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| Evergreen Coach Wendell Hart. |
14 YEARS AGO
NOV. 6, 2003
Warriors end season with
26-16 victory: The Sparta Academy Warriors ended their 2003 season on a winning
note when they defeated the Ashford Falcons, 26-16, Friday night at
Stuart-McGehee Field.
Will Ivey was the leading
rusher for the Warriors with 170 yards on 17 carries. Perry Castleberry rushed
for 54 yards on 10 carries and scored one touchdown. Cody Lowery had 20 yards
on six carries. Brandon Burleson had nine yards on five carries and one touchdown,
and Paul Castleberry had eight yards on three carries.
At the quarterback spot, Ivey
completed three of his nine pass attempts for 46 yards, two for touchdowns. He
also threw one interception. Perry Castleberry’s one pass attempt was complete
for 12 yards.
Burleson had two pass
receptions for 34 yards and two touchdowns. Lowery had one pass reception for
12 yards, and Paul Castleberry had one reception for 12 yards.
Burleson scored first for the
Warriors on a 10-yard pass from Ivey. The PAT was no good. Perry Castleberry
scored next on a one-yard run. The try for the two-point conversion failed.
Burleson scored his second touchdown on a one-yard run. The try for the
two-point conversion failed.
Patrick Cumagun tackled an
Ashford runner in the end zone for a safety to put two more points on the
board. Burleson scored the final touchdown of the night on a 24-yard pass from
Ivey. The try for the two-point conversion failed.
This is the symbol that was
trenched into the football field at Sparta Academy late last Thursday night.
The symbol was misidentified by many as a satanic symbol. It was officially
identified as a symbol of anarchy by the Evergreen Police Department. The
perpetrators of the damage turned themselves in to authorities the next day.
28 YEARS AGO
NOV. 2, 1989
Meeks kicks Jags past T’loosa
3-0: His face wasn’t horribly burned and he wasn’t wearing a hockey mask, but
Russell Meeks proved to be the boogie man for Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa’s early
Halloween last Friday night.
On the first play of the game
after the opening kickoff, Meeks sprinted 44 yards on the carry, on defense he
contributed 11 solos and two assists, but it was high right leg that did the
Patriots in as he kicked a 29-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in the game
to give the Jaguars a 3-0 win and end their 1989 football season with a record
of 8-1.
A crucial play setting up the
winning field goal was a 23-yard pass to Michael Stokes from Marvin Cunningham.
The field goal came with 12
seconds left in the game from 29 yards out. A large amount of credit goes to
the holder, Derek Gessner, also as he received a high snap from center and
calmly placed the ball down for Russell Meeks to kick the winning points.
On the night, the Jags were
led offensively by Derrick Richardson with 67 yards on 23 carries and Russell
Meeks with 57 yards on only five carries.
The Greenville Academy
Tornadoes completely dominated the Sparta Academy Warriors on both sides of the
ball here Friday night and handed the local team one of the worst defeats in
its history, 37-0.
(Top Sparta players in that
game included Jeff Brundage, Craig Blackburn, Tim Salter, Steven Gall, Brian
Waters and Richard Weaver. Chuck Ledbetter was Sparta’s head coach.)
43 YEARS AGO
NOV. 7, 1974
Yellow Jackets rip Uriah
22-8: The Lyeffion High Yellow Jackets staged a second half comeback Friday
night to defeat the J.U. Blacksher Bulldogs of Uriah, 22-8. It was the fifth
win of the season against four losses for Coach Wendell Hart’s Jackets.
Uriah took the lead when Mike
Akins scored from the 5 in the first quarter. Akins passed to Wilkins for two
points, and that was the score at halftime, Uriah 8, Lyeffion 0.
The Jackets buzzed back with
a touchdown in the third quarter and two in the fourth to win it. Raymond Bruce
scored on runs of five and 30 yards and Steve Anthony romped 40 yards for the
third touchdown. Garrett added four points on runs after the last two scores.
Ft. Dale upsets Warriors 9-6:
You can’t blame the Sparta Academy Warriors if they don’t like traveling to Greenville.
They made their second trip of the season to the Butler County capital and were
once again upset. The culprit this time was Fort Dale Academy whose Warriors
downed the visiting Warriors, 9-6 Friday night.
Sparta got on the board in
the third period with Joe Andrews passing to Bruce Hutcheson for 23 yards and
the score. A run for the extra point was stopped.
Walker Scott continued his
better than 100 yards per game rushing as he netted 115 yards for the night on
total offense. Hutcheson had 77 and Andrews 40. In 10 games Scott has picked up
1,092 net yards rushing for an average of 109.2. The fullback is a junior.
58 YEARS AGO
NOV. 5, 1959
Frisco City Races Past Repton
52-0: The Frisco City Whippets dominated the RHS Bulldogs nearly the entire
game, crashing the Bulldogs, 52-0.
The Whippets were led in
scoring by the McCrory brothers, Vance and Billy.
Lyeffion Loses To McKenzie
21-6: Lyeffion lost to McKenzie, 21-6. The unique thing about the game was the
fact that the Lyeffion coach, Dale Brown, went into the battle with only 11
players. The balance of the team were on the sick board. The coach used what he
terms “the hidden ball play” that was good for 78 yards and Lyeffion’s only
touchdown, in the first quarter of play. Willard Walls, left halfback, went the
distance.
Coach Brown said: “My boys
played their best game of the season by far. I had no extra men to send in to
spell them off, and to my mind, they did a great job against much touted
McKenzie.”
Aggies Down Red Level In
Homecoming Tilt: The Evergreen Aggies spoiled Red Level’s homecoming Friday
night in a thrilling 14-13 conquest of the favored Tigers. Trailing 13-7 at
halftime, the Aggies scored a touchdown, then held Red Level’s single wing
attack to minus yardage in the final two quarters.
Red Level took the kickoff
and marched 66 yards in nine plays with J.C. McClain plunging the final yard.
Late in the first quarter, Aggie quarterback Billy Melton intercepted a Red
Level toss and took it to the Tiger 38. Eight plays later, halfback Jimmy
Eddins went in from the 11-yard stripe. Key plays in the drive were Eddins’
nine-yard sprint on the play after the interception and Melton’s 14-yard pass
to Eddins on the first play of the second quarter. Melton’s PAT kick was good
and the visitors led, 7-6.
The Tigers took the kickoff
and with the help of a 15-yard penalty against the Aggies for a personal foul,
marched 60 yards in 13 plays with McClain again. The game ended a few minutes
later with the Aggies on the Tiger 3 after Eddins had stolen another air
attempt by the losers.
88 YEARS AGO
NOV. 7, 1929
Frisco City Trims Aggies
Friday 13-0: The Evergreen Aggies lost their third game of the season to Frisco
City Friday afternoon by the score of 13 to 0. Frisco City scored in the first
quarter, after a 15-yard penalty and a fumbled punt. Then they scored in the
second quarter.
The Frisco team didn’t lose a
man from last year’s squad and with five or six extra men added to the squad
this season. The Aggies have won five and lost three so far.
Friday at 3:15, the Aggies
will meet another team which has the same squad that they brought to Evergreen
last year. This is Georgiana. They boast of their hopes of beating the Aggies
Friday. They have a mighty good team. Then Monday, “Armistice Day,” at 2:30 the
Aggies will play the strong Rawls High School. Both of these teams are
determined to win over Evergreen. Come out and watch the Aggies. Both games at
Gantt Field. The Aggies play in Evergreen the next three Fridays. Arrange to
see all three games.
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