SEVEN YEARS AGO
JAN. 26, 2006
“Hillcrest head football coach Arlton Hudson said Tuesday that he has been relieved of his coaching duties at the school.
“Hudson has served as head football coach and athletic director for the past six years.
“Over the past six seasons, Hudson’s teams have averaged winning seven games each year. This season, the Jags posted a 2-8 record.”
“Hillcrest’s varsity boys are just two games away from posting a perfect record in area play this season, after adding wins over Opp and Geneva to its record last week.
“Four Jaguars scored in double figures (against Opp) with Cleveland Knight getting 15 points on five three-pointers to lead the crew.”
Other standout Hillcrest players that season included Nick Ackron, Blake Bryant, Chris Hines, Justin Holder, Richard Johnson, Nick Lovelace, P.K. Riley, Derrell Simpson and Robert Thomas.
“Noah Pettis, age six, went hunting with his dad, Sammy Pettis, when he killed this three-point buck. Noah has now killed eight deer. When asked where he shot the deer, Noah said, ‘Right in the shoulder.’”
“While hunting with his dad and friends in the Perdue Hill area, Will Smith of Brewton harvested this big 185-pound 12-point Saturday afternoon about 4:20 p.m. Will is the son of Mitch and Mitzi Smith and the grandson of Joe and Diane Morrison of Lyeffion.”
22 YEARS AGO
JAN. 24, 1991
“Members of the Sparta Academy boys and girls basketball teams that were named to the all-tournament team at the Monroe Academy Christmas Tournament held Dec. 14 and 15 were Tim Salter, Kimberli Griffin and Mark Watts.”
“Sparta Warriors up record to 11-2: Mike Bledsoe’s Sparta Warriors ran their season record to 11 and 2 with a sound 78-32 defeat of Catherine Academy. Leading scorers were Wayne Cook with 18 points, Steven Gall with 16, Mark Watts with 15 and Tim Salter with 13 points. Others scoring included Scott Brown with five points; McPherson Cook, four points; Terry Conway, three points; Chip Gibson, two points; and Sandy Salo, with two points. Team member Richard Weaver is sidelined presently because of injury.
“Saturday night the Warriors led by Tim Salter with 29 points and Mark Watts with 16 points, defeated Mobile Christian, 65-60.
“Friday night Sparta defeated Jackson Academy, 88 to 66. Leading scorers were Tim Salter, 31 points; Wayne Cook, 18; Steven Gall, 17; Scott Brown, 12; and Mark Watts had 11 points.
“The Warriors play again Saturday night at Hooper Academy in Montgomery. The next home game will be Tuesday night when the Warriors entertain Greenville Academy. The Warriors beat the Tornadoes, 85-83, in a game played last week in Greenville.”
37 YEARS AGO
JAN. 22, 1976
“Aggies romp Blue Devils 78-54, play SWAC meet: Evergreen downed archrival Conecuh County High of Castleberry Friday night by the score of 78-74. Evergreen is riding an eight-game winning streak.
“The Aggies leading scorer was Ronald Fantroy with 22 points. Leading the Aggies in rebounds was Edward Rankin with 12, playing in his best game of the season.
“Coach Charles Branum states that the Evergreen ‘B’ team is the best in a number of years. The B team has won eight straight games and is seeded first in the county tournament which will be held in Castleberry next week.”
“Sparta wins, loses, plays: The Sparta Academy Warriors won one and lost two during the week to run their season record to 10-5. Sparta will host Fort Dale Academy here Saturday night with four games on tap: Girls at 5 p.m., Juniors at 6, ‘B’ Team at 7 and Varsity at eight o’clock.
“Sparta finished third in the Crenshaw Academy Tournament, losing to Morgan Academy, 75-64, on Friday night and downing Autauga, 76-59, in the consolation game Saturday night. Ronnie Pugh was named to the all-tournament team.
“Against Morgan scoring was led by Pugh with 33 points and Jerry Peacock and Bobby Johnson had 10 each. Walker Scott, six, and Joe Andrews, five. Johnson with 23 and Pugh with 20 led the win over Autauga and Andrews had 12, Peacock and Scott, six each; Hugh Bradford, four; Woody Register, three; and Gray Stevens, two.”
67 YEARS AGO
JAN. 17, 1929
“It Had To Happen In Clarke County: Clarke County, down in Southwest Alabama, is a county with plenty of deer and turkey – and lots of stories about them. Buzz Walker of The Mobile Register with this one, which appeared in the form of a letter in his column from Mrs. Tommie Allen of Jackson:
“Thursday morning when I got up and looked out the door there was a big buck standing by our gate. He had come up with our cows.
“I turned and told my husband, and he got his gun and stood in the bedroom door, in his sleeping clothes and shot the deer.
“That was really something – and the last day of the season, at that. The buck had only three points, but he was certainly a fine, fat buck and big, too.”
“Dove and Trapping Seasons Near End: Dove hunters and trappers must cease their activities on Jan. 31, that being the last day of the respective seasons, it was announced by C. Graham Hixon, chief of the Department of Conservation’s Game, Fish and Seafoods Division. Also closing on this date are the seasons on sora, rails and gallinules, little hunted migratory waterfowl.
“The only hunting seasons remaining open after Jan. 31 will be those on bobwhite quail, rabbit, raccoon and opossum. They all close Feb. 20.”
“Sportsmen Oppose Gun Registration: In addition to voicing unanimous opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to establish a duck sanctuary in the Mobile Bay delta, the Mobile County Sportsmen’s Association has voted unanimous disapproval of U.S. Senate Bill 1678, which would require registration of all firearms of larger than .25 caliber.
“Members expressed the opinion that, while the bill was obviously intended as a means of curbing crime, the only registrants would be sportsmen.”
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