The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Feb. 19, 2019

16 YEARS AGO

FEB. 20, 2003

Warriors and Lady Warriors advance to Final Four: The Sparta Academy Warriors and Lady Warriors both advanced to the Final Four of the AISA Class A State Basketball Tournament with victories last Friday at Huntingdon College in Montgomery.

The Warriors will play Ashford Academy this Friday at 12:30 p.m. and the Lady Warriors will play Coosa Valley at 2 p.m.

Warriors 54, Central Christian 48: Chris Garner and Jeremy Anderson led the scoring for the Warriors with 12 points each. Also scoring in double digits were Wiley Cobb and Perry Castleberry with 11 points each. Also putting points on the board were Drew Davis with five points and Paul Castleberry with three points.

Lady Warriors 64, Marion 21: Katie Etheridge led the scoring for the Lady Warriors with 16 points. Also scoring in double digits was Callie Ezell with 11 points. Rounding out the scoring for the Lady Warriors were Samantha Seaman with seven points; Lacy Vargas with six points; Ashton Garner, Ava Pate, Meagan Johnson and Cody Godwin with four points each; Jessica Armuelles, Erin Brock, Whitley Roberts and Deanna Covin with two points each.

The Sparta Academy Warriors and Lady Warriors won the West Region 1 Area 1 Tournament held last Thursday and Friday at Sparta. Named to the all-tournament team were Ashton Garner, Perry Castleberry, Callie Ezell and Chris Garner. Katie Etheridge and Wiley Cobb were named Tournament MVP.

41 YEARS AGO

FEB. 16, 1978

The Evergreen High Aggies beat the Greenville Tigers on Friday night, 67-57. It was the final game of the season and the Aggies finished it with class.

The Aggies’ top scorer was Michael Floyd who had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Also in double digits were Tony Rogers, 13; Earnest Williams, 11; and Joe Mitchell, 10. Rounding out the Aggies attack were Chris Askew with nine points; Terry Floyd, six; and James Straughn, two.

The Sparta Warriors whipped South Butler, 81-60, in a game played Friday night in Georgiana. The win ran Sparta’s season record to 15 wins and eight losses, according to Byron Warren Jr., sports information director.

Four Warriors were in double figures to pace the easy victory: Gray Stevens, 21; Tony Raines, 16; John Hall, 15; and Steve Dubose, 11. Johnny Ralls had nine; Terry Peacock, four; Ronny McKenzie and Cook Morrison, two each; and Bobby Padgett, one. Dubose grabbed 18 rebounds; Raines, 10; and Hall, eight.

Sparta’s girls picked up another win downing South Butler, 22-11. Angie Driver had five points; Mary Claire Robinson and Missi Thacker, four each; Sharon Johnson, three; and Cathy Cope, Michelle Joyner and Cathy Johnston, two each.

The Lyeffion Yellow Jackets upped their record to 15-5 last week by defeating Georgiana at home, 51-47.

Adrian Woods led scoring with 19 points. Harold Kyser and Ricky Hall both reached double figures with 15 and 11 respectively.

66 YEARS AGO

FEB. 19, 1953

The Evergreen Aggies suffered their 12^th setback of the season to a high-scoring Monroeville High team Tuesday night to the tune of 92-61. The game was played in Monroeville’s new coliseum that is equipped with glass backboards and a rubber tile floor, one of the best basketball courts in this section of the state.

Vincent “Duke” Tomlinson gave the Aggies an exhibition on ball-hawking, tipping in, and fancy shooting to lead his mates with a 46-point effort, the most points ever amassed by a single man against an Aggie team.

Pace “Hot” Bozeman was next in line for high honors for the night with a 17-point total for Evergreen.

The Conecuh County Training School will serve as host to the South Alabama District Girls Tournament meeting here Feb. 20-21. This is to be the most competitive and interesting athletic affair held in this section for many seasons.

An impressive string of Eagle victories places the Evergreen sextet in a favored position which causes the many fans to feel confident of a CCTS victory in this tournament play.

The South Alabama Conference Boys Tournament will be played in the Eagles gymnasium in Evergreen, Ala. Feb. 27-28.

(Players on CCTS’s girls team that season included Etta Avant and Clementine Dukes. Top players on CCTS’s boys team included Floyd Watts and Leonard Goldsmith.)