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| Auburn University's Joe Whitt Sr. |
13 YEARS AGO
APRIL 20, 2006
Warriors get first victory: Sparta Academy’s baseball team
collected its first win of the 2006 season last Friday in Greenville, downing
Fort Dale Academy 8-6.
In the win over Fort Dale, sophomore Damon Godwin picked up
the pitching victory. He struck out seven.
(Other players on Sparta’s team that season included Brian
Bolton, Justin Booker, Gaston Bozeman, Bracken Davis, Joey Hawsey, Hunter
Hutcheson, Will Ivey, J.T. Murphy, Tony Raines, Justin Sexton, Eric Talbot,
Cory Waters, Justin Webb, Myles Wiggins and J.R. Williams. Daniel Wilson was
Sparta’s head coach.)
Hillcrest High School will wrap up its 2006 baseball season
today when the team visits J.U. Blacksher High School at Uriah at 6 p.m.
Hillcrest has had to play all its games on the road this season. (Members of
the team included Eddie Bryder, Austin Jones, Keon McCaskey, Zan Nevlous,
Jeremy Ealum, Ryan Moorer, Neil Presley, Marc Barlow, John Dees, Jeffrey
Howard, Jarrod Thomas, Drew Barlow, Heavy Richardson, manager Willie Rudolph
and head coach Wendell Jackson.)
Hillcrest High School will honor its 2006 boys basketball
team April 27 with an awards banquet at the school.
Hillcrest’s Jaguars won the Class 4A state basketball
championship in March – the first state title of any kind in the school’s
history.
Joe Whitt, outside linebacker coach at Auburn University,
will be the guest speaker.
38 YEARS AGO
APRIL 16, 1981
Sparta nine loses, wins: The Sparta Academy Warriors split a
pair of baseball games last week, winning on the road and losing at home,
according to Sports Information Director Byron Warren Jr.
In a game played April 7 in Evergreen, the Warriors lost to
Fort Deposit Academy, 10-8, with Jeff Johnson the losing pitcher, but also
hitting a homerun. Eight errors were costly to the Warriors who collected five
hits. The visitors had seven hits and were guilty of two errors.
Sparta traveled to Greenville on April 10 and pounded out a
12-7 decision over Fort Dale Academy with Mike Mixon the winning pitcher. Mixon
helped his own cause as he had four hits including a triple.
Andy Hammonds hit a homerun and Russ Raines, Joe McInvale
and Jeff Johnson had two hits each. The Warriors collected 13 hits and
committed two errors. Fort Dale had eight hits and four errors.
Junior Baseball loop deadline extended: The Evergreen Junior
Baseball League tryouts for new players and players moving from one league to
the next have been set for Sat., May 2, starting at 9 a.m. at Evergreen Recreational
Park. Final registration has been extended to that time also.
Boys and girls between the ages of four and 15 are urged to
come out to the ball park on May 2 to become part of the fun.
63 YEARS AGO
APRIL 19, 1956
Ryan Takes Honors In Golf Club’s Annual One-Day Tournament:
Jimmy Ryan, outstanding young golfer from Greenville, won the Evergreen Golf
Club’s Eleventh Annual Golf Tournament here last Thursday by closing out James
McMurphy of Atmore, five and four on the final round of play in the
Championship Flight. Ryan was also Tourney Medalist with a one under par, 35,
on his final round.
Ryan, playing perfectly all the way, turned in consistent
rounds of 37-37-37-35, only two over par for the extremely difficult Evergreen
course.
Powers McCleod, Methodist minister from Andalusia, took the
honors in the consolation of the Championship flight.
Players to the four Evergreen Junior League Baseball teams
were assigned to their teams yesterday afternoon. The players were auctioned
off to the team managers last Monday night at a meeting at Evergreen High
School. Nearly 80 boys were divided among the four teams.
League President Johnny Briggs announced that play will
begin on Wednesday afternoon, May 16, at the new Evergreen Junior League Park
at the end of Pecan Street, next to the Evergreen Heading Co. The opening day’s
action calls for a doubleheader. The new park is expected to be in shape for
the boys to practice there by next week.
Briggs also said that there will be a mass meeting of all
the parents of Junior Leaguers and anyone else who is interested in baseball or
the City Recreation Program in the near future.
136 YEARS AGO
APRIL 19, 1883
THE CONECUH-ESCAMBIA
STAR
Mr. George Mantle, with set hooks from the back water of the
Conecuh River, in the short space of 24 hours, succeeded in catching 250 pounds
of fish. It occurred near Brewton.
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