-Treasurer.
“The boys are deriving much benefit from this club. It is in every way a top-notch organization. They are learning many details that they would be ignorant of if they didn’t belong to this organization. Every question concerning athletics that a member of this organization asks is given due consideration and is answered intelligently. The club is increasing its members in sports, and it is becoming very popular throughout the entire school.”
“The City School Boys Basketball team has had a rather successful season thus far.
“Here is a list of their games and scores: Jr. High 18, City School 12; Paul 4, City School 2; Mt. Union 9, City School 31; Mt. Union 16, City School 21; Lenox 16, City School 23.
“The Lenox game was played on our court Fri., Jan. 20.
“It proved a very interesting game, with hard playing on each side. It was only in the last quarter that our boys gained a comfort lead.
“The City School teams plays Paul on our court Jan. 27 and Castleberry Feb. 3. Bear these dates in mind and see our games.”
Compiled by Sports Reporter Lee Peacock from past issues of The Evergreen Courant. To read The Courant’s weekly Sports Flashback feature online, visit leepeacock2010.blogspot.com.
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