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| Madge Evans |
38
YEARS AGO
OCT.
20, 1977
“Warriors win a thriller at
wire, 14-11: The Sparta Academy Warriors pulled one out ‘at the wire’ in Grady
Friday night and edged the South Montgomery Academy Raiders 14-11.
“Sparta was trailing 11-8
with less than a minute to go when quarterback Terry Peacock hooked up with
Tony Raines on a pass-and-run play good for 56 yards and the winning touchdown.
A pass attempt for two failed, but none of the Sparta fans or players or
coaches were upset by that.
“As Sparta Sports Information
Director Byron Warren Jr. put it: ‘How Sweet It Is!’”
Other standout Sparta players
in that game included Greg Anthony, Tony Baggett, Bill Cope, Greg Crabtree,
Harry Crabtree, Steve Dubose, Tommy Hutcheson, Ronny McKenzie, Cook Morrison,
Bobby Padgett, Johnny Ralls, David Sabino and Gray Stevens. Mike Bledsoe was
Sparta’s head coach, and Bo Owens was assistant coach.
“Blue Devils lose to Frisco
City 25-0: The Conecuh County High Blue Devils played their best game yet against
the Frisco City Whippets, but were unable to take advantage where it counted
most.
“Anglo Dees led the
(Castleberry) offense with over 100 yards; Wendall Kast over 80; Curtis Scott,
60; Robert Taylor, 40.”
Other standout Castleberry
players in that game included Darryll Crane, Johnny McIntyre, Ricky Reeves, Joe
Richardson, Richard Terry, Ronald Terry and Anthony Tripp.
53
YEARS AGO
OCT.
18, 1962
“Aggies Score Three But Lose
To Tigers: Despite their best offensive showing of the year, the Evergreen Aggies
bowed to the Greenville Tigers 39-21 in Evergreen Friday night. The Aggies
out-gained the victors on the ground but the visitors made the most of their
scoring opportunities.
“On the Tigers’ first play
from scrimmage, fullback Lewis Matthews went 55 yards to make it 6-0.
“Later in the first quarter,
Aggie quarterback Sid Lambert went one yard to cap an Aggie drive of 12 plays
and 68 yards, 44 of which were reeled off in one run by halfback Paul Deason.
Jimmy Raines kicked the extra point, and Evergreen led 7-6.”
Later in the game, Deason
scored on a 39-yard run, and Jimmy Raines threw a one-point conversion pass to
end Ronnie Jones. Raines also scored Evergreen’s final touchdown on a 37-yard
run, and then “ended the evening’s scoring by taking the pigskin into the end
zone for the conversion.”
Other standout Evergreen
players that season included Donnie Jones and Scott Cook.
“Flomaton To Play Aggies Here
Friday: The Evergreen Aggies still looking for their first win of the season
will meet Flomaton Friday night at 8:00 in Brooks Stadium.
“Evergreen beat Flomaton on
their home field last year in one of the most thrilling victories Aggie fans
can remember. Leon Stinson ran 99 yards with the final whistle blowing just
after the play got underway, and it gave the Aggies a 13-12 victory. Flomaton
is looking for sweet revenge this year.”
68
YEARS AGO
OCT. 16, 1947
“Aggies Down Frisco City 13
To 0 For Fourth Win: Playing heads up defensive ball along with a sometimes
potent offense, the Evergreen Aggies racked up their fourth win of the season
by virtue of a hard fought 13 to 0 victory over a game Frisco City team in
Frisco City Thursday night. The Aggies had to take full advantage of their
heavier and more powerful line to defeat Coach Punk Gorday’s tricky, speedy
Whippet eleven.
“McIntyre set the stage for
Evergreen’s first score with a 20-yard punt return to the Frisco 45. McIntyre
lost a yard around right end. Rawls made four over tackle, then Logue hit
McIntyre with a pass on the Frisco 12 and he went over untouched. The Aggies
final touchdown came on Logue’s pass interception on the Frisco 40-yard line.
Logue gathered in Majors toss and sped to pay dirt untouched. A pass from Logue
to Bozeman was good for the extra point.
“The Whippets played from the
‘T’ and short-punt formations and used a quartet of fast backs coupled with
deceptive ball handling to give the Aggies fits. Junior Jones took several of
Major’s tosses for nice gains as well as picking up quite a bit of yardage on
end-around-end plays. Majors sparked the Frisco team with his running,
hand-offs and well-placed passes.
“The entire Aggie line stood
out playing the lighter opposing linemen off their feet and frequently dropping
Frisco team for large losses when they threatened to score. Hanks, Salter and
Brooks were home in the Whippet backfield all night, while Craig played fine
ball and prevented a sure score at one point.”
83YEARS
AGO
OCT.
20, 1932
“The tenth annual fair at
McKenzie held last Friday and Saturday was a splendid success in spite of very
inclement weather.
“In the afternoon (on
Saturday), a closely contested football game was played by teams from Evergreen
and Georgiana, Evergreen winning the contest by the score of 6 to 0.”
“Miss Eunice Shannon and
Coach Jack Finklea of the Brewton high school faculty spent Sunday here.”
“Judge L.W. Price, B.E.
Jones, G.R. Farnham, A. Cunningham Jr., Prof. Paul McMillan, Hill Stallworth,
J.E. Jones, Frank and Joe Hagood, and R.J. Newton were among those who attended
the Alabama-Tennessee game in Birmingham Saturday.” (Alabama lost, 7-3.)
“W.H. Wild and daughter,
Mildred, were weekend visitors to Birmingham, where they attended the
Alabama-Tennessee game. Mrs. Wild accompanied them as far as Montgomery where
she visited Mrs. G.W. Ray.”
“Evergreen Theatre Program –
Friday and Saturday – Oct. 21-22 – ‘HUDDLE’ with Ramon Novarro, Una Merkle and
Madge Evans – A Thrilling Football Picture.”
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