Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Oct. 30, 2019

Coach Wendell Hart

12 YEARS AGO
OCT. 25, 2007

BREWTON – You could say that Friday night’s Hillcrest-T.R. Miller game was special.
In fact, you could say that it was triple special.
T.R. Miller won the game, 43-25, during its annual homecoming game here at Brewton Municipal Stadium, but the Jags kept the Tigers on their toes thanks to three touchdowns on three separate special teams plays.
The Jags scored on an 85-yard kickoff return by Malcolm Rudolph, a 24-yard punt return by Aaron Dees and a 67-yard run on a fake punt by William Ferguson.
(Other top Hillcrest players in that game included John Dees, Malcom Jackson, Justin Nared, Quienton Nettles, Jimmy Peters and Neil Presley.)

You could argue that Friday night’s Sparta-Southern game was a pretty close case of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.
Sparta Academy entered Friday’s home game against Southern Academy with the No. 2-ranked team defense in the AISA, while Southern entered the game with the AISA’s No. 1-ranked offense and defense.
Sparta lost the game, 47-0, but managed to hold Southern to less than 50 points, a rare feat for most of Southern’s opponents this season.
Friday night against Southern, Taylor Brown, a 6-foot-3, 155-pound junior, led Sparta’s offense with six pass completions for 31 yards. Peyton Thompson, a 6-1, 185-pound senior, led Sparta’s defense with four solo tackles and 11 assists, including a tackle of Southern’s punter.

37 YEARS AGO
OCT. 28, 1982

The Evergreen Aggies completed a successful homecoming celebration by defeating the Choctaw County Tigers 21-7 last Friday night in Brooks Memorial Stadium.
Leading the way on offense for Evergreen was quarterback Tracey Hawsey with 99 yards rushing on just nine carries. On defense, the Aggies were led by Fredrick Middleton with five solos and seven assists.
(Other standout Evergreen players in that game included Mark Bell, DeWayne Booker, Don Jackson, Frank Likely, Marion Oliver, Ben Rigsby, Ricky Stallworth and Deatrich Wise.)

The Sparta Academy Warriors made homecoming happy for their fellow students and their fans as they beat Thomasville Academy 21-6 here Friday night.
Sparta used a powerful rushing game to push past the visiting Panthers. Joey Johnson netted 149 yards and a touchdown, and Ed Carrier, the other half of the running tandem, collected 120 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown.
(Other standout Sparta players in that game included Chris Blatz, Russ Brown, Wes Brown, Trent Carrier, Al Etheridge, Charles Floyd, Scotty Grace, Don Langham, Joe McInvale, Britt McNeill, Tom Reed, Dewan Salter, Scott Smith and Mike Wilson. Richard Brown was Sparta’s head coach.)

Lyeffion High School will celebrate its 1982-83 homecoming Saturday night, Oct. 30, at the Mabry L. Covin Football Field. Kickoff begins at 7:30 p.m. when Lyeffion meets J.U. Blacksher High School.

62 YEARS AGO
OCT. 24, 1957

Aggies Rip McKenzie, Spoil Homecoming With 27 To 0 Victory: The Evergreen Aggies played the role of spoilers at McKenzie High School’s annual homecoming celebration Friday night.
Flashing their strongest offense of the season, the Evergreens rolled to a convincing 27 to 0 win over the Tigers. The Aggies punched across one score in the first period, two in the second and a final tally in the third quarter.
Quarterback Billy Grace donned starting robes for the contest as he sparked the Evergreen club to its second win in four starts. Grace scored once and passed for another touchdown.
(Other top Evergreen players in that game included Robert Ellington, Robbie Boykin, Robert Daniels and Howard Claybrook. Wendell Hart was Evergreen’s head coach, and Jeff Moorer was assistant coach.)

City turns golf links over to club members: At a meeting Monday night the Evergreen City Council officially turned the municipally-owned Evergreen Golf Course over to the Evergreen Golf Club.
The council met with members of the golf club and worked out the transfer Monday night. The golfers will also have charge of and be responsible for the clubhouse at the course some four miles north of town on U.S. 31.

Repton High School will hold its annual homecoming Friday. Feature of the celebration will be the homecoming game at 7:30 tomorrow night. Beatrice will be the Bulldogs’ opponent in the game.

87 YEARS AGO
OCT. 27, 1932

Conecuh High Wins Again Over Brooklyn: Castleberry, Ala., Oct. 20 – Meeting Brooklyn for the second time this year, Conecuh High School won again Friday, 38-0.
Carter was the principal figure in the first four touchdowns. He threw passes to Weaver and Barfield for two of them, carried one over himself and placed the ball within striking distance of the goal line for the fourth touchdown with a 15-yard run.
Jay Quimby pulled the most spectacular play of the day. He caught a Brooklyn punt on his own 35-yard line and, after picking his way through a group of Brooklyn players, raced the remaining 65 yards for a touchdown. The line plunging of Wilson Walters featured the Brooklyn attack. The visitors showed the effect of the absence of Graham Jones, their star back, who was on the sidelines with an injured knee.
The line-ups: Brooklyn – C. Finlay, left end; Pate, left tackle; Blair, left guard; B. Finlay, center; M. Finlay, right guard; McCreary, right tackle; Aycock, right end; W. Walters, quarterback; Uptografft, left halfback; R. King, right halfback; Robinson, fullback; sub, S. Walters.
Castleberry – Barfield, left end; Barlow, left tackle; Phillips, left guard; Nealy, center; Smith, right guard; Oliver, right tackle; Stapleton, right end; Carter, quarterback; G. King, right halfback; J.C. Quimby, left halfback; Weaver, fullback; subs, W. Quimby, Brewton, G. Ellis, Finlay, P. Ellis, Suddith, N. Walters, Boling.

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