33
YEARS AGO
FEB.
25, 1982
“Jackets wins area, region
championships: The Lyeffion High School Yellow Jackets won the Class A, Region
I basketball championship by defeating A.L. Johnson, 72-58, Saturday night in
the finals. Lyeffion advanced to the regional finals by defeating Repton High
School, 58-57, in overtime Friday night for the Area II championship.
“The area tournament and the
region championship game were hosted by Conecuh County High School.
“Donald Lee had 22 points,
Michael Grace, 21, and Troy Stallworth, 19, to lead Lyeffion’s attack against
Johnson High. Bobby Blount had 12 rebounds and five blocked shots. Andrew
Maxwell, Ray Salter, George Bradley, Andra Maxwell and Robert Riley contributed
greatly to the win.
“The Jackets advanced to the
area finals by defeating Conecuh High, 89-65, on Tuesday night of last week and
Excel High, 67-48, on Thursday night.
“Lyeffion carried a 24-3
record to the state tournament at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The
Jackets played Brilliant High School yesterday, and if they won were to play in
the semi-finals Friday afternoon at one o’clock in the University’s Memorial
Coliseum.”
“Sparta sets grid Jamboree
Friday, Mar. 5: Birmingham’s Legion Field proclaims itself ‘Football Capital of
the South,’ but it will be temporary competition from Sparta Academy’s
Stuart-McGehee Field when the Warriors hold a football jamboree on Friday,
March 5. Seven teams will take part with three, 16-minute and six, 12-minute
‘games’ scheduled.”
48 YEARS AGO
FEB. 23, 1967
“CCTS Eagles capture AA
Championship: The Conecuh County Training School Eagles captured the South
Alabama AA Championship for the second consecutive year by downing Beatrice by
a score of 98-89 in Atmore Sat., Feb. 18.
“Having received a bye for
preliminary play, the Eagles played their first game in the quarterfinals
against Thomasville. The defending champions, returning seemingly even stronger
this year, ripped Thomasville by a score of 92-62.
“In semifinal play, the Eagles
drove past Booker T. Washington of Brewton to the tune of 67-47 to put them out
of action in the tournament for keeps.
“The championship game with
Beatrice was really a thriller as the Eagles clawed Beatrice for the second
year in a row to win the South Alabama AA District Championship.
“A keen defense in which
forwards Carey Pat Bradley, Willie Perkins, Richard Nettles, Napoleon White and
guards Norton Hurd, Sandy McMillion and Stanley Blair contained Beatrice’s
dead-eye gunner, Longmire, to 39 points.
“The combination of playmaker
center Johnny Atkins and ball hawk supreme Louis Meeks poured in 50 points. To
finally capture this game, Meeks along fired away 34 points, thus ending
Beatrice’s desperate attempt to stay in this ball game.
“This Eagle triumph put Coach
James ‘Buddy’ Stallworth’s team into a playoff on Feb. 22 in Bay Minette, with
South Alabama AAA division winner, Mobile County Training School for a showdown
which leads to the state tournament.”
“Richard Cole, star lineman
for the University of Alabama, will be the featured speaker at the annual
Sweetheart Banquet of the Evergreen Baptist Church tomorrow night. Cole, a
leader in the Christian Athletes Fellowship, played defensive tackle for the
Tide and was a key man in the all-winning 1966 season. During his career at the
University, the Crimson Tide piled up a record of 30 wins, two losses and one
tie and won three consecutive Southeastern Conference Championships.”
“Blue Devils win, Repton is
upset in Area I meet: The top-seeded Conecuh County High School Blue Devils of
Castleberry advanced into the semifinals of the Area I Basketball Tournament,
winning easily over Frisco City, 62-44, Tuesday night. The meet is being held
in the Coliseum at Monroeville.
“Excel pulled an upset in
edging third-seeded Repton High’s Bulldogs, 51-45, in the other game Tuesday
night.
“Last night, second-seeded
Lyeffion High Yellow Jackets were to play Coffeeville while Beatrice faced
fourth-seeded Fruitdale.
“Tonight at 6:30, Castleberry
will face the Beatrice-Fruitdale winner in the opening semifinal contest. Excel
meets the Lyeffion-Coffeeville winner in the nightcap at eight o’clock.
Consolation finals will be at 6:30 tomorrow night with the championship game
set at eight o’clock.”
“Coach Cliff Little’s Evergreen
High Aggies will play Georgiana in the opening game of the Region 1, Area 2
basketball tournament in Flomaton Wednesday night at seven o’clock. Monroeville
will meet T.R. Miller in the nightcap at 8:00.
“Uriah was seeded No. 1 and drew a bye. Flomaton was
seeded No. 2 and also drew a bye. The Evergreen-Georgiana winner will meet
Uriah next Thursday night at 7 p.m. The Monroeville-Miller winner will meet
Flomaton at 8:30. Friday night, March 3, the consolation game will begin at 7
and the championship at 8:30.
“Evergreen was seeded third
and Monroeville fourth in the tournament.”
63 YEARS AGO
FEB. 28, 1952
“Aggies Blitz Lyeffion For 62
To 22 Victory: The Evergreen High Aggies had their best night of the season
here last Thursday as they swamped Lyeffion’s Yellow Jackets, 62 to 22.
“Shirley Frazier and Gwyn
Daniels shared the scoring honors with 19 points each. William Stewart had
seven; Pace Bozeman and Wayne (Dog) Douglas, six each; Gillis Morgan, four; and
Sammy Robison, one.
“David Eddins got 10 points
to lead Lyeffion. Booker had six; Frank Burt, four; and Hilton Dees, two.”
“Win Hungry Aggies Win 3 In
One Night From Greenville 5’s: Coach Wendell Hart’s victory-starved Evergreen
High School cagers had a feast of victories Tuesday night in Memorial Gym,
defeating Greenville’s Junior, ‘B’ and Varsity teams. The Aggie varsity wrapped
up its fourth win in the last six starts by closing fast to win a 51-43 verdict
from the Tigers.
“Shirley Frazier paced the
Aggie scorers with 21 points. Pace Bozeman led the team on rebounds, played a
good floor game and scored 12 points in one of his top performances. Gillis
Morgan swished in eight points, Gwyn Daniels and Ward Alexander Jr., two each.
“Diamond topped the
Greenville players with 12 points. Terrel had 10; Rainey, nine; Coker and
Stabler, five each; and Riley, two.
“In the preliminary
attractions, the Aggie Bees won, 35-20, and the Juniors by 34-18.”
78
YEARS AGO
FEB.
25, 1937
“The Evergreen Bulldogs
triumphed over the Brewton quintet with a score of 34 to 17 last Wednesday in
the local gymnasium. The boys and girls basketball teams will journey to
Lyeffion for a contest with the Lyeffion basketball teams this Thursday.”
93 YEARS AGO
FEB. 22, 1922
“LENOX NEWS: Coleman School
of near Jones Mill played the Lenox girls a game of basketball Friday afternoon
last, the score being 2 to 0 in favor of Lenox. After the games, the Domestic
Science girls served refreshments to the ball players.
“After the basketball game,
the school boys played the out of school boys and old men a game of baseball,
the score being 2 to 1 in favor of the school boys.”
“Andrew Mason and Leon Riley
brought in another large wild cat Monday morning. They chased the animal a
couple of hours and finally one of the party killed it. Cats are reported
numerous in nearby swamps.”
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