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| Sparta Academy's Gaby Weaver drives to the basket. |
TWO YEARS AGO
JAN. 11, 2018
Jaguars beat JFS by 22 on
Friday: Hillcrest High School’s varsity boys basketball team, led by head coach
Chenson Griffin, improved to 8-3 on the season Friday night by beating
perennial 1A powerhouse J.F. Shields High School, 66-44, at W.R. Averett Gym in
Beatrice.
Hillcrest’s Jarrett Taylor
led all scorers with 22 points, and Ryan Nettles added 11.
“We were able to get off to a
good start in the first quarter, scoring 28 points, which led to opportunities
for our bench to get more game experience,” Griffin said. “Eleven of our 12
players were able to get in the book with scores.”
Lady Warriors beat Lowndes
Academy: Sparta Academy’s varsity girls basketball team, led by head coach Russ
Brown, picked up their 13th win of the season Tuesday of last week
when they doubled-up Lowndes Academy, 46-23, at Richard Brown Memorial Gym in
Evergreen.
Gaby Weaver led Sparta with a
team-high 19 points, three rebounds, a team-best six steals and an assist.
Amber Kirksey followed with a double double, scoring 17 points and grabbing 11
rebounds. She also had two steals and an assist.
Maggie Brock finished the
game with eight points, 11 rebounds, two steals and two blocks. C.K. Bolton
added two points, 10 rebounds, two steals and a team-high three blocks. Abby
Dunn bagged four rebounds, two steals and an assist.
27 YEARS AGO
JAN. 14, 1993
Chris Champion, a
seventh-grade student at Evergreen Junior High School, was recognized recently
for scoring the highest on the hunter education exam. Chris is pictured with
Agribusiness instructor Hoover Kynard. The seventh-grader has already put his
hunter education skills to good use this season, killing three deer.
The Evergreen Junior High
School boys and girls teams are making their mark this season. While the boys
team has compiled a 6-3 record, the girls are undefeated at 9-0 and have beaten
every opponent by a minimum of 20 points. Both squads representing the school
won first place trophies at the Greenville Middle School’s annual Christmas
Tournament. Pictured are representatives of both teams. They are Tyrone
Presley, Cammie Roach, Ryan Meeks, Gennifer Meeks and Rod McIntyre.
Lady Warriors lose to Grove
Hill Academy, 40-28: The Lady Warriors of Sparta Academy lost to Grove Hill
Academy, 40-28, last Friday in Grove Hill. Senior Kelly Booker led the Lady
Warriors with 14 points. Also scoring for the Warriors was junior Nann
Castleberry with six points, freshman Janet Kendrick with six points and senior
Michelle Pate with two points.
SPARTA ALUMNI BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT: There will be a basketball tournament featuring Sparta Academy
alumni on Sat., Jan. 30, in the school gym. All Sparta alumni are urged to
participate. For more information, contact Denise Reed.
52 YEARS AGO
JAN. 11, 1968
From “Front Page, Upper Left
Corner” by Bob Bozeman: Just about the most excited and happy 10-year-old boy
in these parts is young Terry Godwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Godwin of Rt.
F. Terry, who is 10, killed a 14-point, 240-pound buck while on a deer hunt
with his father and others Saturday morning.
I’m no deer hunter, but I’ve
been listening to them for years and I do know that 14 is a lot of points, and
I can’t remember hearing of one as large as 240 pounds ever being killed around
here.
Elmore, member of the County
Board of Directors from District 3, said the buck was killed on a hunt on the
Key (Judge Robert) place and Murder Creek Farms (now owned by Truman Hyde). He
admits to firing twice at the big buck, but neither time hitting him good. The
buck then jumped a fence and “bam” young Terry fired once and that was it.
To top it all off, Terry has
been a faithful young member of hunting parties with his father last season and
this, but this was the first and only time he has had a shot. No “buck fever”
here.
77 YEARS AGO
JAN. 14, 1943
Aggies Win Covington
Tournament Saturday: Coach E.L. McInnis’s Evergreen Aggies added two games to
the win side and took first place honors in the Covington County Invitational
Tournament Saturday in Andalusia.
The locals opened with Red
Level, and downed the fast-pacing quintet, 25 to 24. The game held many thrills
for spectators and players alike, and it took a storybook finish for the locals
to come out on top. With less than a minute to go, Red Level led by one point,
but Hanks made a goal as the whistle blew for the victory. Johnson paced the
scoring for the locals with 13 points. Hanks followed him with five. Foshee
made 11 for the losers.
Florala furnished opposition
for the Aggies in their second encounter. Grabbing an early lead the locals
held a 13 to 3 advantage at the half-time rest period and breezed home, 26 to
21. Johnson was high man again, this time with 12 points. Hanks made eight.
As they were the only
undefeated team, and Goshen, which had defeated a strong Pleasant Home team
earlier, had already left, the Evergreen cagers were declared winners. This was
only a practice tourney, but all teams showed up well. The locals next opponent
is Lyeffion in a matinee attraction at Lyeffion Friday afternoon.
Spotlight Hunters Will Be
Reported To Ration Boards: MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Violators of the State’s law
against hunting wild game at night with the use of spot or headlights will face
new difficulties under an order issued by Chief Ben C. Morgan of the Game, Fish
and Seafoods Division, Alabama Department of Conservation, to his game wardens.
The order, caused by an upsurge of headlight hunting of deer in Southwest
Alabama, instructs the wardens to take the license tag and tire serial numbers
on cars used by these violators in their nefarious method of taking game. These
numbers will be turned over to the State Rationing Board for such action as
they see fit regarding the use to which rationed gasoline is being put.
“I regret the necessity of
such a move,” says Chief Mason. “But this night hunting must be stopped.”
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