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| Auburn's Dave Morey |
27 YEARS AGO
OCT. 9, 1986
“Homecoming will be observed Friday at Repton High School. The undefeated Repton High School Bulldogs, ranked No. 2 in the state in Class 1A, will host the McKenzie High School Tigers with the kickoff set for 7:30 o’clock.”
“Homecoming will be observed this Friday at Evergreen High School. The Aggies will host the Luverne Tigers at Brooks Memorial Stadium with kickoff set for 7:30 o’clock.”
“The Cyclones of Southern Normal were blown away by the 6-0 Repton Bulldogs with a crushing score of 60-0.
“Eddie Waters had two touchdown passes and two completions out of seven passes. John Thompson had three touchdowns and 197 yards in 18 tries. Russell Royster had one touchdown and 43 yards. Keith Baggett had one touchdown and 48 yards. Carl Stanton made 93 yards and one touchdown. Bryan Nelms made one touchdown and 31 yards. Allen Nettles caught two touchdown passes and had 19 yards.
“Defensively, Carl Stanton had three solos and four assists. Greg Mayo had three solos and two assists. Robert Douglas had two solos, one sack and a fumble recovery. Chris Dukes had one solo, two assists and a fumble recovery. Tyrone Rudolph had one solo, two assists and a sack. James Montgomery had three solos, two assists and one interception.”
42 YEARS AGO
OCT. 14, 1971
“Repton High School will observe homecoming this Friday. The day’s events will be climaxed by the homecoming game at 8 p.m. when the Bulldogs play the McKenzie High School Tigers.
“Ten seniors will be playing in their last homecoming game: Butch Hanks, Wayne Burch, L.J. Burch, Rickey Waters, Lee Brown, Steve Baggett, Randy Hanks, George Lint, James Bell and Hilton Ryland.
“Repton’s Bulldogs are now at the .500 mark with three wins and three losses. Victories were over Coffeeville, 32-8; Lyeffion, 34-12; and Lowndes County, 30-12.”
“Aggies at home, Sparta travels: Both of Evergreen’s high school football teams see action this weekend.
“The Evergreen High Aggies will host Luverne here Friday night in Brooks Stadium. The Aggies hope to add to their single victory of the season but will be decided underdogs.
“The Sparta Academy Warriors will hit the road to meet the state’s No. 2 ranked private school, Escambia Academy (Atmore) in Canoe, just north of Atmore on Highway 31. Escambia is undefeated, averaging over 50 points a game and ranked behind only Monroe Academy defending state champs.”
“In their third home stand of the season, the Evergreen Aggies were simply overpowered by the W.S. Neal Eagles of East Brewton, by the score of 49-6.
“Willie Paige kept the Aggies from being shut out when he darted 31 yards for the only Aggie score, following a punt by the Eagles. The conversion attempt failed on a Paige pass to wide receiver Julius Booker.”
57 YEARS AGO
OCT. 11, 1956
“They’ll Lead The Aggie Cheers Against Greenville Friday Night: The six lovely young ladies pictured above will be cheering their hearts and lungs out Friday night as the underdog Evergreen Aggies attempt to upset the highly touted Greenville Tigers in Brooks Stadium in one of the top games in South Alabama this week. The beauties are from left to right Erin Cook, Eddie Bell Kindig, Carol Ann Roberts, Jean Brooks, Molly Ann Thames and Ann Stillwell.”
“Eagles Trounce MCTS 21-6 Saturday Night: The C.C.T.S. Eagles completely outclassed a fighting Monroe County Training School team from Beatrice last Saturday night 21-6 as they rolled to their second straight victory.
“Nettles, Beatrice fullback, scored their only touchdown in the first quarter. For the Eagles, Clark, Booker and Malden were the outstanding backs gaining consistently throughout the game and each scored one touchdown.”
“Franklin Baggett’s 25-yard dash over the Lyeffion goal line spelled the difference here Thursday night as the Bulldogs from Repton beat the Lyeffion Yellow Jackets, 7-0.
“The game was played on a very wet, soggy field. After a few minutes of play, the numbers were almost completely indistinct, and at the half, the only way the fans could tell Repton players from Lyeffion players was that Repton was wearing white helmets, while Lyeffion wore gold helmets.
“For Repton, Baggett ran superbly, ably aided by Nall, Owens and Waters, running up six first downs to Lyeffion’s four. Booker, Parrish, Powell and House were the big guns for Lyeffion.”
72 YEARS AGO
OCT. 9, 1941
“R.L. Givhan, W.T. Carr, H.F. Bazemore, R.T. Baggett and Roy Lee were a party on fishing trip at the house boat on Little River last week.”
“ANNEX SCHOOL: Even though it is still warm, we often see Mr. Burkett and the boys on the basketball court. It seems as if they plan to have a very good team this year.”
“Lamar Moorer, Billy Suddith, Edsell Johnson, Frederick Stevens, Leonard Price Jr. motored to Tuscaloosa Saturday and attended the Mississippi State and Alabama football game.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Dunn spent the weekend in New Orleans and attended the Tulane-Auburn football game.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Stuart attended the Mississippi State and Alabama football game in Tuscaloosa Saturday.”
“Scouts to Hold District Meet Here: Troop 40, Evergreen Boy Scouts, will be host next Monday night, Oct. 13, for the District Court of Honor. This district is composed of the troops of Century, Jay, Brewton, Castleberry and Evergreen.”
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84 YEARS AGO
OCT. 13, 1926
“Former Aggies In Baby Tiger Team: Two of Evergreen’s popular young men, who are first year students at Auburn, were included in the Baby Tiger line-up which Coach Red Brown sent against the Marion Cadets last Saturday afternoon.
“The two young men referred to are Ellis Shannon and Watson Spence. It will be remembered that these youngsters were shining stars on the fast Aggie outfit of last season. Friends predicted that they could easily make good in a college outfit and early reports indicate the truthfulness of this prophecy.
“Both Shannon and Spence have been shifted from their former positions in the backfield to the line. In last Saturday’s game, Shannon played left end, while Spence played left guard.
“The freshman outfit showed great defense according to the reports of the game. The Tigers ran up a score of 32 points while the Cadets failed to tally.
“Friends of Shannon and Spence will watch with much interest their career in athletic circles, and it is generally believed that they will find a place in Coach (Dave) Morey’s regular outfit next year.”
“Evergreen Aggies Surprise Greenville Tigers: The Evergreen Aggies came back last Friday, smarting under the stinging defeat at the hands of Red Level, and gave the Greenville Tiger the scare of his life. The lighter Aggie team was ever on the threat with big Dreaden heaving passes over the heavy Greenville line to Northcutt and Salter at the wing positions and Gaston at half. The thrill came in the third period when Salter, Aggie end, scooped up a Tiger fumble and raced 50 yards for a touchdown with ‘Speedy Lewis’ at his heels. This is the first time that an enemy has crossed the Tiger goal on the home ground in five years and the first time that an Aggie has ever crossed it. Hence the joy that prevails in the Aggie camp even in face of 25 to 7 defeat.
“At 3:15 Friday afternoon, Oct. 15, the Aggies take a fast Brewton aggregation. The followers of the Green and White will act wise in making themselves conspicuous by their presence on the sideline for this promises to be a fast and hard fought game. The Aggies are looking forward to evening up the score of their defeat two yeas ago.”
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